Effects of Human Impact on Miombo Woodland in Northern Malawi

Authors

  • Tina Vanadis Bundschuh
  • Rüdiger Wittig
  • Karen Hahn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21248/fvss.13.12

Keywords:

vegetation, collection of wild plants

Abstract

Miombo woodland is found throughout the Zambezian regional centre of endemism where most of the rural population make use of its wild plant species. This article presents the results of a study on the composition of the woody vegetation and its anthropogenous alteration in northern Malawi with particular respect to the impact caused by the collection of wild plants. The main vegetation type in this area is miombo woodland which is composed of 80 woody species. The collection of wild plants does not show an effect on the plant diversity but effects are visible in the decreasing number of tall trees.

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2010-01-01

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T. V. Bundschuh, R. Wittig, and K. Hahn, “Effects of Human Impact on Miombo Woodland in Northern Malawi”, FVSS, vol. 13, pp. 22–34, Jan. 2010.

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