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FELIX J. MKONYI

Senior Lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences, Dar Es Salaam University College Of Education
Education:

PhD in Life Sciences and Engineering (Biodiversity and ecosystems management), The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania.

Teaching:

  • Invertebrate Zoology
  • Chordate Zoology
  • Biostatistics
  • Scientific Research Methods
  • Biodiversity Conservation and Management

Research:

Ecology, biogeography and conservation of amphibians and reptiles, advertisement calls of amphibians, large carnivore ecology, conservation and monitoring, human-carnivore conflict and conflict management strategies, human dimensions of biodiversity conservation, park-people relationships, biodiversity conservation and monitoring particularly mammals and herpetofauna, environmental management and impact assessment.

Projects:

The role of key Players in Biodiversity Governance and Management. A Case study of protected areas in Manyara region. Funding: The Research Programme on Sustainable Use of Drylands Biodiversity (RPSUD) Grants. (January – December 2008). Technical Report ID 31-07-08-3.

Publications:

  1. Mkonyi, F. J. (2022). An integrated approach for the management of human-carnivore conflict: a review of conflict management interventions in Tanzania. Mammalian Biology, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00255-1
  2. Mkonyi, F. J. (2021). Biodiversity hotspot revisited: reptile and amphibian assemblages of the Uluguru Mountain Forest Reserves, south-eastern Tanzania. African Journal of Herpetology, 70(2), 95-122. https://doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2021.1973582.
  3. Mkonyi, F. J. (2021). Local People’s Perceptions of Benefits and Costs of Protected Areas: The Case of Tarangire National Park and the Surrounding Ecosystem, Northern Tanzania. Journal of Ecological Anthropology 23, (1): 5-31. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/jea/vol23/iss1/1
  4. Mkonyi F. J., (2019). Quantitative description and comparison of the advertisement calls of two species of probreviceps (Anura: Brevicipitidae) from the Uluguru South Mountains, Tanzania, Journal of Natural History, 53:43-44, 2711-2722. http://doi.org /10.1080/00222933.2020.1728410
  5. Mkonyi F. J., Estes, A. B., Lichtenfeld, L. L., and Durant, S. M., (2018). Large carnivore distribution in relationship to environmental and anthropogenic factors in a multiple-use landscape of Northern Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology, 1–12. .http://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12528
  6. Mkonyi F. J., (2018). Community Evaluation of Protected Areas Governance and Management Effectiveness: A Case Study of Manyara Region, Tanzania. International Journal of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, 3(5): 75-88. http://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijnrem.20180305.11
  7. Mkonyi F. J., Estes, A. B., Msuha, M. J., Lichtenfeld, L. L., and Durant, S. M., (2017). Fortified Bomas and Vigilant Herding are Perceived to Reduce Livestock Depredation by Large Carnivores in the Tarangire-Simanjiro Ecosystem, Tanzania. Human Ecology, 45:513–523. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10745-017-9923-4.
  8. Mkonyi F. J., Estes, A. B., Msuha, M. J., Lichtenfeld, L. L., and Durant, S. M. (2017). Socio-economic correlates and management implications of livestock depredation by large carnivores in the Tarangire ecosystem, northern Tanzania. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management, 13:(1): 248-263. https://doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2017.1339734
  9. Mkonyi, F. J., Estes, A. B., Msuha, M. J., Lichtenfeld, L. L., and Durant, S. M. (2017). Local Attitudes and Perceptions Towards Large Carnivores in a Human-dominated Landscape of Northern Tanzania. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 22 (4): 314-330. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2017.1323356
  10. Ngalason W., and Mkonyi F. J. (2011). Herpetofauna of Montane Areas of Tanzania. 2. Altitudinal Distribution of Amphibians on the Uluguru South Mountains. Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences, 4:81-89. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3158/2158-5520-4.1.81
  11. Mkonyi, F. J; Howell, K. M; Nikundiwe A; Msuya, C; Ngalason, W and Channing, A. (2004). Advertisement calls: Probreviceps loveridgei, P. Uluguruensis and P. macrodactylus (Loveridge’s Forest Frog, Uluguru Forest Frog, Long-fingered Forest Frog). Herpetological Review, 35(3): 261-262.