Search
Now showing items 1-6 of 6
Status and distribution of montane bamboo in Echuya central Forest reserve, S.W. Uganda
(2013-05)
This report is a study of the bamboo population structure, disturbance factors affecting bamboo
forest regeneration and the management options for the recovery of the dwindling bamboo stock
in Echuya Central Forest ...
How selective are elephants as agents of forest tree damage in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda?
(African Journal of Ecology, 2013)
Elephants are locally concentrated in Bwindi Impenetra ble National Park. Vegetation damage attributable to elephants appears to be increasing and may result in the modification of the forest. We examined the implied ...
Bamboo for people, Mountain gorillas, and golden monkeys: Evaluating harvest and conservation trade-offs and synergies in the Virunga Volcanoes
(Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation,, 2011-10-10)
There are conflicting demands on bamboo (Yushania alpina(K. Schum.) Lin.) in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (Virunga Volcanoes), Uganda. Local people lost legal access to bamboo when the park was gazetted in 1991 – but ...
Some Initial Observations Concerning the African Wild BananaEnsete ventricosumasa Resource for Vertebrates
(Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, 2019-09)
The ecological role and significance of “African wild bananas”Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman (Musaceae) are unknown.We considered if E. ventricosum, with its sustained flowering and fruiting, might act in some ways ...
Seasonality in the equatorial tropics: Flower, fruit, and leaf phenology of montane trees in the highlands of Southwest Uganda
(Biotropica, 2023)
Phenology influences many forest functions and can inform forest conservation and management, yet representative phenological data for most common tropical forest tree species remain sparse or absent. Between June 2011 and ...
Sex ratios, damage and distribution of Myrianthus holstii Engl.: a dioecious afromontane forest tree
(Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2023)
Male and female dioecious tropical trees are subjected to distinct demands that may influence their ecology. An example is Myrianthus holstii Engl. that produces persistent fruit eaten by elephants and other large mammals ...