Ecology and Conservation of the Land-Snails of the Eastern Arc Mountains

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dc.contributor.authorTattersfield, Peter
dc.contributor.authorSeddon, Mary B.
dc.contributor.authorMeena, C.
dc.contributor.authorKayumbo, N.
dc.contributor.authorKasigwa, Peter F.
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-11T14:53:16Z
dc.date.available2016-07-11T14:53:16Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.description.abstractThe history of the study of the terrestrial molluscs of the Eastern Arc Mountains is summarised and a checklist of species known from each range is presented. Current knowledge of the fauna is patchy but each of the ranges contains endemic species and collectively they support a major proportion of the Tanzanian land-snail fauna. Recent research in the East and West Usambara, Uluguru and Nguru Mountains has revealed high levels of mollusc diversity in Bomole and Monga Forests (East Usambara Mountains) and in the limestone forest at Kimboza (Uluguru Mountains); these forests support the richest faunas reported so far from East Africa. In contrast, diversity and abundance is low in the forests of the Nguru Mountains. A similarity analysis is used to identify several clusters of sites that are related to geographical position and altitude. The significance of these findings for the conservation of East African land snails is discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTattersfield, P., Seddon, M.B., Meena, C., Kayumbo, N. and Kasigwa, P., 1998. Ecology and conservation of the land-snails of the Eastern Arc Mountains. Journal of East African Natural History, 87(1), pp.119-138.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.2982/0012-8317(1998)87[119:EACOTL]2.0.CO;2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3081
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.titleEcology and Conservation of the Land-Snails of the Eastern Arc Mountainsen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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