Research Paper by JBES Journal about The role of deadwood in biodiversity conservation

An open access Biodiversity Research Journal called, Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences (JBES) recently published an article entitled “Quantification of deadwood littered by Acacia spp. in semi-arid ecosystems of central Tanzania: The role of deadwood in biodiversity conservation.” This research work was developed by Elkana Hezron from the Department of Sustainable Agriculture, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management, School of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania, and Julius W Nyahongo from the Department of Biology, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania

Abstract

Deadwood (DW) is an important carbon component for the conservation and management of biodiversity resources. They are ubiquitous in many semi-arid ecosystems although their estimation is still posing lots of challenges. At Chinwag woodland in Dodoma Region of Central Tanzania, seasonal quantification of DW produced by two Acacia spp. was done to evaluate the influence of each tree species, Dbh and canopy area on DW biomass and to determine their ecological role in the conservation of semi-arid ecosystem. Both purposive and random sampling techniques were used in the course of a completely randomized design (CRD).