The Diversity of Cuculiform and Piciform Species in Partly Transformed Riparian Zambezi Forest

• Видавець: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Дата: 2020
• Автор: Kopij, G.
• Формат: Стаття
• Мова: English
• Опубліковано: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2020
• Теми: bioindicators; Namibia; population densities; territoriality; tropical riparian forests
• Онлайн доступ: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/33

Both cuculiform and piciform species can be used as bioindicators and, to a lesser extent, as umbrella species. A territory mapping method was employed in 2015 to assess their population densities in a riparian forest on the Zambezi River near Katima Mulilo, NENamibia. The forest, c. 280 ha in surfa...