The BIOFUND Virtual Library is an online archive of information on Mozambique’s biodiversity, organized along the lines suggested by the Convention on Biodiversity’s Clearing House Mechanism. The Virtual Library will strive to make available all the documents, studies, reports, articles, educational and communications materials, maps and digital files that have been produced, to serve as a repository of our collective institutional memory as a conservation community. The usefulness of the Virtual Library will improve the more we share amongst ourselves. If you have any materials that are not currently part of the Virtual Library, please click on "Add Document" and become a contributor.
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Author
Year of Publication
Biodiversity Studies in Key Species from the African Mopane and Miombo Woodlands
Moura, I. Et al.
2017
N/A
http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/66845
Genetic Diversity
The Southern African Miombo-Mopane woodlands are globally considered as ecosystems with irreplaceable species endemism, being the most important type of vegetation in the region. Among the approximately 8500 plant species, legume trees play a crucial role in biodiversity dynamics, being also key socioeconomic and environmental players. From the ecological point of view, they contribute significantly to ecosystem’s stability as well as to water, carbon, and energy balance. Additionally, legume species represent an immensurable source of timber and nontimber products.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Biodiversity Studies in Key Species from the African Mopane and Miombo Woodlands
Current Status of Burchell´s Zebra in Africa
Rod East
1997
N/A
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Current Status of Burchell´s Zebra in Africa
Conserving large carnivores: dollars and fence
Parker, C. Et al.
S/D
N/A
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Ecosystem Restoration; Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Conserving large carnivores: dollars and fence
Policy Issues in Payment for Environmental Services
Anderson et al.
2010
N/A
Ecosystem services broadly mean the benefits that people derive from ecosystems. The services are categorised as provisioning, supporting, regulating, or cultural. For a long time, these services have been considered as nature’s service and have systematically been undervalued. Because they are not traded in conventional markets, they are not captured by existing price signals that have led to over exploitation of the environmental goods with the negative effects on the supply of environmental services. The papers in this book cut across different aspects of Environmental Services (Watershed management, Carbon sequestration, and biodiversity management), policy and institutional issues related to PES.
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.)
None
Policy Issues in Payment for Environmental Services
Trophy hunting and lion conservation: a question of governance?
Nelson, F.; Lindsey, P. & Balme, G.
2013
N/A
https:/www.cambridge.org/core
Fauna & Flora International
Lion Panthera leo populations and distributions in Africa have contracted considerably in the past 30 years. Recent policy debates focus on restricting trophy hunting as a measure to address concerns about excessive offtakes of lions. We review the impact of trophy hunting in relation to lion conservation goals, using comparative case studies from Southern and East Africa, which together contain most of Africa’s remaining lion populations. The comparison demonstrates that the impact of trophy hunting on lion populations is variable and shaped by the way trophy hunting is managed and wildlife is governed in different range states.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Legal and Political (Laws, Regulations, Action Plans, Strategies, etc.); Threats to Biodiversity
None
Trophy hunting and lion conservation: a question of governance?
Implications of spatial genetic patterns for conserving African leopards
Ropiquet, A. Et al.
2015
N/A
Molecular biology and genetics
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is heavily persecuted in areas where it predates livestock and threatens human well-being. Attempts to resolve human–leopard conflict typically involve translocating problem animals; however, these interventions are rarely informed by genetic studies and can unintentionally compromise the natural spatial genetic structure and diversity, and possibly the long-term persistence, of the species. No significant genetic discontinuities were definable within the southern African leopard population. Analysis of fine-scale genetic data derived from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA revealed that the primary natural process shaping the spatial genetic structure of the species is isolation-by-distance (IBD).
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Implications of spatial genetic patterns for conserving African leopards
Continent-wide survey reveals massive decline in African savannah elephants
Chase, M. Et al.
2016
N/A
PeerJ
African elephants (Loxodonta africana) are imperiled by poaching and habitat loss. Despite global attention to the plight of elephants, their population sizes and trends are uncertain or unknown over much of Africa. To conserve this iconic species, conservationists need timely, accurate data on elephant populations. Here, we report the results of the Great Elephant Census (GEC), the first continent-wide, standardized survey of African savannah elephants.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Threats to Biodiversity
None
Continent-wide survey reveals massive decline in African savannah elephants
NYALA Tragelaphus angasii
Furstenburg, D.
