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The Ambangulu Forest, West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania: a threatened Eastern Arc forest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Steven M. Goodman ,
William T. Stanley ,
William D. Newmark  and
Kim M. Howell
Steven M. Goodman
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
William T. Stanley
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
William D. Newmark
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, 201 Biology Building, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
Kim M. Howell
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Dar es Salaam, PO Box 35064, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Abstract

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Ambangulu Forest is one of the few remaining tracts of natural forest between 800 and 1200 m in the West Usambara Mountains of Tanzania. It may be the biologically richest area in the region but it is threatened by illegal felling of timber trees, wind damage, grazing and browsing livestock, and collection of fuel-wood and building poles. A proposed project aims to protect the forest and benefit local people at the same time.

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Short Communications
Information
Oryx , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , July 1995 , pp. 212 - 214
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1995

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