Seasonal use of remnant forest fragments by understorey forest birds in the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania: a conservation priorit

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dc.contributor.authorWerema Chacha, Howell Kim M. and Ndangalasi Henry J.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-07T12:37:32Z
dc.date.available2018-09-07T12:37:32Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractForest fragmentation can lead to extinctions of some species at local levels and is eroding bird diversity at an increasing rate. While there is information on the distribution of forest bird species in most of the Eastern Arc Mountain forests, some forests, particularly the smaller fragments, have not been adequately surveyed. Using mist netting we surveyed avifauna in some of the poorly known forests (12.5–25 ha) located 320–1 300 m above sea level in the Uluguru Mountains in order to address their conservation importance. Proportions of seasonal altitudinal migrants were significantly higher in these lower-altitude forests during the cold season than the hot season. The results suggest that these forests support bird species of conservation concern, most of which are forest dependent and some of which make seasonal movements between high-altitude montane forests and lowland/ foothill forests. These forests are important cold-season habitat of altitudinal migrants and further fragmentation should be halted as a matter of regional and global priority.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWerema, C., Howell, K.M. and Ndangalasi, H.J. (2016). Use of remnant forest fragments by seasonal altitudinal migrating forest birds in the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania: A conservation priority. Ostrich 87(3) 255-262.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4826
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectaltitudinal gradienten_US
dc.subjectaltitudinal migrationen_US
dc.subjectbird distributionen_US
dc.subjectconservationen_US
dc.subjectfragmentationen_US
dc.subjectmist nettingen_US
dc.titleSeasonal use of remnant forest fragments by understorey forest birds in the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania: a conservation prioriten_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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