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  1. DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF FENTHION (QUELETOX® UL), USED TO CONTROL RED-BILLED QUELEA (<em>QUELEA QUELEA</em>), ON RHEOPHILIC BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES IN THE ORANGE RIVER

    DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF FENTHION (QUELETOX® UL), USED TO CONTROL RED-BILLED QUELEA (QUELEA QUELEA), ON RHEOPHILIC BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES IN THE ORANGE RIVER

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: R.W. Palmer --- Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa
    The relative abundance of rheophilic macroinvertebrates in the Orange River was assessed before and 15 hrs after two aerial applications of fenthion (QUELETOX® UL) above roosting sites of the red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea). The first treatment had no detectable effect...
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  2. Alternative approaches to Red-billed Quelea <em>Quelea quelea</em> management: mass-capture for food

    Alternative approaches to Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea management: mass-capture for food

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Clive CH Elliott --- Blue Barn House, South Leigh, UK Boaz N Mtobesya --- Plant Health Services, Tanzania Robert A Cheke --- Natural Resources Institute, UK
    Organophosphate pesticide spraying or the deployment of explosives as standard practices for controlling quelea breeding colonies or roosts that threaten small-grain crops in Africa have negative side-effects on non-target birds and on the environment. Mass-capture techniques were tested as an...
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  3. First Red-billed Quelea breeding record in the winter rainfall region of South Africa

    First Red-billed Quelea breeding record in the winter rainfall region of South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: H Dieter Oschadleus --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa
    The Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea is a serious pest of agricultural crops throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa. Since the 1980s, it has expanded its range into the Eastern Cape and Western Cape, South Africa, facilitated by changes in agricultural practices...
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  4. Community involvement in the mass capture of Red-billed Queleas <em>Quelea quelea</em> adjacent to protected areas: the case of Chemba District, Dodoma, Tanzania

    Community involvement in the mass capture of Red-billed Queleas Quelea quelea adjacent to protected areas: the case of Chemba District, Dodoma, Tanzania

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Naza Emanuel Mmbaga --- The University of Dodoma, Tanzania Richard John Mongi --- The University of Dodoma, Tanzania Mhuji Bukheti Kilonzo --- The University of Dodoma, Tanzania Leonard Kamanga Katalambula --- The University of Dodoma, Tanzania
    The mass capture and utilisation of Red-billed Queleas Quelea quelea as a source of food is practiced in different African countries. The current study sought information on the trapping methods and techniques used by local communities in Chemba District, Tanzania,...
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