Biodiversity Surveys of Poorly Known Coastal Forests of ...

Table of contents
Title Page .......................................................................................................................................... i
Executive Summary:....................................................................................................................... ii
Table of contents ............................................................................................................................. v
List of Tables ................................................................................................................................ viii
List of Figures .............................................................................................................................. viii
List of Plates ................................................................................................................................. viii
List of Institutional abbreviations ................................................................................................ ix
Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................... x
1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 1
1.1. Background ................................................................................................................................ 1
1.2. Terms of Reference (TOR) ........................................................................................................ 1
2. METHODS .................................................................................................................................. 3
2.1. Botanical Methods ................................................................................................................... 3
2.1.1. Vegetation sampling ............................................................................................................ 3
2.1.2. Zanzibar Forest Study ......................................................................................................... 6
2.2. Zoological Methods.................................................................................................................. 6
2.2.1. Small vertebrates ................................................................................................................. 6
2.2.1.1. General survey methods ................................................................................................... 6
2.2.1.2. Bucket pitfall traps with drift fence array ........................................................................ 6
2.2.1.3. Sherman traps ................................................................................................................... 7
2.2.1.4. Snap or Break-back Traps ................................................................................................ 7
2.2.1.5. Mist netting for birds and bats.......................................................................................... 7
2.2.1.6. Handling and identification of animals ............................................................................ 8
2.2.2. Non-capture survey methods ............................................................................................... 9
2.2.2.1. Sign: tracks, scats, etc. ..................................................................................................... 9
2.2.2.2. Timed Species Counts (TSCs) for birds ........................................................................... 9
2.2.2.3. Informal interviews ........................................................................................................ 11
2.2.2.4. Photographs .................................................................................................................... 11
2.3. Forest information gathered on Zanzibar forests ..................................................................... 11
2.4. Desk top study of forests not surveyed in the field work session............................................ 11
3. RESULTS .................................................................................................................................. 13
3.1. Botanical .................................................................................................................................. 13
3.1.1. General overview of vegetation from the forests .............................................................. 13
3. 2. Vegetation types in each forest surveyed ............................................................................... 25
3.2.1. Namatimbili Forest (Mbarawala plateau) ............................................................................. 25
3.2.1.1. Evergreen Forest ............................................................................................................ 25
3.2.1.2. Mixed Forest .................................................................................................................. 25
3.2.1.3. Riverine forest ................................................................................................................ 26
3.2.1.4. Bushland ......................................................................................................................... 26
3.2.1.5. Woodland ....................................................................................................................... 26
3.2.1.6. Scrubland ........................................................................................................................ 27
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