2017
N/A
GEO WILD Consult (Pty) Ltd
The nyala antelope shows a marked sexual dimorphism in size with a large male and a much smaller female. As a result the male is known as a bull in common with the larger antelope species and the female a ewe in common with the smaller antelopes.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
NYALA Tragelaphus angasii
The bushmeat trade in African savannas: impacts, drivers, and possible solutions
Lindsey, P. Et al.
S/D
N/A
The bushmeat trade, or the illegal acquisition and exchange of wild meat, has long been recognized as a severe problem in forest biomes, but receives little attention in savannas, perhaps due to a misconception that bushmeat hunting is a low-impact subsistence activity. Though data on impacts are scarce, indications are that bushmeat hunting is a widespread problem in savannas, with severe impacts on wildlife populations and wildlife-based land uses. The impacts of the bushmeat trade in savannas vary from edge-effects around protected areas, to disproportionate declines of some species, to severe wildlife declines in areas with inadequate anti-poaching.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Threats to Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
The bushmeat trade in African savannas: impacts, drivers, and possible solutions
The Great Elephant Census | A Paul G. Allen Project Country‐by‐Country Findings
A/D
2016
Todas as Províncias
The following is a listing of country‐by‐country findings from the Great Elephant Census (GEC). For each of the 18 countries flown to date there is a listed GEC elephant count – the number of live elephants counted during the Census – and a carcass ratio – the percentage of dead elephants observed during the count. Carcass ratios of more than 8 percent are considered to indicate poaching at a high enough level to cause a declining population. For more on how to interpret carcass ratios, see below.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
General Information
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
The Great Elephant Census | A Paul G. Allen Project Country‐by‐Country Findings
Eastern Afromontane Ecosystem Profile Appendix 1. Species Outcomes in the Eastern Afromontane Hotspot
A/D
S/D
N/A
The list of priority species consists of all Globally Threatened species found in the hotspot: those that are listed as Critically Endangered, Endangered, or Vulnerable according to the IUCN Red List. 677 Globally Threatened species are known to occur in the hotspot.
English
No Restrictions
Mountain Biodiversity
Maps and non-georeferenced data (as jpg, pdf, .zip, data etc.)
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Eastern Afromontane Ecosystem Profile Appendix 1. Species Outcomes in the Eastern Afromontane Hotspot
1st African Buffalo Symposium – Paris – 5th & 6th November 2014
A/D
2014
N/A
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Presentations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
1st African Buffalo Symposium – Paris – 5th & 6th November 2014
A continent-wide assessment of the form and intensity of large mammal herbivory in Africa
Hempson, G.; Archibald, S. & Bond, W.
2015
N/A
SCIENCE
Megafaunal extinctions and a lack of suitable remote sensing technology impede our understanding of both the ecological legacy and current impacts of large mammal herbivores in the Earth system. To address this, we reconstructed the form and intensity of herbivory pressure across sub-Saharan Africa ~1000 years ago. Specifically, we modeled and mapped species-level biomass for 92 large mammal herbivores using census data, species distributions, and environmental covariates. Trait-based classifications of these species into herbivore functional types, and analyses of their biomass surfaces, reveal four ecologically distinct continental-scale herbivory regimes, characterized by internally similar forms and intensities of herbivory pressure.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
A continent-wide assessment of the form and intensity of large mammal herbivory in Africa
African Rhinoceroses: Challenges continue in the 1990s
Gakahu, C.
S/D
N/A
Pachyderm
Despite the concern expressed and the measures taken by conservationists and wildlife authorities, the status of African rhinos has worsened during the last decade. The black rhino, Diceros bicornis, has continued to rapidly decline in number, resulting in further fragmentation and extinction of populations. Today most countries have fewer black rhinos than they had three years ago; the deaths represent a great loss of unique genes and adaptation to local environment. However, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe have stable populations and, although on the decline in Botswana and towards extinction in Mozambique, the southern white rhino Ceratotirerium simum simum has continued to show an overall increase.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
African Rhinoceroses: Challenges continue in the 1990s
SADC regional program for rhino conservation
Emslie, R.
