Researcher in WP2
Tawanda Tarakini
Tawanda Tarakini is a lecturer and a researcher the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at Chinhoyi University of Technology
He has keen interests in ornithology and entomology. Tawanda has projects that focus on waterbird ecology as well as pollination services. He is a member of Birdlife Zimbabwe and the African Bird Club.
Selected publications
Selected publications
- Tarakini, T., Guerbois, C., Wencelius, J., Mundy, P., & Fritz, H. (2018a). Integrating Local Ecological Knowledge for Waterbird Conservation: Insights From Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, Zimbabwe. Tropical Conservation Science, 11, 1-17.
- Tarakini, T., Mabika, I., Dakwa, F., Mundy, P., & Fritz, H. (2020). Terrestrial threats dominate the waterbird landscape of fear in a savannah pan wetland system. Wildlife Biology, 2020.
- Tarakini, T., Mundy, P., & Fritz, H. (2020). Trends in savannah waterbirds: protected area effect and influence of global threats on differing guilds. Ostrich, 91(2), 1-11.
- Tarakini, T., Sithole, S., Utete, B., Muposhi, V., Madhlamoto, D., & Gandiwa, E. (2018b). Host preferences, spatial distribution and interaction of oxpeckers with wild ungulates in and around southern Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe. Tropical Ecology.
What is your role/relationship in the project?
What are your expectations?
What excites you about the project?
What are your fear related to the project?
- I have worked in the Hwange System for over 15 years now!
- I be involved with field escussion for WP1.
- I will be involved with student supervison in WP1
What are your expectations?
- Maximise the power of collaboration in understanding ecological processes in the study area.
- Improve understanding of models used in this project
What excites you about the project?
- The interdisciplinarity aspects of the project
- The inclusion of local people in the project
What are your fear related to the project?
- My main fear is missing gin or tonic. But the budget line allocated to this in the project is more than decent.
Main publications for the project :
- Guerbois et al. 2012
- Guerbois et al. 2013
- Guerbois and Fritz 2017
- Tarakini et al . 2018
- Bretagnolle et al. 2019