Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
Bwindi National Park, richness and diversity, tree species, Point Quarter
College
J. Reuben Clark Law School
Abstract
This project originally aimed to research tree richness and diversity using the Point Quarter method in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park but after the first day attempting to work, I learned how impossible the forest actually is. Having never experienced such a dense mountainous forest, not even the “impenetrable” in the description made me consider that working there would be so physically impossible. After talking with park officials, I quickly realized that all the work I wanted to accomplish and much more was already being completed by the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). The combination of these two things led me to change the study location to Mabira National Forest. Mabira is Uganda’s last non-mountainous old growth forest and because it only houses monkeys and birds, rather than gorillas and other mammals like Bwindi, it is not nearly as funded or protected.
Recommended Citation
Johns, Catherine and Daniels, Dr. Brigham
(2015)
"Encroachment of Bwindi National Park, in Relation to Richness and Diversity of Tree Species,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2015:
Iss.
1, Article 112.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2015/iss1/112