2000
N/A
Pachyderm
Dr Rob Brett has been appointed SADC rhino program coordinator and has taken up his position in Harare, Zimbabwe. Reviews of rhino conservation in SADC range states were undertaken from June to September 2000. A key part of these reviews was to identify and solicit potential projects for funding by the SADC Regional Program for Rhino Conservation. At a meeting of the SADC rhino program consortium meeting scheduled for 9–10 October 2000, potential projects for funding were to be reviewed and program budgets and activity plans drawn up for the next six-month period.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
SADC regional program for rhino conservation
Species expected in the Mozambique region
A/D
2017
Todas as Províncias
English
No Restrictions
General
Maps and non-georeferenced data (as jpg, pdf, .zip, data etc.)
Biological and Cultural Diversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Species expected in the Mozambique region
Biodiversity Express Survey, The Njesi Plateau expedition: a biological assessment of Mt Chitagal, Mt Sanga and the Njesi Plateau in Niassa Province, Mozambique.
Jones, S. Et al.
2016
Niassa
Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation
The mountains of northern Mozambique - scattered granite inselbergs topped with evergreen forests - remain poorly known biologically. Their long geological isolation from the east African rift combined with the conflict-fractured history of Mozambique meant little research effort has been undertaken until recent years. Most recent efforts have focused on the mountains in north-central Mozambique, highlighting their unique biological value, but large highlands in the north-west still remain virtually unexplored. The highlands of Niassa province are one such area and represent a key highland link to the north.
English
No Restrictions
Mountain Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Biodiversity Express Survey, The Njesi Plateau expedition: a biological assessment of Mt Chitagal, Mt Sanga and the Njesi Plateau in Niassa Province, Mozambique.
The status of lions and their threats in Niassa National Reserve, Mozambique
Begg, C. & begg, K.
2012
Niassa
2007-2011
SRN
NCP has been working in Niassa National Reserve (NNR) since 2003 with a focus on carnivore conservation. Our mission is to secure lions and other large carnivores in NNR by promoting coexistence between carnivores and people and directly mitigating human induced threats. We work in close collaboration with the Mozambican management authority (SRN) and local communities. We have a small team of seven local men and are based in a simple camp in concession L5-South, which is our intensive study area. This report is a technical report that provides analysis of the scientific data collected by NCP between 2007 and 2011.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Niassa National Reserve
The status of lions and their threats in Niassa National Reserve, Mozambique
Survey of Parasitic Diseases in African-Lions (Panthera leo) from Niassa National Reserve, Mozambique
Lajas, L.
2015
Niassa
UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA
Panthera leo - The African lion - is an iconic species of the African continent, classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Once believed to be a widespread species throughout Africa, the African lion is now extinct in most of its range in West Africa and is facing considerable population declines in Eastern and Southern Africa.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Health & Biodiversity
Niassa National Reserve
Survey of Parasitic Diseases in African-Lions (Panthera leo) from Niassa National Reserve, Mozambique
Diet and distribution of elephant in the Maputo Elephant Reserve, Mozambique
de Boer, W. Et al.
2000
Maputo
Afr. J. Ecol.
The distribution and diet of the elephants of the Maputo Elephant Reserve were studied using dung counts, satellite tracking and faecal analysis. The results were compared with earlier data from before the civil war in Mozambique. The elephant population decreased during the civil war, but 180 animals still remain. Earlier studies described the elephants as preferring the grass plains. Currently, the elephants prefer the dense forest patches over the high quality forage found in the grass plains.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Maputo Special Reserve
Diet and distribution of elephant in the Maputo Elephant Reserve, Mozambique
Aboveground biomass and leaf area index (LAI) mapping for Niassa Reserve, northern Mozambique
Ribeiro, N. Et al.
2008
Niassa
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH
Estimations of biomass are critical in miombo woodlands because they represent the primary source of goods and services for over 80% of the population in southern Africa. This study was carried out in Niassa Reserve, northern Mozambique. The main objectives were first to estimate woody biomass and Leaf Area Index (LAI) using remotely sensed data [RADARSAT (C-band, l = 5.7-cm)] and Landsat ETM+ derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Simple Ratio (SR) calibrated by field measurements and, second to determine, at both landscape and plot scales, the environmental controls (precipitation, woody cover density, fire and elephants) of biomass and LAI.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Niassa National Reserve
Aboveground biomass and leaf area index (LAI) mapping for Niassa Reserve, northern Mozambique
Parque Nacional de Banhine – Wildlife survey 2012
Stalmans, M. & peel, M.
2012
Gaza
ACTF - MITUR
A wildlife survey was undertaken during October-November 2012 of the Parque Nacional de Banhine as a follow-up to the surveys previously undertaken during 2004, 2007 and 2012. The same experienced team that undertook the 2004, 2007 and 2009 surveys was also responsible for the 2012 survey.
