Traditional farming and plant species diversity in agricultural landscapes of south-western Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorEilu, G.en
dc.contributor.authorObua, J.en
dc.contributor.authorTumuhairwe, J.en
dc.contributor.authorNkwine, C.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialBushwere Parishen
dc.coverage.spatialMbarara Districten
dc.coverage.spatialUgandaen
dc.coverage.temporal1999 - 2000en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:55:31Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:55:31Zen
dc.date.issued2003en
dc.description.abstractAn effort was undertaken in Bushwere Parish (Mbarara district, south-western Uganda) between 1999 and 2000 to develop sustainable and participatory approaches to plant biodiversity conservation at the farm level. One hundred farmers were interviewed on their socio-economic profiles and plant use strategies. Plant diversity was assessed in 400 plots of 5 mX5 m established in 53 field types of seven land-use categories. The most species-rich land-use category was under annual crops (149 plant species) while the most species-rich field type was planted with bananas (118 species). Shannon diversity and Sorensen's similarity indices were used to compute species diversity and similarity, respectively, between field types and land-uses. The most plant diverse land-use was natural woodland, the least fallow. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) showed that occurrence of species, field type or land-use depended upon environmental factors such as elevation, position on the slope and soil type. Redundancy analysis (RDA) showed that species utility and occurrence were related to the socio-economic status of farmers. Plant species were most diverse in land-uses located on hill tops and steep slopes. Farmers should therefore be advised on how to maintain plant diversity in agricultural landscapes.en
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dc.identifier1001en
dc.identifier.citationAgriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 99: 125-134en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-8809(03)00140-3en
dc.identifier.issn0167-8809en
dc.identifier.other1001_00013.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65880en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAmsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier Science B.V.en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2003 by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectBiological assessmenten
dc.subjectHumid zonesen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.subjectEnvironmental impactsen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectLand use managementen
dc.subjectConservationen
dc.subjectAgricultural ecosystemsen
dc.subjectNatural resource managementen
dc.subjectBiodiversity conservationen
dc.subjectPlant diversityen
dc.subjectAgricultural landscapeen
dc.subjectFarmingen
dc.subjectLand useen
dc.subjectField typeen
dc.subjectEcosystem Farm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleTraditional farming and plant species diversity in agricultural landscapes of south-western Ugandaen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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