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OSTRICH
卷 87, 期 3, 页码 255-262出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2016.1212120
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altitudinal gradient; altitudinal migration; bird distribution; conservation; fragmentation; mist-netting
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- World Bank Project C1B1 of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam
Forest 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.
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