Pinpointing baobab (Adansonia digitata [Linn. 1759]) population hotspots in the semi‐arid areas of Tanzania

dc.creatorMsalilwa, Upendo
dc.creatorMunishi, Linus
dc.creatorMakule, Edna
dc.creatorNdakidemi, Patrick
dc.date2020-02-14T12:05:46Z
dc.date2020-02-14T12:05:46Z
dc.date2019-11-15
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-25T09:20:42Z
dc.date.available2022-10-25T09:20:42Z
dc.descriptionThis research article published by John Wiley & Sons, 2019
dc.descriptionThe impact of unsustainable land‐use conversions, changes in climate and anthropogenic activities on abundance and distribution of baobab populations was assessed in semi‐arid regions of Tanzania. Baobabs were sampled in plots of 1 km long and a 50 m wide, which were carried out in 337 grids located in different land‐use types. Transects for each land‐use type were located using a stratified random sampling technique to compare baobab population variations and occurrences in semi‐arid areas of Tanzania. Baobab density was found to be highest in strictly protected areas and the lowest density in unprotected areas, suggesting that anthropogenic activities coupled with local management practices within land‐uses may be influencing its viability in semi‐arid areas. In species like this, with less and slow recruitment rate, it takes a long time to bring the population to recovery when substantial disturbance and overutilisation have reduced the populations to certain levels. Thus, increased human and climate change pressures on land are likely to drive the species to extinction in these fragmented populations.
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dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12709
dc.identifierhttp://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/123456789/560
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/95167
dc.languageen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES
dc.titlePinpointing baobab (Adansonia digitata [Linn. 1759]) population hotspots in the semi‐arid areas of Tanzania
dc.typeArticle

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