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Diversity and distribution of rodent and shrew species associated with variations in altitude on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

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Published/Copyright: October 6, 2008
Mammalia
From the journal Volume 72 Issue 3

Abstract

A total of 750 rodents and shrews were trapped in several sites on Mount (Mt.) Kilimanjaro and in two lowland sites between October 2002 and August 2003. Species diversity variations with altitude and their distribution were established. Diversity of species varied with vegetation type, being highest in the forest and lowest in the lowland areas. The distribution patterns and species diversity of the rodents and shrews were also influenced by habitat complexity and heterogeneity. Species richness was higher in the forest compared to the other areas. The study generally shows that the Mt. Kilimanjaro has high rodent and shrew species diversity and richness.

Keywords: distribution; Mt. Kilimanjaro; rodents; shrews; species diversity; Tanzania
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Published Online: 2008-10-06
Published in Print: 2008-09-01

©2008 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin New York

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Keywords for this article
distribution; Mt. Kilimanjaro; rodents; shrews; species diversity; Tanzania

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Preface
  2. Preface
  3. Original Studies
  4. Polyandry and polygyny in an African rodent pest species, Mastomys natalensis
  5. Social relationships in Mastomys huberti as deduced from field and genetic analyses of multiple capture data
  6. Dietary selection in Mastomys natalensis (Rodentia: Muridae) in the maize agro-ecosystems of central and southwestern Tanzania
  7. Diversity and distribution of rodent and shrew species associated with variations in altitude on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
  8. Correlating small mammal community characteristics and habitat integrity in the Caledon Nature Reserve, South Africa
  9. Farmer survey in the hinterland of Kisangani (Democratic Republic of Congo) on rodent crop damage and rodent control techniques used
  10. Ecology and ethnozoology of the three-cusped pangolin Manis tricuspis (Mammalia, Pholidota) in the Lama forest reserve, Benin
  11. Shrew trap efficiency: experience from primary forest, secondary forest, old fallow land and old palm plantation in the Congo River basin (Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo)
  12. Microgeographical distribution of shrews (Mammalia, Soricidae) in the Congo River basin (Kisangani, D.R. Congo)
  13. The presence of Praomys, Lophuromys, and Deomys species (Muridae, Mammalia) in the forest blocks separated by the Congo River and its tributaries (Kisangani region, Democratic Republic of Congo)
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  15. Taxonomy and biogeography of the African Pygmy mice, Subgenus Nannomys (Rodentia, Murinae, Mus) in Ivory Coast and Guinea (West Africa)
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