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Occurrence data of tree species for crystalline Mountain Forest of Tanzania.

Citation

Lyimo P, Munishi P (2018). Occurrence data of tree species for crystalline Mountain Forest of Tanzania.. Version 1.4. Sokoine University of Agriculture, Department of Ecosystems and Conservation. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/tjq4xs accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-20.

Description

The Eastern Arc comprises the ancient crystalline mountains that run from the Taita Hills in Kenya to the Makambako Gap just to the south-west of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania and that are under the direct climatic influence of the Indian Ocean (Lovett, 1990). These mountains support forest and some grassland and heathland vegetation, although large areas have been converted from natural vegetation to agriculture and plantations. There is a chain of somewhat similar montane forest areas extending from southern Tanzania to Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. However, these more southern forests are not so directly under the Indian Ocean climatic regime, are subject to more variable convectional rainfall patterns, and the forests do not possess the species richness and endemism of the Eastern Arc. Together, the Eastern Arc and these other montane forest areas comprise the Tanganyika-Nyasa Mountain Forest Group.

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Paulo Lyimo
originator
position: Assistant Lecturer
Sokoine University of Agriculture
3010
Morogoro
TZ
Telephone: +255754216031
email: paulolyimo@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.sua.ac.tz
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BIDAF2015-0069-SMA
Pantaleo Munishi
originator
position: Professor
Sokoine University of Agriculture
3010
Morogoro
TZ
Telephone: +255754591849
email: pmunishi2001@yahoo.com
homepage: http://www.sua.ac.tz
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BIDAF2015-0069-SMA
Paulo Lyimo
metadata author
position: Assistant Lecturer
Sokoine University of Agriculture
3010
Morogoro
TZ
Telephone: +255754216031
email: paulolyimo@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.sua.ac.tz
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BIDAF2015-0069-SMA
Pantaleo Munishi
metadata author
position: Professor
Sokoine University of Agriculture
3010
Morogoro
TZ
Telephone: +255754591849
email: pmunishi2001@yahoo.com
homepage: http://www.sua.ac.tz
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BIDAF2015-0069-SMA
Paulo Lyimo
user
email: paulolyimo@gmail.com
Paulo Lyimo
administrative point of contact
position: Assistant Lecturer
Sokoine University of Agriculture
3010
Morogoro
TZ
Telephone: +255754216031
email: paulolyimo@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.sua.ac.tz
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BIDAF2015-0069-SMA
Pantaleo Munishi
administrative point of contact
position: Professor
SUA
3010
Morogoro
TZ
Telephone: +255754591849
email: pmunishi2001@yahoo.com
homepage: http://www.sua.ac.tz
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BIDAF2015-0069-SMA
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