STEVEN ELISAMEHE TEMU

Assistant Lecturer , College Of Natural And Applied Sciences

Education:

• Master's Degree in Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology from University of Dar es Salaam (2014 – 2016) • Bachelor's Degree in Zoology and Wildlife Science from University of Dar es Salaam (2005 – 2008)

Teaching:

• Biostatistics I & II
• Mammalian biology
• Ecology and Utilisation of Natural Resources
• Scientific Methods
• Analysis and Utilisation of Wildlife Populations
• Reproduction, Growth and Nutrition in Wild Mammals
• Research Project

Research:

• Wildlife ecology,
• biodiversity inventory and conservation,
• mammalian biology,
• carnivore ecology and behaviour,
• environmental science,
• biostatistics,
• community-based conservation,
• wildlife-based tourism,
• conservation of small rodents and bats

Projects:

1. PhD Project; ‘A comparative study on some ecological aspects of golden jackals (Canis aureus) and silver-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) in the Southern part of the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania’ (2017- 2022)
2. MSc Research Project; ‘Feeding ecology energetics of two sympatric species of jackals in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania’ (2014-2016)

Publications:

1. Temu, S.E., Nahonyo, C.L., and Moehlman, P.D (2018). Diet composition of the golden jackal, Canis aureus in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science, 44(1): 52 – 61.
2. Temu, S.E., Nahonyo, C.L., and Moehlman, P.D (2017). Golden jackal (Canis aureus) hunting a bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis) and an adult Thomson’s gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology, 55: 386 – 387.
3. Temu, S.E., Nahonyo, C.L., Moehlman, P.D (2016). Comparative foraging efficiency of two sympatric jackals; silver-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) and golden jackals (Canis aureus) in the Ngorongoro crater, Tanzania. International Journal of Ecology,Volume 2016, Article ID 6178940, 5 pages, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6178940