Changing places: how the results of new field work in the Rubeho Mountains influence conservation priorities in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania

Autor:	Jon Fjeldså, John C. Poynton, Nike Doggart, Neil D. Burgess, Jacob Kiure, Andrew Perkin
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	geography geography.geographical_feature_category Extinction biology Ecology Range (biology) biology.organism_classification Fishery Tanzania Disturbance (ecology) Threatened species Period (geology) Survey data collection Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Mountain range
Zdroj:	African Journal of Ecology. 44:134-144
ISSN:	1365-2028 0141-6707
DOI:	10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00572.x
Popis:	TheRubehoMountainsareapoorlystudiedmountainblock within the Eastern Arc Mountain range of Tanzania and Kenya. We present the results offield surveys for vertebrates undertaken during the period February 2000 to December 2002. One hundred and twelve man-days of surveys recorded 35 mammal, 107 bird, ten reptile and nine amphibian species, including eleven species endemic and sevennear-endemictotheEasternArc,withonespeciesnew to science. Of these, nine species are regarded as threatened with extinction. The new survey data significantly elevate the biological importance of the Rubehos within the Eastern Arc range. Further analyses highlight how the overall biological ranking of the Eastern Arc mountain blocks is correlated with survey effort. The majority of the forest habitat on the Rubehos is contained in three national (Central Government) Forest Reserves (Mang’alisa, Mafwomero and Ukwiva). Our surveys recorded high levels of disturbance to the foresthabitatinallthreereserves andwedrawattention to the need for additional conservation investment in this
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