scholarly journals Butterfly Species List for Selected West Albertine Rift Forests

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrice Kasangaki ◽  
Anne M. Akol ◽  
Gilbert Isabirye Basuta
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
Species List ◽  
Albertine Rift ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Western Uganda

This dataset gives details on a study which was conducted in seventeen forests in western Uganda (Albertine region) between 1993 and 1995. Different methods were used to sample butterflies from these forests. A total of 630 butterfly species were collected in 5 main families. Key characteristics of the forests were recorded, and these were found to influence the butterfly species richness of the forests.

scholarly journals Butterfly Species Richness in Selected West Albertine Rift Forests

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Patrice Kasangaki ◽  
Anne M. Akol ◽  
Gilbert Isabirye Basuta
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Species Richness ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
Small Areas ◽  
Albertine Rift ◽  
The Third ◽  
Closed Forest ◽  
High Species Richness ◽  
Components Analysis

The butterfly species richness of 17 forests located in the western arm of the Albertine Rift in Uganda was compared using cluster analysis and principal components analysis (PCA) to assess similarities among the forests. The objective was to compare the butterfly species richness of the forests. A total of 630 butterfly species were collected in 5 main families. The different species fell into 7 ecological groupings with the closed forest group having the most species and the swamp/wetland group with the fewest number of species. Three clusters were obtained. The first cluster had forests characterized by relatively high altitude and low species richness despite the big area in the case of Rwenzori and being close to the supposed Pleistocene refugium. The second cluster had forests far away from the supposed refugium except Kisangi and moderate species richness with small areas, whereas the third cluster had those forests that were more disturbed, high species richness, and low altitudinal levels with big areas.

scholarly journals Marked Differences in Butterfly Assemblage Composition between Forest Types in Central Amazonia, Brazil

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 942
Author(s):  
Isabela Freitas Oliveira ◽  
Fabricio Beggiato Baccaro ◽  
Fernanda P. Werneck ◽  
Thamara Zacca ◽  
Torbjørn Haugaasen
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Forest Type ◽  
Spatial Arrangement ◽  
High Water ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
Terra Firme ◽  
Central Amazonia ◽  
Forested Areas ◽  
Contrasting Habitats ◽  
Seasonally Flooded

Amazonia comprises a mosaic of contrasting habitats, with wide environmental heterogeneity at local and regional scales. In central Amazonia, upland forest (terra firme) is the predominant forest type and seasonally flooded forests inundated by white- and black-water rivers (várzea and igapó, respectively) represent around 20% of the forested areas. In this work, we took advantage of a natural spatial arrangement of the main vegetation types in central Amazonia to investigate butterfly assemblage structure in terra firme, várzea and igapó forests at the local scale. We sampled in the low- and high-water seasons, combining active and passive sampling with traps placed in both the understory and canopy. Terra firme supported the highest number of butterfly species, whereas várzea forest provided the highest number of butterfly captures. The high species richness in terra firme may reflect that this forest type is floristically richer than várzea and igapó. Várzea is a very productive environment and may thus support a higher number of butterfly individuals than terra firme and igapó. Most butterfly species (80.2%) were unique to a single forest type and 17 can be considered forest type indicator species in this landscape. Floodplain forest environments are therefore an important complement to terra firme in terms of butterfly species richness and conservation in Amazonia.

scholarly journals Roles of Spatial Scale and Rarity on the Relationship between Butterfly Species Richness and Human Density in South Africa

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. e0124327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Mecenero ◽  
Res Altwegg ◽  
Jonathan F. Colville ◽  
Colin M. Beale
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Species Richness ◽  
Spatial Scale ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Human Density

Countryside Stewardship Scheme and Butterflies: A Study of Plant and Butterfly Species Richness

2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 443-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. Field ◽  
T. Gardiner ◽  
C. F. Mason ◽  
J. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Butterfly Species

scholarly journals Peste des Petits Ruminants at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface in the Northern Albertine Rift and Nile Basin, East Africa

Viruses ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Fernandez Aguilar ◽  
Mana Mahapatra ◽  
Mattia Begovoeva ◽  
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka ◽  
Margaret Driciru ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Mixed Forest ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Peste Des Petits Ruminants ◽  
Albertine Rift ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
Small Livestock ◽  
Western Uganda ◽  
North Kivu ◽  
Viral Sequences

