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Effects of Afforestation and Clearfelling on birds and small Mammals at Grootvadersbosch, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: A.J. Armstrong --- Department of Nature Conservation, Republic of South Africa H.J. van Hensbergen --- Department of Nature Conservation, Republic of South AfricaResults from a short-term study of birds and small mammals in pine plantations, regenerating clear-felled sites and indigenous forest and fynbos habitats at Grootvadersbosch, southern Cape, indicate that the pine faunal assemblages are pauperised in relation to those of the... -
Afromontane forest avifauna of the eastern Soutpansberg mountain range, Northern Province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: C.T. Symes --- , South Africa S.M. Venter --- Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa M.R. Perrin --- , South AfricaThe Soutpansberg forests form the northern limit of indigenous forest in South Africa, Commercial afforestation occurs at high altitudes whereas crops and orchards are planted at lower altitudes. A study of five protected afromontane forests in the eastern Soutpansberg identified... -
Species composition and phytogeographical significance of an afromontane forest fragment in the Mpumalanga province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: T.L. Morgenthal --- , South Africa S.S. Cilliers --- , South AfricaA floristic survey of an afromontane forest fragment, Pedlar's Bush, was done as part of an effort to proclaim this forest as a national heritage site. A checklist of 245 plant taxa has been compiled for Pedlar's Bush. The phytogeographical... -
The influence of fire on a southern Cape mountain forest
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: L.H. Watson --- Department of Nature Conservation, M.J. Cameron --- Department of Nature Conservation,Afromontane forests in the southern Cape are surrounded by fire-prone fynbos. Although the presence of charcoal in Afromontane forests indicate that they do burn, little is known about the influence of fire on the dynamics of these forests. We compared... -
The leaf-litter earthworm fauna (Annelida: Oligochaeta) of forests in Limpopo Province, South Africa: diversity, communities and conservation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Johanna L. Horn --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa J. Danuta Plisko --- Natal Museum, South Africa Michelle L. Hamer --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaA qualitative survey of the leaf-litter earthworm fauna of 11 selected indigenous forests in Limpopo Province, South Africa, was conducted to identify the species present, to describe the communities and to assess the relationship between indigenous and exotic species. A... -
Birds and biogeography of Mount Mecula in Mozambique’s Niassa National Reserve
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Claire N Spottiswoode --- Department of Zoology, UK Lincoln DC Fishpool --- BirdLife International, UK Julian L Bayliss --- Department of Zoology, UKThe montane forests of northern Mozambique’s isolated massifs are inhabited by numerous range-restricted and threatened bird species, but until recently were extremely little-known. We report on a first avifaunal survey of the isolated montane habitats of Mt Mecula (1 442... -
Nest boxes for Cape Parrots Poicephalus robustus in the Hogsback area, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Kirsten Wimberger --- Cape Parrot Project, South Africa Kate F Carstens --- Cape Parrot Project, South Africa Johann C Carstens --- Cape Parrot Project, South Africa R Stephen Boyes --- Cape Parrot Project, South AfricaBreeding propensity of tree-cavity nesting bird species are often limited by a shortage of natural nesting sites. Artificial nests can be used to provide alternative nest sites. Cape Parrots Poicephalus robustus are nationally endangered and nest in existing tree-cavities in... -
A mammal survey of the Serra Jeci Mountain Range, Mozambique, with a review of records from northern Mozambique’s inselbergs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Tim van Berkel --- Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation (BINCO), Belgium Emidio Sumbane --- Natural History Museum, Praca Travessia do Zambeze, Mozambique Samuel EI Jones --- Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation (BINCO), Belgium Merlijn Jocque --- Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation (BINCO), BelgiumThe mountains of northern Mozambique have remained poorly studied biologically until recent years with surveys covering a variety of taxonomic groups highlighting their biological and conservation value. Even so, the medium and large mammal fauna remains poorly known and to... -
Assessment of plant species composition and natural regeneration in abandoned settlements in the lower montane forest of Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Imani Abinery Kikoti --- , Tanzania Cosmas Mligo --- , Tanzania Henry Joseph Ndangalasi --- , TanzaniaAnthropogenic modification of montane forests to other land uses has significant effects on native vegetation and the ecological functions of plant communities, such as in the forests of Mount Kilimanjaro. This study was carried out in Kilimanjaro National Park at... -
Evidence for an Afrotemperate amphibian fauna
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: JohnC. Poynton --- , UKLatitudinal and altitudinal changes in composition of the African amphibian fauna is analysed to test the standard zoogeographical division of the continent into Palaearctic and Afrotropical Regions. A comparably high faunal change north and south of the. tropical savannas suggests... -
Seasonal altitudinal migration of White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni in Tanzania documented with a barometric pressure logger
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Flemming P Jensen --- Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Chacha Werema --- University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaSeasonal altitudinal movements from breeding areas in montane forests to non-breeding or wintering areas at lower elevations, during the cool dry season from April–June to September–October, has long been suspected for several species of birds breeding in Tanzania’s Eastern Arc...