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Edited by Andrew J. Plumptre

The Ecological Impact of Long-Term Changes in Africa’s Rift Valley (Environmental Science, Engineering and Technology)

Despite Africa’s rich biodiversity and the importance of its ecosystem services, it has relatively few collaborative, network-based studies that examine the ecological impacts of climate change. This book marks the beginning of such a collaboration. It covers ecological information that spans across five countries in the Albertine Rift region, reflects over 50 years of research, and includes contributions from 65 researchers who represent 44 organizations at work in 11 sites. It provides invaluable information about past and current trends in the status of species, ecosystems and associated threats, as well as recommendations for interventions.


Contents
Contributors
Foreward / Elizabeth Chadri
Preface / Andrew J. Plumptre
  1. Africa’s Western Rift: An Introduction / Andrew J. Plumptre & Cecily Kabagumya
  2. Regional Climatology of the Albertine Rift / Anton Seimon & Guy Picton Phillipps
  3. Environmental and Anthropogenic Changes in and around Budongo Forest Reserve. / Fred Babweteera, Douglas Sheil, Vernon Reynolds, Andrew J. Plumptre, Klaus Zuberbuhler, Cathrine M. Hill, Amanda Webber & Mnason Tweheyo
  4. Long Term Changes at Toro-Semliki Wildlife Reserve / Randy Patrick, Deborah Patrick & Kevin D. Hunt
  5. Complex Responses to Climate and Anthropogenic Changes: An Evaluation Based on Long-Term Data from Kibale National Park, Uganda / Colin A. Chapman, Lauren J. Chapman, Ria Ghai, Joel Hartter, Aerin L. Jacob, Jeremiah S. Lwanga, Patrick Omeja, Jessica M. Rothman & Dennis Twinomugisha
  6. The Effects of Environmental and Anthropogenic Changes on the Savannas of the Queen Elizabeth and Virunga National Parks / Andrew J. Plumptre, Derek Pomeroy, Jared Stabach, Nadine Laporte, Margaret Driciru, Grace Nangendo, Frederick Wanyama & Aggrey Rwetsiba
  7. Long-Term Ecological and Socio-Economic Changes in and around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, South-Western Uganda / Aventino Kasangaki, Robert Bitariho, Phil Shaw, Martha Robbins & Alastair McNeilage
  8. Long Term Changes in the Virunga Volcanoes / Katie Fawcett, Glenn Bush, Anton Seimon, Guy Picton Phillips, Deo Tuyisingize & Prosper Uwingeli
  9. Long Term Changes in a Montane Forest in an Region of High Human Population Density / Nerissa Chao, Felix Mulindahabi, Julian Easton, Andrew J. Plumptre, Anton Seimon, Adrian Martin & Robert Fimbel
  10. Long-Term Changes in Habitats and Ecology of African Apes in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo / Juichi Yamagiwa, Augustin K. Basabose, John Kahekwa, Dominique Bikaba, Miki Matsubara, Chieko Ando, Nobusuke Iwasaki & David S. Sprague
  11. Long-Term Changes in the Ecological Factors Surrounding the Chimpanzees of the Gombe National Park / Lilian Pintea, Anne Pusey, Mike Wilson, Ian Gilby, Anthony Collins, Shadrack Kamenya & Jane Goodall
  12. Long-Term Changes in the Social and Natural Environments Surrounding the Chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains National Park / Noriko Itoh, Michio Nakamura, Hiroshi Ihobe, Shigeo Uehara, Koichiro Zamma, Lilian Pintea, Anton Seimon & Toshisada Nishida
  13. Long Term Changes in Africa’s Western Rift Valley: Synthesis of Main Findings / Andrew J. Plumptre
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