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A new nature reserve in the Eastern Arc mountains, Tanzania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Jon C. Lovett  and
David C. Moyer
Jon C. Lovett
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Dar es Salaam, PO Box 35060, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and Missouri Botanical Garden, PO Box 299, St Louis, MO 63166–0299, USA
David C. Moyer
Affiliation:
Museum of Natural Science and Department of Zoology and Physiology, 119 Foster Hall, Louisiana St University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803–3216, USA; and PO Box 2339, Mbeya, Tanzania
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Abstract

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A small area of forest on Luisenga tea estate has been declared a nature reserve by Brooke Bond Tanzania Limited. Luisenga is at the southern end of the endemic-rich Eastern Arc mountains of Tanzania and contains a number of plant and animal species of restricted distribution and conservation importance.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 1992 , pp. 115 - 118
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1992

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