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

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dc.creator Caro, Tim
dc.creator Evans, Owen S.
dc.creator Fitzherbert, Emily
dc.creator Gardner, Toby A.
dc.creator Howell, Kim
dc.creator Drewes, Robert
dc.creator Shaffer, Bradley H.
dc.date 2016-07-19T13:04:35Z
dc.date 2016-07-19T13:04:35Z
dc.date 2011-08
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-03T13:29:44Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-03T13:29:44Z
dc.identifier Caro, 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.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3303
dc.identifier 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2011.01261.x
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3303
dc.description Full text can be accessed at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2011.01261.x/epdf
dc.description Biotic 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.language en
dc.title Reptiles of Katavi National Park, Western Tanzania, are from different biomes
dc.type Journal Article


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