| dc.creator | Eiru, Gerald | |
| dc.creator | Obua, Joseph | |
| dc.creator | Tumuhairwe, Joy K. | |
| dc.creator | Nkwiine, Charles | |
| dc.date | 2013-04-04T06:25:08Z | |
| dc.date | 2013-04-04T06:25:08Z | |
| dc.date | 2003 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-04T12:55:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-04T12:55:34Z | |
| dc.identifier | Eiru, G., Obua, J., Tumuhairwe, J. K., & Nkwine, C. (2003). Traditional farming and plant species diversity in agricultural landscape of South-Western Uganda. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 99 125-134 | |
| dc.identifier | 0167-8809 | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.sciencedirect.com | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10570/1314 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10570/1314 | |
| dc.description | An 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 m X 5 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 Sørensen’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 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier Masson | |
| dc.subject | Plant Diversity | |
| dc.subject | Agricultural Landscape | |
| dc.subject | Farming | |
| dc.subject | Land use | |
| dc.subject | Field type | |
| dc.title | Traditional farming and plant species diversity in agricultural landscape of South-Western Uganda | |
| dc.type | Journal article, peer reviewed | |