English
No Restrictions
General
PA Management Document
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Protected Areas
Limpopo National Park; Transfrontier Conservation Areas
Parque Nacional de Banhine – Wildlife survey 2012
Cheetah distribution, threats and landscape connectivity in south-western Mozambique
Andresen, L.
2015
Gaza
This is a research project aimed at providing the necessary information to ensure the growth and persistence of a cheetah meta-population in the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Our primary focus is on improving knowledge of cheetah conservation biology in the Mozambican components and our goal is to make a meaningful contribution towards achieving the objectives of the regional conservation strategy for cheetah in Mozambique.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Limpopo National Park; Transfrontier Conservation Areas
Cheetah distribution, threats and landscape connectivity in south-western Mozambique
Improving the conservation prospects for lions in the Greater Limpopo Lion Conservation Unit; determining key threats and identifying appropriate solutions
Everatt, K.
2015
Gaza
This is a research project aimed at improving conservation prospects for lions in the Greater Limpopo Lion Conservation Unit of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Our focus is to improve knowledge of lion conservation biology in the Mozambican components, determine key threats and identify appropriate solutions to improve lion conservation management and planning at the landscape level.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Limpopo National Park; Transfrontier Conservation Areas
Improving the conservation prospects for lions in the Greater Limpopo Lion Conservation Unit; determining key threats and identifying appropriate solutions
Parque Nacional de Banhine – Wildlife survey 2007
International Conservation Services
2007
Gaza
ACTF - MITUR
English
No Restrictions
General
PA Management Document
Biological and Cultural Diversity
Banhine National Park
Parque Nacional de Banhine – Wildlife survey 2007
Parque Nacional de Banhine – Wildlife survey 2009
Stalmans, M. & Peel, M.
2009
Gaza
A wildlife survey was undertaken during October-November 2009 of the Parque Nacional de Banhine as a follow-up from the survey undertaken during 2004 and 2007. The same experienced team that undertook the 2004 and 2007 surveys was also responsible for the 2009 survey.
English
No Restrictions
General
PA Management Document
Biological and Cultural Diversity
Banhine National Park
Parque Nacional de Banhine – Wildlife survey 2009
Aerial Survey of Large Herbivores in Gorongosa National Park: October 2004
Dunham, K.
2004
Sofala
The Gregory C. Carr Foundation
During October 2004, large herbivores were surveyed from the air in Gorongosa National Park (NP), central Mozambique. This multispecies census was commissioned by the Gregory C. Carr Foundation. A fixed-wing aircraft was used to conduct a sample survey. The methods are both repeatable and technically robust, and are similar to those used during the 1994 survey of wildlife in Gorongosa NP. These same methods are now regularly used to census wildlife elsewhere in Mozambique.
English
No Restrictions
General
PA Management Document
Biological and Cultural Diversity
Gorongosa National Park
Aerial Survey of Large Herbivores in Gorongosa National Park: October 2004
Trophic Scaling and Occupancy Analysis Reveals a Lion Population Limited by Top-Down Anthropogenic Pressure in the Limpopo National Park, Mozambique
Everatt, K.; Andresen, L. & Somers, M.
2014
Gaza
PLoS ONE
The African lion (Panthera Leo) has suffered drastic population and range declines over the last few decades and is listed by the IUCN as vulnerable to extinction. Conservation management requires reliable population estimates, however these data are lacking for many of the continent’s remaining populations. It is possible to estimate lion abundance using a trophic scaling approach. However, such inferences assume that a predator population is subject only to bottom-up regulation, and are thus likely to produce biased estimates in systems experiencing top-down anthropogenic pressures. Here we provide baseline data on the status of lions in a developing National Park in Mozambique that is impacted by humans and livestock.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Limpopo National Park
Trophic Scaling and Occupancy Analysis Reveals a Lion Population Limited by Top-Down Anthropogenic Pressure in the Limpopo National Park, Mozambique
Preliminary description of the spatial occurrence of mammalian biodiversity in central Parque Nacional do Limpopo
Everatt, k. & Andresen, L.
2012
Gaza
Mammalian species (above 3.0 kg) recorded by this study using camera traps in the Limpopo National Park, Mozambique, from September 2011- November 2012.
