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