VEGETATION STRUCTURE OF FOUR SMALL FOREST FRAGMENTS IN TAITA HILLS, KENYA

Joyce Chege; Benny Bytebier

doi:10.2982/0012-8317(2005)94[231:VSOFSF]2.0.CO;2

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Joyce Chege,^1,* Benny Bytebier^1,**

¹East African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya P.O. Box 45166, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya

^* Current Address: PROTA, c/o World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), P.O. Box 30677, Nairobi, Kenya, y.chege@cgiar.org
^** Current Address: Department of Biochemistry, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, 7602 Stellenbosch, South Africa, bytebier@sun.ac.za

Abstract

The structure of four small forest fragments, Kichuchenyi, Macha, Ndiwenyi and Yale, all situated in the Dabida massif of the Taita Hills, was analyzed. The study was based on sample plots of 400 m² each. Basal area, stratification and disturbance data are presented. All fragments are heavily disturbed. Ndiwenyi and Kichuchenyi forests are structurally very similar. However, the main characteristic of the former is its remarkably large diameter trees in comparison to all the other fragments. Yale is the least disturbed of the four forests and has the highest number of species typical of the primary forest.

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Joyce Chege and Benny Bytebier "VEGETATION STRUCTURE OF FOUR SMALL FOREST FRAGMENTS IN TAITA HILLS, KENYA," Journal of East African Natural History 94(1), 231-234, (1 January 2005). https://doi.org/10.2982/0012-8317(2005)94[231:VSOFSF]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 January 2005

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