The avifauna 23 years after logging in Kibale National park, Uganda
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Date
1998
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Biodiversity & Conservation
Abstract
The bird fauna of logged and unlogged forest in Kibale National Park, western Uganda were studied
and comparisons made. Species diversity and richness were higher in the logged areas. A single
species, the Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Andropadus latirostris dominated in the logged compart-
ment. However, the majority of individual birds found in the logged forest were generalist or forest-
edge species. Over 84% of the forest interior specialist species that occurred in primary forest had
recolonized or persisted in the logged forest; however, there were seven out of 48 understorey forest
specialists that had not done so. Although there was moderate species overlap between the two
habitats, the logged forest compartment had not fully recovered from logging after 23 years.
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Avifauna, Kibale Forest, Forest specialist birds, Recolonization
Citation
Dranzoa, C. (1998). The avifauna 23 years after logging in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Biodiversity & Conservation, 7(6), 777-797.