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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Mwakosya, Joseph
AU  - Mligo, Cosmas
PY  - 2014/11/30
Y2  - 2025/07/30
TI  - The impacts of anthropogenic activities on the vegetation communities and structure in the western part of Rungwe forest reserve, Tanzania
JF  - Tanzania Journal of Science
JA  - Tanz. J. Sci.
VL  - 40
IS  - 1
SE  - Articles
DO  - 
UR  - https://tjs.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/tjs/article/view/359
SP  - 58 - 69
AB  - &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rungwe Forest Reserve is among the degraded southern Tanzania tropical montane forests. It was investigated the effects of illegal anthropogenic &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;activities on the plant community structure on the western part of &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rungwe mountain forest reserve.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;The study area was classified into three levels of disturbance (least disturbed, moderately disturbed and highly disturbed) and transect method was used to collect data. Two clusters (clusters A and B) of plant communities &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;based on&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt; Two Way Indicator Species Analysis (TWINSPAN) were found. Cluster A included communities from the least and moderate disturbed sites and cluster B had plant communities from the highly disturbed site.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt; The least, moderately and highly disturbed sites had many individuals within the DBH range of 19-57 cm, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;10-47 cm and 11-14 cm, respectively. The observed variation in size class structure among the sites was caused by the intensity of anthropogenic disturbance. The &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;inverted J shaped patterns &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;of &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;diameter size class distribution were indicative of regeneration and&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt; active recruitment from lower tree growth sizes.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;It was concluded that the existing plant&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;community structure was shaped&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt; by the impacts of &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;anthropogenic activities. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thus, conservation management interventions are necessary for protection of the forest. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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