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Biodiversity of a Landscape: Examining Forest Heterogeneity and Ecological Change in the East Usambaras since 1975

Grantee Name: University of Florida

Hotspot
Eastern Afromontane, Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa
Location
Tanzania, United Republic of
Amount
$15,860
Dates
Nov 2005 – Nov 2006
Keywords
Geographic Information Systems, Land use planning, Research

Assess long-term ecological change, species diversity, and vegetation architecture to determine how these affect the ability of any area to be an effective biological corridor. Data on species composition and structure will be incorporated into a landscape-scale predictive model by integrating detailed biological surveys with high-resolution satellite images since 1975.

Strategic Direction :

4 Establish a small grants program (all eligible sites) that focuses on Critically Endangered species and small-scale efforts to increase connectivity of biologically important habitat patches

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