English
No Restrictions
General
Maps and non-georeferenced data (as jpg, pdf, .zip, data etc.)
Biological and Cultural Diversity
Limpopo National Park
Preliminary description of the spatial occurrence of mammalian biodiversity in central Parque Nacional do Limpopo
Report on elephant distribution in Save river region
Kerr, M.
1973
Inhambane
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Report on elephant distribution in Save river region
Aerial Survey of Quirimbas National Park and Adjoining Areas
Craig, G.
2013
Cabo Delgado
WWF Mozambique Country Office
An aerial survey of Quirimbas National Park and a corridor joining the park to Niassa Wildlife Reserve took place between 5th and 10th of November 2013.
English
No Restrictions
General
PA Management Document
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Protected Areas
Quirimbas National Park
Aerial Survey of Quirimbas National Park and Adjoining Areas
Aerial Survey of Wildlife in the Niassa Reserve and Adjacent Areas Mozambique, October 2009
Craig, G.
2009
Niassa
Sociedade para a Gestão e Desenvolvimento da Reserva do Niassa
The 2009 aerial survey of wildlife in the Niassa Reserve and adjacent blocks took place between 28 September and 19 October 2009. In Niassa Reserve a total area of 42300 km2 was sampled at an average intensity of 9.3%. An additional 6700 km2 was surveyed to the south of the reserve at the same sampling intensity.
English
No Restrictions
General
PA Management Document
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Protected Areas
Niassa National Reserve
Aerial Survey of Wildlife in the Niassa Reserve and Adjacent Areas Mozambique, October 2009
Aerial Survey of Wildlife in the Niassa Game Reserve, Mozambique, October 2011
Craig, G.
2011
Niassa
Sociedade para a Gestão e Desenvolvimento da Reserva do Niassa Moçambique
The 2011 aerial survey of wildlife in the Niassa Reserve in northern Mozambique was undertaken from 1 to 19 October. This was the seventh survey of the area promoted and organised by the Sociedade para a Gestão e Desenvolvimento da Reserva do Niassa (SGDRN). A survey of Chipanje-Chetu community-based natural resource management project area, on the western boundary of Niassa, was also carried out during this period, and is reporteded in Annex 1. Adjacent areas to the East of Niassa were surveyed immediately after and the results are reported in Annex 2.
English
No Restrictions
General
PA Management Document
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Protected Areas
Niassa National Reserve
Aerial Survey of Wildlife in the Niassa Game Reserve, Mozambique, October 2011
Avaliação dos Recursos Naturais na Ilha da Inhaca (Oceano Índico, Moçambique): Primeira Aproximação
Pereira, I.; Mondlane, E. & do Nascimento F.
2016
Maputo
Bol. Goia. Geogr.
Este artigo avalia o estado de degradação ou conservação da terra na Ilha da Inhaca, a partir de uma proposta teórica de degradação da terra e com apoio em geotecnologias. A degradação da terra é concebida como processo de mudanças ordenadas na estrutura e funções da paisagem. Uma parcela de terra é então susceptível à desertificação quando aspectos do suporte geoambiental, particularmente as condições hidrogeológicas são afetadas por fenômenos de degradação (como por exemplo, a diminuição do nível dos lençóis freáticos, seja por conta de variação climática, seja por exploração excessiva dos recursos hídricos subterrâneos).
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Inhaca Biological Reserve
Avaliação dos Recursos Naturais na Ilha da Inhaca (Oceano Índico, Moçambique): Primeira Aproximação
Further Notes on the Birds and Mammals of the Chimanimani Mountains
Jackson, H.
1975
Manica
Durban Museum Movitates
These notes were made during a brief visit to the Chimanimani Mountains with Mr J. R. Shaw from 3 to 9 June, 1974, when we hiked the inner circuit from the Hut to Two Tarns via St George’s Cave and back via Camp Portage and the Valley of the Apostles. They are supplementary to my earlier general papers on the Chimanimani fauna (Jackson, 1973a; b) and should be read in conjunction with them.
English
No Restrictions
Mountain Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
Chimanimani National Reserve
Further Notes on the Birds and Mammals of the Chimanimani Mountains
Faunal Notes from the Chimanimani Mountains, based on a Collection of Birds and Mammals from the Mucrera River, Mozambique
Jackson, H.
