Department of Forest Engineering and Wood Sciences
Heads office, Department of Forest Engineering and Wood Sciences
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Research Interests
Mechanized Logging Operations; Forest Growth and Yield Modelling; Forest Sampling; Applied Statistics in Forestry; Geospatial Applications in Forest Management; Spatial-Ecological Modelling
Ernest William Mauya is a holder of BSc. and MSc. Forestry from Sokoine University of Agriculture. Ernest received his PhD in Forest Sciences and Remote Sensing from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway , in 2015. His research during this period delved into the use of airborne laser scanning and satellite imagery for large scale estimation of forest biomass and carbon stock. Currently, Ernest is serving as a Senior Lecturer at Sokoine University of Agriculture, College of Forestry Wildlife and Tourism where his major duties focus on teaching, research and extension services. His key research areas and interest dwell more on the application of earth observation techniques and data for forest monitoring at different spatial scales. He has co-authored over 30 scientific peer-reviewed papers in different scientific journals.
Selected Publications
Mauya, E. W. (2022). Production Rates of Mechanized Tree Felling Operations at Sao-Hill Forest Plantation, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 91(1), 45-57.
Mauya, E. W. (2021). Modelling and predicting measures of tree species diversity using airborne laser scanning data in miombo woodlands of Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 90(1), 1-17.
Mauya, E. W., Koskinen, J., Tegel, K., Hämäläinen, J., Kauranne, T., & Käyhkö, N. (2019). Modelling and predicting the growing stock volume in small-scale plantation forests of Tanzania using multi-sensor image synergy. Forests, 10(3), 279.
Mauya, Ernest William, Wilson Ancelm Mugasha, Marco Andrew Njana, Eliakimu Zahabu, and Rogers Malimbwi. “Carbon stocks for different land cover types in Mainland Tanzania.” Carbon balance and management 14 (2019): 1-12.
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