Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania
Author | : Jon C. Lovett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Rain forest plants |
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Author | : Jon C. Lovett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Rain forest plants |
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Author | : Charles Foley |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 2014-06-08 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1400852803 |
Home to the Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, and Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania offers some of the finest big game watching in the world, from elephants and rhinos to chimpanzees and lions. This field guide covers all the larger mammals of Tanzania, including marine mammals and some newly discovered species. Detailed accounts are provided for more than 135 species, along with color photos, color illustrations of marine mammals, and distribution maps. Accounts for land species give information on identification, subspecies, similar species, ecology, behavior, distribution, conservation status, and where best to see each species. The guide also features plates with side-by-side photographic comparisons of species that are easily confused, as well as first-time-ever species checklists for every national park. The definitive, most up-to-date field guide to the larger mammals of Tanzania, including marine mammals Features detailed species accounts and numerous color photos throughout Provides tips on where to see each species Includes species checklists for every national park
Author | : Jon Lovett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Botany |
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Author | : Sue Stolberger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 474 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Endemic plants |
ISBN | : 9780620521307 |
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 37 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Makunga |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-04 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781304532909 |
Up to 387 plant species from 81 families have been identified and represented by coloured photographs, also furnished by glossaries of botanical terms, illustrations of leaf types, shapes, phyllotaxy, types of inflorescence and fruits.
Author | : John E Makunga |
Publisher | : White Falcon Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-03-28 |
Genre | : Study Aids |
ISBN | : |
This fully revised second edition of the plant field guidebook, was written in Tanzania by an experienced author in the field of conservation. The book is well researched and prepared to suit the demand of lecturers, students, researchers, conservationists, tour guides, tourists, horticulturalists, environmental Impact assessment (EIA) experts and natural resources consultants among others. The guidebook contains plants of different growth forms, both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and therefore, it provides a good platform for considerate, understanding and conserving Tanzania's flora and hence, its sustainable utilization. Up to 387 plant species from 81 families have been identified and represented by coloured photographs, also furnished by glossaries of botanical terms, illustrations of leaf types, shapes, phyllotaxy, types of inflorescence and fruits. Some of the plants included in this field guidebook are rare, endemic, threatened and invasive lien species. Knowing these species, therefore, helps in augmenting management efforts to conservation authorities, individual users and other stakeholders. Etymology and eponyms are the key concepts intended to help readers in understand in a simple, fascinating and instructive way, plants' scientific names presented in this field guidebook, which basically have their roots from the Latin and Greek languages. The guidebook is well organized with valuable contents, which surely enlightens readers' understanding in plant science. The author of this field guidebook is an experienced lecturer, researcher and consultant in a variety of fields, in particular, disaster risk management, environment, climate change and nature conservation.
Author | : John Makunga |
Publisher | : John Makunga |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-03-30 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781636404288 |
This field guidebook, which is handy, exhaustive, inexpensive, portable and user-friendly, identifies 338 plant species, found in 75 families from Tanzania and neighbouring countries. This first edition will act as a platform for understanding and conserving our biological diversity thus, helping more people in identifying plants for the purpose of conservation, sustainable use and greater appreciation of biodiversity. The guidebook is unique as the identification keys are based on coloured photographs, to enable users make positive identification, minimize time and effort in identifying plants, as well as enjoyment from using it. Plants are identified by local names, Kiswahili (the national language of Tanzania), English and Latin names. The guidebook is furnished with glossaries of botanical terms, with illustrations of leaf types, shapes, phyllotaxis, and types of inflorescence and fruits. The author of this field guidebook holds a Master of Science in Climate Change and Sustainable Development from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Environmental Disaster Management from the University of Dodoma, Tanzania. He also studied Wildlife Management Courses. Mr. Makunga is currently pursuing a PhD in Disaster Risk Management at Ardhi University, Tanzania. Mr. Makunga is an experienced wildlife conservationist and enthusiastic in Botanical studies. He is a researcher and lecturer; he has taught Botanical studies at Pasiansi Wildlife Training Institute (under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism) for many years. He is also a licenced professional consultant in the fields of Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change and Conservation. Mr. Makunga is a reputable expert in flora assessment, in particular, plant identification, providing consultancy to registered environmental companies and other interested clients.
Author | : Jonathan C. Lovett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 886 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Botany |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John E Makunga |
Publisher | : Independently Published |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-01-25 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
This field guidebook, which is handy, inexpensive, portable and user-friendly, identifies Tanzania plants. It contains 338 varieties of plant species from 75 families found in several parts of Tanzania. The book will act as a platform for understanding and conserving our biodiversity thus, helping more people in identifying Tanzania plants for the purpose of conservation, sustainable use and greater appreciation of the country's biological diversity. The guidebook is unique as the identification keys are based on coloured photographs, which enable users to make positive identification, minimize time and effort in identifying the plants as well as enjoyment from using the guide. Plants are identified by local names, Kiswahili (the national language), English, Latin names; also furnished with glossaries of botanical terms, with illustrations of leaf types, shapes, phyllotaxis, types of inflorescence, types of fruits etc. About the Author: The author of this field guidebook holds a Master of Science in Climate Change and Sustainable Management from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Disaster Management from the University of Dodoma, Tanzania. He also studied Wildlife Management Courses. Mr. Makunga is currently pursuing a PhD in Disaster Risk Management at Ardhi University, Tanzania, with specializations in Social-ecological Resilience to Wildfire Risk and Modeling. The author is an experienced wildlife conservationist and enthusiastic in Botany studies. Mr. Makunga has taught Plants Ecology at Pasiansi Wildlife Training Institute (under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism) for a number of years. He has also been involved in a number of plant-related research assignments and has several publications.