Dr. Chemuku Wekesa
Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI)
Email: chemukukefri@gmail.com
Qualifications
2018 Ph.D., Department of Natural Resources Management, Egerton University, Njoro, Kenya
2010 M.Sc., Department of Environmental Science,, Egerton University (Forest Ecology), Njoro, Kenya.
2004 B.Sc., Department of Science in Forestry, Second Class Honours, Upper Division, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya.
Publications (Selected)
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Terschanski, J., Nunes, M. H., Aalto, I., Pellikka, P., Wekesa, C., & Maeda, E. E. (2024). The role of vegetation structural diversity in regulating the microclimate of human-modified tropical ecosystems. Journal of Environmental Management, 360, 121128.
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Heiskanen, J., Haurinen, H., Wekesa, C., & Pellikka, P. (2024). Repeat airborne laser scanning to assess canopy height changes in tropical montane forests. ISPRS annals of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences, 10, 179-185.
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Larwanou, M., Mutta, D., Wekesa, C., & Roos, A. (2023). Charcoal Trade in Niger—Product Flows and Business Models. Forests, 14(9), 1910.
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Wekesa, C., Mutta, D., Larwanou, M., Kowero, G., & Roos, A. (2023). Effects of charcoal ban on value chains and livelihoods in Kenyan coast–Stakeholders’ perceptions. Environmental Development, 45, 100809.
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Liang, J., Gamarra, J. G., Picard, N., Zhou, M., Pijanowski, B., Jacobs, D. F., ... & Marcon, E. (2022). Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients. Nature ecology & evolution, 6(10), 1423-1437.
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Swiderska, K., Argumedo, A., Wekesa, C., Ndalilo, L., Song, Y., Rastogi, A., & Ryan, P. (2022). Indigenous peoples’ food systems and biocultural heritage: Addressing indigenous priorities using decolonial and interdisciplinary research approaches. Sustainability, 14(18), 11311.
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Roos, A., Mutta, D., Larwanou, M., Wekesa, C., & Kowero, G. (2021). Operations and improvement needs in the informal charcoal sector: a participatory value stream analysis. International Forestry Review, 23(3), 351-364.
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Wekesa, C., Ndalilo, L., & Manya, C. (2021). Reconciling Community Livelihood needs and Biodiversity Conservation in Taita Hills forests for improved livelihoods and transformational management of the Landscape. Maiko Nishi· Suneetha M. Subramanian Himangana Gupta· Madoka Yoshino Yasuo Takahashi· Koji Miwa, 17.
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Mutta, D., Mahamane, L., Wekesa, C., Kowero, G., & Roos, A. (2021). Sustainable business models for informal charcoal producers in Kenya. Sustainability, 13(6), 3475.
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Wekesa, C., Kirui, B. K., Maranga, E. K., & Muturi, G. M. (2020). The fate of Taita Hills forest fragments: Evaluation of forest cover change between 1973 and 2016 using Landsat imagery.
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Wekesa, C., Kirui, B. K., Maranga, E. K., & Muturi, G. M. (2019). Variations in forest structure, tree species diversity and above-ground biomass in edges to interior cores of fragmented forest patches of Taita Hills, Kenya. Forest ecology and management, 440, 48-60.
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Mbuvi, M. T., Kungu, J. B., Gachathi, F. N., Leley, C. W. N., & Muthini, J. M. (2019). Annonated checklist of plant species of Loita Forest (Entim e Naimina Enkiyio Forest or the forest of the lost child), Narok County, Kenya. Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci, 6(3), 54-110.
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Wekesa, C., Maranga, E. K., Kirui, B. K., Muturi, G. M., & Gathara, M. (2018). Interactions between native tree species and environmental variables along forest edge-interior gradient in fragmented forest patches of Taita Hills, Kenya. Forest Ecology and Management, 409, 789-798.
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Alemayehu, F., & Chemuku, W. (2017). Structure and natural regeneration of mangroves in areas exposed to different agents of degradation in Kenya. Journal of Global Biosciences, 6(1), 4695-4707.
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Wekesa, C., Leley, N., Maranga, E., Kirui, B., Muturi, G., Mbuvi, M., & Chikamai, B. (2016). Effects of forest disturbance on vegetation structure and above-ground carbon in three isolated forest patches of Taita Hills. Open Journal of Forestry, 6(2), 142-161.
Profile Details
WoS ResearcherID: I-2354-2018
https://www.kefri.org/components/bio/chemuku.html
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=doLOED57mTwC&hl=en
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chemuku-Wekesa