Frontier Tanzania Environmental Research REPORT 110 ...

Kazimzumbwi Forest Reserve
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5. Forest use and human impact 32
5.1 Introduction 32
5.2 Aims 34
5.3 Methods 34
5.4 Results 35
5.4.1 Pole and timber extraction 35
5.4.2 Poles 35
5.4.3 Timber 37
5.4.4 Other forms of disturbance 39
5.4.5 Disturbance hotspots 39
5.4.6 Charcoal production 43
5.4.7 Animal trapping 43
5.4.8 Pitsawing 43
5.4.9 Fire 43
5.4.10 Past cultivation and settlement 44
5.5 Discussion 44
5.5.1 Pole and timber extraction 44
5.5.2 Effects of access and disturbance 45
5.5.3 Priorities for management 46
6. Faunal diversity of Kazimzumbwi Forest Reserve 47
6.1 Introduction 47
6.2 Aims 47
6.3 Methods 48
6.3.1 Zoological trapsites 48
6.3.2 Dung and sign surveys 49
6.3.3 Opportunistic collection and observations 50
6.3.4 Identification 50
6.4 Results 50
6.4.1 Mammals 51
6.4.1.1 Bats and small mammals 54
6.4.1.2 Larger mammals 56
6.4.2 Reptiles 56
6.4.3 Amphibians 58
6.4.4 Butterflies 61
6.4.5 Molluscs 64
6.4.6 Millipedes 64
6.5 Discussion 64
6.5.1 Mammals 64
6.5.2 Reptiles 66
6.5.3 Amphibians 67
6.5.4 Butterflies 68
6.5.5 Molluscs and millipedes 69
6.6 Conclusions 69
6.6.1 ‘New records’ 69
6.6.2 Species richness and diversity 70
6.6.3 Forest dependency 70
6.6.4 Endemism 70
6.6.5 Species of conservation concern 70
References 71
Appendix 1. Coastal forest vegetation types 72
Appendix 2. Taxonomic verification 74
Appendix 3. Vegetation plot descriptions. 75
Appendix 4. Species lists for Coastal Forests 76
Coastal Forest Research Programme Technical Paper Series 117