Francesco Rovero
Other projects
24 Jul 2008
Ranger and Community-Based Monitoring of Biodiversity in the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania
20 Mar 2012
Boosting Local Capacity for Ecological Monitoring: Long-Term, Integrated Research and Conservation Programme in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania
2 Dec 2015
Udzungwa as a Model for Standardized Research and Monitoring of Biodiversity in Tanzania: Completing a Long-Term Capacity Building Programme
A study to determine the relationship between factors such as habitat quality and human impact, and primate population density, group size and composition.
Sanje mangabey.
The Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania, are among the most important biodiversity hotspots in the world, with a high level of biological endemism. The primary objective of this study is to identify those habitat parameters that correlate most strongly with the population density and demography of the two endemic and threatened primates living in the Udzungwa, namely the Udzungwa red colobus (Procolobus gordonorum) and the Sanje mangabey (Cercocebus galeritus sanjei).
These data will increase our understanding of habitat selectivity, ecological requirements, and impacts of human activities on these species, and will be used to design appropriate conservation management plans for these endangered species.