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Mahenge Scarp Forest Reserve: a biodiversity survey
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents.......................................................................................................................................................................ii
Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................................................iv
Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................................................iv
Acknowledgements...................................................................................................................................................................vi
1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Frontier-Tanzania Forest Research Programme..................................................................................................1
1.2 The Mahenge Mountains ........................................................................................................................................1
1.3 Objectives of the Survey .........................................................................................................................................1
1.4 Report structure ...............................................................................................................................................................3
2. Study Site ........................................................................................................................................................................5
2.1 Location......................................................................................................................................................................5
2.2 Site Description........................................................................................................................................................5
2.3 Topography ...............................................................................................................................................................5
2.4 Climate .......................................................................................................................................................................5
2.4 Land Use....................................................................................................................................................................5
2.5 History and Status....................................................................................................................................................5
3. Methodology ..................................................................................................................................................................7
3.1 Flora ............................................................................................................................................................................7
3.2 Fauna ..........................................................................................................................................................................9
3.3 Human resource-use..............................................................................................................................................11
4. Results ...........................................................................................................................................................................12
4.1 Flora ..........................................................................................................................................................................12
4.2 Fauna ........................................................................................................................................................................13
4.3 Human resource-use..............................................................................................................................................17
5. Discussion and Recommendations...........................................................................................................................19
5.1 Flora .................................................................................................................................................................................19
5.2 Fauna ...............................................................................................................................................................................20
5.3 Human resource-use.....................................................................................................................................................20
6. Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................................................21
7. Bibliography.................................................................................................................................................................22
Appendix 1: Taxonomic verification....................................................................................................................................24
Appendix 2: Summary of sampling effort of each survey technique employed ...........................................................25
Appendix 3: Summary of weather conditions.....................................................................................................................26
Appendix 4: GPS Co-ordinates for Mahenge Scarp FR....................................................................................................27
4a Summary of basecamp and zoological worksites .....................................................................................................27
4b Summary of transects line end points.........................................................................................................................27
4c Summary of beacon points* and landmarks indicating the FR boundary ............................................................27
4d Summary of vegetation plots .......................................................................................................................................28
4e Summary of botanical opportunistic collection sites ...............................................................................................28
Appendix 5: General Vegetation plot descriptions............................................................................................................29
Appendix 6: Regeneration Plot Descriptions......................................................................................................................30
Appendix 7: Vegeation Data.................................................................................................................................................31
7a Plant species recorded in the vegetation polts in Mahenge Scarp FR, following Mabberley (1997) and
Palgrave (1996)....................................................................................................................................................................31
7b Opportunistic botanical collection within Mahenge Scarp FR...............................................................................35
Appendix 8: Mammal Data ....................................................................................................................................................36
8a Small mammal species recorded in Mahenge Scarp FR following Kingdom (1997).........................................36
8b Large mammal species recorded in Mahenge Scarp FR following Kingdom (1997). .......................................37
Appendix 9: Bird Data.............................................................................................................................................................38
Appendix 10: Reptile Data .....................................................................................................................................................42
Appendix 11: Amphibian Data ..............................................................................................................................................43
Appendix 12: Butterfly Data ..................................................................................................................................................45
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