| dc.creator |
Tattersfield, Peter |
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| dc.creator |
Seddon, Mary B. |
|
| dc.creator |
Meena, C. |
|
| dc.creator |
Kayumbo, N. |
|
| dc.creator |
Kasigwa, Peter F. |
|
| dc.date |
2016-07-11T14:53:16Z |
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| dc.date |
2016-07-11T14:53:16Z |
|
| dc.date |
1998 |
|
| dc.date.accessioned |
2021-05-03T13:29:42Z |
|
| dc.date.available |
2021-05-03T13:29:42Z |
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| dc.identifier |
Tattersfield, P., Seddon, M.B., Meena, C., Kayumbo, N. and Kasigwa, P., 1998. Ecology and conservation of the land-snails of the Eastern Arc Mountains. Journal of East African Natural History, 87(1), pp.119-138. |
|
| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3081 |
|
| dc.identifier |
10.2982/0012-8317(1998)87[119:EACOTL]2.0.CO;2 |
|
| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3081 |
|
| dc.description |
The history of the study of the terrestrial molluscs of the Eastern Arc Mountains is
summarised and a checklist of species known from each range is presented. Current
knowledge of the fauna is patchy but each of the ranges contains endemic species and
collectively they support a major proportion of the Tanzanian land-snail fauna.
Recent research in the East and West Usambara, Uluguru and Nguru Mountains
has revealed high levels of mollusc diversity in Bomole and Monga Forests (East
Usambara Mountains) and in the limestone forest at Kimboza (Uluguru Mountains);
these forests support the richest faunas reported so far from East Africa. In contrast,
diversity and abundance is low in the forests of the Nguru Mountains. A similarity
analysis is used to identify several clusters of sites that are related to geographical
position and altitude. The significance of these findings for the conservation of East
African land snails is discussed. |
|
| dc.language |
en |
|
| dc.title |
Ecology and Conservation of the Land-Snails of the Eastern Arc Mountains |
|
| dc.type |
Journal Article, Peer Reviewed |
|