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Conservation Potential of a Semi-Forested Agricultural Landscape: Diversity and Spatial Distribution of Birds within a Large-Scale Ugandan Coffee Farm

McTernan, Michael F.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1556008272220738

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2019, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Environmental Studies (Voinovich).
Protected area conservation is not enough to stem increasing biodiversity loss. Therefore, it is important to consider private-owned lands when developing a long-term conservation strategy in a region. Agricultural lands, which cover more than 30 percent of the Earth’s terrestrial surface, are a good place to start. However, further research is needed to understand how species use the landscape, and what types of best practices should be encouraged to increase levels of biodiversity. This study was conducted on a 2500 ha semi-forested Ugandan Robusta coffee farm. The system is a hybrid of shade and full sun coffee production, with intense cultivation on production land and corridors of reserved indigenous forest. Using point counts, I found that the forest and farm held substantial numbers of avian species, comparable to nearby protected areas. I also found that there were three distinct communities of birds, inhabiting the coffee, the edge, and the forest. The forest habitat seemed drive diversity, and held the highest effective number of species. This study showed that farmed land can act as a reserve, but that forest must be reserved in these landscapes.
Nancy Stevens (Committee Chair)
Donald Miles (Committee Member)
Geoff Dabelko (Committee Member)
104 p.
Agriculture; Biology; Conservation; Ecology; Wildlife Conservation; Zoology
coffee; Africa; birds; biodiversity; robusta; Uganda; private conservation; protected areas; agriculture; agroecology

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  • McTernan, M. F. (2019). Conservation Potential of a Semi-Forested Agricultural Landscape: Diversity and Spatial Distribution of Birds within a Large-Scale Ugandan Coffee Farm [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1556008272220738

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McTernan, Michael. Conservation Potential of a Semi-Forested Agricultural Landscape: Diversity and Spatial Distribution of Birds within a Large-Scale Ugandan Coffee Farm. 2019. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1556008272220738.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McTernan, Michael. "Conservation Potential of a Semi-Forested Agricultural Landscape: Diversity and Spatial Distribution of Birds within a Large-Scale Ugandan Coffee Farm." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1556008272220738

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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