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Diversity, abundance, and structure of tree communities in the Uluguru forests in the Morogoro region, Tanzania

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dc.creator Kacholi, David Sylvester
dc.creator Whitbread, Anthony Michael
dc.creator Worbes, Martin
dc.date 2016-02-11T21:00:02Z
dc.date 2016-02-11T21:00:02Z
dc.date 2015-09
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-18T11:49:36Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-18T11:49:36Z
dc.identifier DOI 10.1007/s11676-015-0078-0
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/359
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10086
dc.description To view the article visit http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11676-015-0078-0
dc.description Uluguru forests are globally recognized as important biodiversity hotspots, but anthropogenic pressure threatens their value. This study examined species diversity, abundance, and structure of trees in the Uluguru forests. All trees of diameter at breast height (DBH) C 10 cm were inventoried in seven forests ranging from 3 to 995 ha in area. A total of 900 stems, 101 species and 34 families were inventoried. Fabaceae was the most speciose family.Ehretia amoena Klotzsch was the most abundant species with relative abundance of 9.22 %. The forests differed significantly in species richness (26–93 species/ha), tree density (85–390 stems/ha), basal area (3–24 m2/ha) and Shannon-Wiener diversity (2.50–4.02). Forest area was significantly and positively correlated with species richness (r = 0.92) and species diversity (r = 0.95). Tree density showed significant positive correlation with species richness (r = 0.80) and basal area (r = 0.85). Milawilila and Nemele forests had highest floristic similarity (0.55) followed by Kimboza and Kilengwe (0.54) while the rest had similarity coefficients of less than 0.50. Despite legislative protection, many forests remain at risk and therefore the possibility to conserve highly valuable tree species via enhanced protection or cultivation must be considered.
dc.description Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE) and Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD)
dc.language en
dc.publisher Journal of Forestry Research
dc.subject Eastern arc
dc.subject Biodiversity
dc.subject Disturbance
dc.subject Hotspots
dc.subject Similarity
dc.title Diversity, abundance, and structure of tree communities in the Uluguru forests in the Morogoro region, Tanzania
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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