Assessment of the biological values of different land cover types in ...

CONTENTS
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ................................................................................ 1
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................... 2
1) INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 3
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE PROJECT ................................................................................ 3
1.2 REPORT STRUCTURE ............................................................................................... 3
1.3 AN OVERVIEW OF THE EAST USAMBARA MOUNTAINS .................................................. 3
2) BOTANICAL SURVEYS .......................................................................................... 5
2.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 5
2.2 METHODS ............................................................................................................... 5
2.3 RESULTS ................................................................................................................ 6
2.4 DISCUSSION .......................................................................................................... 14
3) TRANSECT WALKS .............................................................................................. 22
3.1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 22
3.2 METHODS ............................................................................................................. 22
3.3 RESULTS .............................................................................................................. 22
3.4 DISCUSSION .......................................................................................................... 22
4) BIRDS .................................................................................................................... 23
4.1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 23
4.2 METHODS ............................................................................................................. 23
4.3 SAMPLING INTENSITY ............................................................................................. 23
4.4 RESULTS .............................................................................................................. 24
4.5 DISCUSSION .......................................................................................................... 27
4.5.3 HABITAT ASSOCIATION ...................................................................................... 29
5) MAMMALS ............................................................................................................. 30
5.1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 30
5.2 METHODS ............................................................................................................. 30
5.3 RESULTS .............................................................................................................. 30
5.4 DISCUSSION .......................................................................................................... 32
6) RESOURCE USE SURVEY ................................................................................... 33
6.1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 33
6.2 METHODS ............................................................................................................. 33
6.3 RESULTS .............................................................................................................. 33
6.4 DISCUSSION .......................................................................................................... 37
7) CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................... 38
8) REFERENCES ....................................................................................................... 40