Doctor

Lesley Marisa

rEsearch work

Current Research Interests
1. IUCN SCC Primate Specialist Group (PSG) Co-author on a paper on the importance of Field Stations in primate range countries.
 
2. The troop security, dominance interactions, alliances, coalitions & conflict resolution of chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) and vervet monkey troops (Chlorocebus aethiops) in Zimbabwe.
 
3. Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation using Nature Based Solutions (Nbs) in Mangwe & Bulilima District with special focus on Social Omnivorous communal area -resident primate populations (Baboons & Vervet monkeys) in Matebeleland South Province.
 
4. Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation using Nature Based Solutions (Nbs) in 
Redcliff & Chirumhanzu District with special focus on Social Omnivorous urban area-resident primate populations (Baboons & Vervet monkeys) in Midlands Province.
 
5. The Impact or influence of climate change on the phenology of forage species and the implications on the nutrition, behaviour and reproductive fitness of Wildlife in the ecological regions of Zimbabwe (Collaboration with Forestry Commission). 
 
6. The reforestation of rural ecosystems with natural fruit trees , the phenology and tree metrics of indigenous fruit trees and the establishment of tree farming in communal ecosystems of Midlands Province.
 
Selected Publications 
1.  Lesley Marisa, Martin Chimwe, Kufandada Zhou, Aaron Tawedzerwa Chinofunga, Barthalomew Njini, Liberty Mugadza, Perseverance Nkomo, Tafadzwa Phillipa Dirwayi. Baboon-Human Conflict (BHC), an emerging urban crisis faced by residents in Redcliff Municipality, Zimbabwe. GSJ: Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2022, ISSN 2320-9186.
 
2. Lesley Marisa. 2020. The Nutritional Ecology, Habitat Utilisation and Activity Scheduling of free ranging Chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) of Telperion Nature Reserve in Mpumalanga, South Africa. PhD Thesis. University of South Africa.
3. Lesley Marisa, Aaron Tawedzerwa Chinofunga, Bartholomew Njini Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC) a threat to the food security and livelihoods of the villagers in Mangwe Rural District, Matebeleland South Province, Zimbabwe. GSJ: Volume 10, Issue 2, February 2022, Online: ISSN 2320-9186  
 
4. Lesley Marisa, Aaron Tawedzerwa Chinofunga, Barthalomew Njini, Liberty Mugadza. Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC), a food security threat and livelihood crisis faced by the communities in Bulilima Rural District, Matebeleland South Province, Zimbabwe. GSJ: Volume 10, Issue 3, March 2022 ISSN 2320-9186.
 
5.Lesley Marisa, Perseverance Nkomo, Aaron Tawedzerwa Chinofunga, Barthalomew Njini, Liberty Mugadza. Livestock ‘killing’ and depredation by wildlife and its implications on the Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC) mitigation and the livelihoods in Bulilima Rural District, Matebeleland South Province, Zimbabwe. GSJ: Volume 10, Issue 3, March 2022 ISSN 2320-9186.
 
6. Lesley Marisa, Martin Chimwe, Kufandada Zhou, Aaron Tawedzerwa Chinofunga, Barthalomew Njini, Liberty Mugadza. Baboon-Human Conflict (BHC), an emerging crisis faced by the residents of Munyati Power Station in Zimbabwe. GSJ: Volume 10, Issue 3, March 2022 ISSN 2320-9186.  
 
7. Lesley Marisa, Barthalomew Njini, Aaron Tawedzerwa Chinofunga, Liberty Mugadza, Perseverance Nkomo, Tafadzwa Phillipa Dirwayi.Livestock ‘killing’ and depredation by wildlife and its implications on the livelihoods in Mangwe Rural District, Matebeleland South Province, Zimbabwe. GSJ: Volume 10, Issue 3, March 2022 ISSN 2320-9186.
 
Conference Proceedings 
1. Lesley Marisa. 2021. The introduction of a multidisciplinary scientific research field in Zimbabwe: The forgotten science of Primatology. Keynote address, Great Zimbabwe Research Symposium, Masvingo. 
 
2. L. Marisa. 2018. Activity budgeting: An assessment of the critical component of the behavioural ecology of chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) at Telperion Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa. 9th Diamond Route Research Conference. Johannesburg. Poster. 
 
3. L. Marisa, SP Henzi, AS Barrett & L.R Brown. 2017. The influence of seasonality and commensurate physiological responses by chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) to daily travel distance and home range size at Telperion Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa. 8thDe beers annual research conference. Johannesburg. Talk. 
 
4. L. Marisa, SP Henzi, AS Barrett & L.R Brown. 2016. Effects of microhabitat temperature variations on Chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) habitat utilization and ranging patterns at Telperion Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa. 7thDe beers annual conference, Johannesburg. Talk. 
 
5. L. Marisa, SP Henzi, AS Barrett & L.R Brown. 2015. Effects of seasonality on the ranging behaviour of a wild chacma baboon troop (Papio hamadryas ursinus) at Telperion Nature Reserve Mpumalanga, South Africa. South Africa. 6thDe beers annual conference. Johannesburg. Poster. 
 
6. L. Marisa. 2014. The nutritional ecology, habitat utilisation and activity scheduling of free ranging chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) in a highly seasonal habitat at Telperion Nature Reserve Mpumalanga, South Africa. South Africa. 5thDe beers annual conference, Johannesburg. Poster.
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