In the recent past, peste des petits ruminants (PPR) emerged in East Africa causing outbreaks in small livestock across different countries, with evidences of spillover to wildlife. In order to understand better PPR at the wildlife–livestock interface, we investigated patterns of peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) exposure, disease outbreaks, and viral sequences in the northern Albertine Rift. PPRV antibodies indicated a widespread exposure in apparently healthy wildlife from South Sudan (2013) and Uganda (2015, 2017). African buffaloes and Uganda kobs <1-year-old from Queen Elizabeth National Park (2015) had antibodies against PPRV N-antigen and local serosurvey captured a subsequent spread of PPRV in livestock. Outbreaks with PPR-like syndrome in sheep and goats were recorded around the Greater Virunga Landscape in Kasese (2016), Kisoro and Kabale (2017) from western Uganda, and in North Kivu (2017) from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This landscape would not be considered typical for PPR persistence as it is a mixed forest–savannah ecosystem with mostly sedentary livestock. PPRV sequences from DRC (2017) were identical to strains from Burundi (2018) and confirmed a transboundary spread of PPRV. Our results indicate an epidemiological linkage between epizootic cycles in livestock and exposure in wildlife, denoting the importance of PPR surveillance on wild artiodactyls for both conservation and eradication programs.

A late Holocene record of human impacts on tropical environments from non-pollen palynomorphs, Albertine Rift, western Uganda

2019 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 172-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence M. Kiage ◽  
Meghan Howey ◽  
Joel Hartter ◽  
Michael Palace
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Human Impacts ◽  
Forest Disturbance ◽  
Fungal Spores ◽  
Fungal Spore ◽  
African Region ◽  
Albertine Rift ◽  
Elemental Geochemistry ◽  
Tropical Environments ◽  
Western Uganda

AbstractNon-pollen palynomorphs and elemental geochemistry data from Lake Kifuruka in western Uganda provide evidence of environmental change in the tropical African region since the beginning of the Holocene. The multi-proxy record presented here shows that dry conditions dominated the end of the Pleistocene evidenced by calcium enriched sediments and suppressed fungal taxa activity. Moist conditions dominated the early Holocene and persisted until just after 1960 cal yr BP. Elevated frequencies of individual fungal spore taxa associated with herbivory and soil erosion, including Sordaria-type, Sporormiella-type, Chaetomium-type, and Glomus-type, about 4300 cal yr BP suggests a significant environmental change that could be linked to human activities. A convergence of multiple proxy data, including microscopic charcoal, elemental geochemistry, and fungal spores, strongly support the occurrence of anthropogenic forest disturbance in the Albertine Rift about 4300 cal yr BP.

The parasite community infecting flounders, Platichthys flesus, in the tidal Thames

1999 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.E.M. El-Darsh ◽  
P.J. Whitfield
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Parasite Species ◽  
Parasite Community ◽  
Parasite Fauna ◽  
Component Community ◽  
Species List ◽  
Pomphorhynchus Laevis ◽  
Platichthys Flesus ◽  
First Time ◽  
Middle Estuary

The composition of the parasite fauna of the flounder,Platichthys flesus, retrieved from two locations in the tidal Thames is described in detail for the first time. The combined parasite species list of the flounders from Lots Road in the upper tideway and West Thurrock in the middle tideway consisted of one protozoan (Glugea stephani), one monogenean (Gyrodactylussp.), four larval digeneans (Cryptocotyle concava,Timoniella imbutiforme,T. praeterita, andLabratrema minimus), five adult digeneans (Derogenes varicus,Lecithaster gibbosus,Podocotylesp.,Plagioporus varius, andZoogonoides viviparus), one larval cestode (unidentified tetraphyllidean), one or possibly more larval nematodes (unidentified) plus five adult nematodes (Capillariasp.,Cucullanus heterochrous,C. minutus,Contracaecumsp. andGoeziasp.), two acanthocephalans (Pomphorhynchus laevisandAcanthocephalus anguillae), three copepods (Lepeophtheirus pectoralis,Acanthochondriasp. andLernaeocera branchialis), and one mollusc (unidentified glochidia). The overall parasite community of flounders from Lots Road and West Thurrock were compared in terms of species richness and diversity. The parasite community in flounders from the former location in the upper tideway was found to be less diverse than that of its counterpart at West Thurrock in the middle estuary. The component community of Lots Road flounders was dominated by the acanthocephalanPomphorhynchus laevis.

scholarly journals Moths and Butterflies (Lepidoptera) of the Boreal Mixedwood Forest near Lac La Biche, Alberta, Including New Provincial Records

2004 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg R. Pohl ◽  
David W. Langor ◽  
Jean-François Landry ◽  
John R. Spence
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
Uv Light ◽  
Light Trap ◽  
Species Abundance ◽  
First Record ◽  
Species List ◽  
The Family ◽  
Boreal Mixedwood Forest

Lepidoptera were collected, primarily via UV light trap, for three seasons in the boreal mixedwood forest near Lac La Biche, Alberta. A total of 11,111 specimens were collected, representing 41 families and 438 species. A species list with flight times is presented. The total Lepidoptera community was estimated to be 546 ± 23.34 species. Abundance and species richness peaked in late July. Thirty-five species constitute new records for Alberta, while one species, Acanthopteroctetes bimaculata, is a new record for Canada, and the first record of the family Acanthopteroctetidae in Canada.

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