Reptiles of Katavi National Park, Western Tanzania, are from different biomes

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dc.creatorCaro, Tim
dc.creatorEvans, Owen S.
dc.creatorFitzherbert, Emily
dc.creatorGardner, Toby A.
dc.creatorHowell, Kim
dc.creatorDrewes, Robert
dc.creatorShaffer, Bradley H.
dc.date2016-07-19T13:04:35Z
dc.date2016-07-19T13:04:35Z
dc.date2011-08
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-03T13:29:44Z
dc.date.available2021-05-03T13:29:44Z
dc.descriptionFull text can be accessed at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2011.01261.x/epdf
dc.descriptionBiotic communities are characterized by dominant forms ofplant life and a corresponding set of climatic or environ-mental conditions. For instance, the Katavi area in westernTanzania is classified as part of the central Zambezianbiome, a tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest(miombo) that stretches across the south-central portion ofthe African continent (Burgess et al., 2004). Geographi-cally, however, Katavi resides near the northern edge ofthe Zambezian biome, and some of its animal and plantgroups reflect this. For example, surveys demonstrate thatlarge and small mammals are Zambezian (Caro, 1999,2003; Fitzherbert et al., 2007), bird species derive fromboth Zambezian and Somali–Maasai biomes (Engilis,Lalbhai & Caro, 2009), while butterflies are from severalbiomes (Fitzherbert et al., 2006). Tree genera are domi-nated by Terminalia and Combretum (Banda, Schwartz &Caro, 2006; Banda et al., 2008), whereas Brachystegia,Julbernardia and Isoberlinia are more generally character-istic of miombo woodland (White, 1983; Rodgers, 1996;Burgess et al., 2004).
dc.identifierCaro, T., Evans, O.S., Fitzherbert, E., Gardner, T.A., Howell, K., Drewes, R. and Shaffer, H.B., 2011. Reptiles of Katavi National Park, western Tanzania, are from different biomes. African Journal of Ecology, 49(3), pp.377-382.
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3303
dc.identifier10.1111/j.1365-2028.2011.01261.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3303
dc.languageen
dc.titleReptiles of Katavi National Park, Western Tanzania, are from different biomes
dc.typeJournal Article

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