1973
N/A; Manica
Durban Museum Movitates
The Chimanimani Mountains lie along the central part of the frontier between Mozambique and Rhodesia. The montane fauna of these mountains has been studied by expeditions from the University of Cape Town (see Masterson & Child, 1959; also Mitchell et al., 1958) and the Prince Edward School, Salisbury, Rhodesia (see Siemers, 1967). Hodgson (1971) has collated the avifaunal data and Jackson (1973) has provided some additional records of the birds and mammals in the central area. Nevertheless, much remains to be learned of the Chimanimani fauna, especially on the Mozambique side of the mountains and particularly in relation to seasonal altitudinal movement.
English
No Restrictions
Mountain Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
Chimanimani National Reserve
Faunal Notes from the Chimanimani Mountains, based on a Collection of Birds and Mammals from the Mucrera River, Mozambique
Preliminary data on human – carnivore conflict in Niassa National Reserve, Mozambique, particularly fatalities due to lion, spotted hyaena and crocodile
Begg, C.; Begg, K. & Muemedi, O.
2007
Niassa
SGDRN
Wildlife can cause significant loss of human lives and livelihoods and if not responded to human-wildlife conflict can lead to a critical erosion of support for conservation initiatives. Niassa National Reserve, in northern Mozambique supports viable populations of lion, leopard, spotted hyaena and crocodile as well as approximately 25 000 people. The objectives of this report are to provide a preliminary assessment of the scale and distribution of large carnivore attacks on Niassa residents, with particular emphasis on lions and crocodiles and to provide a baseline against which the level of future conflict can be compared.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Protected Areas; Threats to Biodiversity
Niassa National Reserve
Preliminary data on human – carnivore conflict in Niassa National Reserve, Mozambique, particularly fatalities due to lion, spotted hyaena and crocodile
The birds (Aves) of the middle Save River valley, Mozambique
Allan, D; Davies, G. & Parker, V.
1998
Inhambane; Sofala
Durban Natural Science Museum
This report reviews all the bird species that have been recorded in the middle Save River valley (between Massangena in the west and Covane in the east) in Mo9 ambique, including the results of a recent survey made in November 1998. A total o f 268 bird species has been recorded from the region, including 11 new species found in November 1998. Twenty five species were recorded from the area by early expeditions (mainly in 1950, 1963 and 1965) that have not been found in recent times. Thirteen o f these are waterbirds, suggesting that these early surveys were made during wetter periods than the subsequent efforts and/or that upstream water extraction has resulted in a reduction in waterbird diversity in recent times.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
The birds (Aves) of the middle Save River valley, Mozambique
Records of Some Birds and Mammals in the Central Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique and Rhodesia
Jackson, H.
1973
Manica
Mr. R. Chenaux-Repond, Dr. F. W. Huchzeimeyer, Mr. J. R. Shaw and the author spent the period 23 May to 3 June, 1972, hiking through the central Chimanimani Mountains in Mozambique and Rhodesia. We covered about 100 km, travelling from Dead Cow Camp to Gossamer Falls via the Mountain Hut, Camp Portage, the Mevumosi River and Gossamer Range; then back past the northern end of the Macuire Range, across the Saddle to the Southern Lakes and along the Lower Bundi to Banana Grove and Dead Cow Camp. The route lies within the area covered by Hodgson (1971) in his list of the birds of the Chimanimani Mountains, and it is to his description and map of the area that the reader is referred for details of topography and vegetation.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
Chimanimani National Reserve
Records of Some Birds and Mammals in the Central Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique and Rhodesia
On Upper Albian ammonoidea from Portuguese East Africa, With an Appendix on Upper Cretaceous ammonites from Maputoland
Spath, L.
S/D
Maputo
ANNALS OF THE TRANSVAAL MUSEUM
THE following paper deals with a collection of Upper Albian Ammonoidea belonging to the Transvaal Museum and kindly sent to the writer, for description, by the Director, through Dr S.H. Haughton, Hon. Curator. There are 102 specimens, including 33 ammonites and 69 heteromorphs, all from Catuane, Portuguese East Africa. These were collected by Dr E. C. N. van Hoepen, and Dr Haughton informs me that presumably they are all from one horizon. Judging by the English type-succession of the Upper Gault, the beds from which came the South African specimens here described would correspond approximately to the varicosum-t:equatoriale zones.
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On Upper Albian ammonoidea from Portuguese East Africa, With an Appendix on Upper Cretaceous ammonites from Maputoland