Part B

 

Edited by Jens Otto Svendsen and Louis A. Hansen

Web edition August 2003. By Louis A. Hansen (e-mail: lahansen@snm.ku.dk)

 


CONTENTS

 

TABLE AND FIGURES

 

 

Photographs from the survey

 

Tables, Section 2 (Background of the survey and itinerary)

Table 2.1 Efforts in the field during the 1993 survey

 

Tables, Section 5 (Ornithology)

Table 5.1. Forest bird species of special conservation interest in the Tanganyika-Nyasa Montane Forest Group.

Table 5.2 Montane forest bird subspecies endemic to a single Eastern Arc mountain range

Table 5.3 Efforts of the ornithology team in the field

Table 5.4 Altitudinal distributions. Complete distribution at the localities visited and earlier altitude records

Table 5.5. Altitudinal distributions. Records from within  50 m elevation range of 12 stations

Table 5.6 Mistnetting A. Total number of birds ringed in the Uluguru North and South F.R.s

Table 5.7 Mistnetting B. Number of birds ringed during standardised mistnetting, UNSFRs

Table 5.8 Mistnetting C. Number of birds ringed per 2500 NMH of standard mistnetting, UNSFRs

Table 5.9 One-hectare plots. Percentage of plots with bird species recorded

Table 5.10 Tape recordings at dawn. Number of birds audible

Table 5.11 Mistnetting D. Number of individuals ringed in the lowland Kimboza F.R.

Table 5.12 Mistnetting E. Number of birds mistnetted in the forest strip at Kigurunyembe

 

Figures, Section 5 (Ornithology)

Figures 5.1a-m. Relative abundance (ranked) of bird species at our 13 stations

Figure 5.2. Number of forest bird species ringed per station towards number of individuals ringed.

Figure 5.3. Number of forest bird species recorded per station on plots towards number of plots assessed.

Figure 5.4. Species accumulation curves for mistnetting and plots assessments.

 

Tables, Section 6 (Mammals)

Table 6.1. Checklist of mammals occuring in the Uluguru Mountains.

 

Tables, Section 7 (Entomology)

Table 7.1. Millipede species known from the Uluguru Mountains.

Table 7.2. Endemicity of some invertebrate groups occuring in the Ulugurus (current knowledge).

 

Tables, Section 8 (Botany)

Table 8.1. Woody species identified from eight plots (47 of 100 species have been identified) at Kimhandu and Lanzi.

Table 8.2. Total number of species and structural data for Kimhandu and Lanzi plots.

Table 8.3. Diversity indices for Kimhandu and Lanzi plots.

 

Figures, Section 8 (Botany)

Figure 8.1-8. Basal area dominant species for the eight stations.

Figure 8.9-16. Dominant species in terms of number of stems for the eight stations.

Figure 8.17. Total basal area for the eight plots.

Figure 8.18. Number of stems for the eight plots.

Figure 8.19. Total basal area of Ocotea usambarensis Engl. at the eight plots.

Figure 8.20. Number of stems of Ocotea usambarensis Engl. at the eight plots.

Figure 8.21. Total basal area of Allanblackia ulugurensis Engl. at the eight plots.

Figure 8.22. Number of stems of Allanblackia ulugurensis Engl. at the eight plots.

Figure 8.23. Number of stems of treeferns at the eight plots.

 

APPENDICES.

 

APPENDIX 2 (Background of the survey and itinerary)

Appendix 2.1. Background of the survey and the contents of this report

 

APPENDIX 3 (Background information on the Uluguru forests)

Appendix 3.1 Description of reserves of mountain forest visited on this survey.

Appendix 3.2. Description of reserves of lowland forest visited on this survey.

Appendix 3.3. Forest reserves in the Ulugurus and nearest vicinity not visited on this survey.

3.3.a.  Forest reserves on the mountains

3.3.b.  Forest reserves in the foothills

3.3.c.  Forest reserves on the plains east of Ruvu River

3.3.d.  Forest reserves on outlying hills

 

APPENDIX 4 (Study sites)

Appendix 4.1. Notes on map errors (this is a longer verison than in the first edition).

Appendix 4.2. Notes on the occurence of local paths inside the forest and access to the areas.

Appendix 4.3. Notes on the position of field stations.

Appendix 4.4. Illegacies observed in the forest reserves during the survey (new section - not part of the first edition).

 

APPENDIX 5 (Ornithology)

Appendix 5.1. Earlier ornithological survey work in the Uluguru Mountains

Appendix 5.2. Footnotes and definitions

Appendix 5.3. General distributions of the Threatened species, with notes on earlier Uluguru records

Appendix 5.4. General distributions of the Near-threatened species, with notes on earlier Uluguru records

Appendix 5.5. Notes from our survey on forest species other than Threatened, Near-threatened and other restricted-range species

Appendix 5.6. Observations of non-forest species from our survey

Appendix 5.7. Observations of mixed feeding parties from our survey

Appendix 5.8. Seasonal altitudinal migration - indications from this survey and from the literature

Appendix 5.9. Further notes on the general characteristics of the forest avifauna at the localities visited

5.9.a.  Submontane evergreen forest

5.9.b.  Montane evergreen forest

5.9.c.  Lowland semi-evergreen forest

Appendix 5.10.  Notes on Arcanator orostruthus, Swynnertonia swynnertoni and Anthreptes pallidigaster

Appendix 5.11. Breeding activity noted among forest birds during our survey

Appendix 5.12. Ornithology: On the methods applied and the completeness of our survey

Appendix 5.13. Further recommendations for future ornithological fieldwork

 

No appendix 6 or 7

 

APPENDIX 8 (Botany)

Appendix 8.1. Further discussion of data from Tables 8.2 and 8.3