Luangwa Vegetation

Chapter 10

 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OLDER AND UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS RELEVANT TO LUANGWA VEGETATION

There are many publications relevant to the vegetation of the Luangwa Valley. Some of these are in books and journals that are difficult to access, others are unpublished reports. A selection of these is listed here.

See also entries for “South Luangwa National Park” in Grafiati  https://www.grafiati.com/en/literature-selections/south-luangwa-national-park/

Abel NOJ (1974) The Luangwa valley. Oryx, 12, 599-600.

Agar J (1978) Bibliography of Agriculture and Land Use I. Eastern Province, Ministry of Agriculture, Mount Makulu Research Station, Chilanga.

Albrecht RW (1973) Land Use development Proposals for the mid and upper Luangwa Watershed. In: Luangwa Valley Conservation and Development Project. FAO, DP/ZAM/68/510, Rome.

Anon (1934) International Conference for the Protection of the Fauna and Flora of Africa. Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire, XXI, 19-39.

Anon (1934) International Conference for the Protection of the Fauna and Flora of Africa. Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire XXI, 19-39.

Anon (1956) Phytogeography. Scientific Council for Africa South of the Sahara, Publication No.22. Proceedings of a workshop, Kasungu National Park, Malawi. Peace Corps, Washington.

Anon (1962b) The Luangwa Valley: wildlife or agricultural development? Mimeo. Department of Game and Fisheries, Chilanga. (note: The author was the Special Commissioner for Rural Development).

Anon alias ‘Settler’ (1909) Elephants and Native Crops. The Northern Rhodesia Journal 1 (4), 6 Fort Jameson.

Ansell WFH (1965) Feeding habits of Hippopotamus amphibius. Puku, 3, 171.

Ansell WFH (1965) Hippo census in the Luangwa river 1963-64. Puku, 3, 15-27.

Astle WL (1971) Management in the Luangwa Valley. Oryx, XI, 135-139.

Astle WL (1989) South Luangwa National Park Map: landscape and vegetation map. Macmillan, London.

Astle WL (1989) South Luangwa National Park Map: Landscape and Vegetation, scale 1:215 000. Macmillan.

Astle WL (1999) Vegetation Map of  South Luangwa National Park. Digitised at scale 1 :50 000. See Ch 8, Click Here

Astle WL, Phiri PSM, Prince SD (1998) A Dictionary of Vernacular-Scientific Names of plants of the mid-Luangwa Valley, Zambia. Kirkia, 16, 161-203.

Astle WL, Phiri PSM, Prince SD (1998) Annotated checklist of the flowering plants and ferns of the South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. Kirkia, 16, 109-160.

Astle, W. L. (2002). South Luangwa National Park Vegetation Map , Click Here

Astle, W. L., Webster, R., & Lawrance, C. J. (1969). Land Classification for Management Planning in the Luangwa Valley of Zambia. Journal of Applied Ecology, 6(2), 143–169. https://doi.org/10.2307/2401534

Attwell RIG (1963) Surveying Luangwa hippo. Puku, 1, 29-49.

Bainbridge WR (1964) Luangwa Valley Habitat and Population Survey. Mimeo. Department of Game and Fisheries, Chilanga.

Bainbridge WR (1969) Notes on the Luangwa Game Cropping Scheme. Mimeo. Department of Game and Fisheries, Chilanga.

Berry PSM (1968) A report on the Luangwa River hippo census; August 1968. Mimeo.. Department of Game and Fisheries, Chilanga.

Boughey AS (1957) The Vegetation Types of the Federation. Proceedings and Transactions of the Rhodesia Scientific Association, 45, 73-91. Box

Boulton MN (1973) Conservation Education in Zambia In: Luangwa Valley Conservation and Development Project. DP/ZAM/68/510 FAO, Rome.

Bullock WR (1960) Elephants and Baobab trees in Northern Rhodesia. African Journal of Ecology, 14, 142-145.

Bullock WR, Carr NJ (1961) Luangwa Valley Land Use Plan. Mimeo. Department of Game and Fisheries, Chilanga.

Carr NJ (1962) Return to the Wild. Collins, London.

Carr NJ (1969) The White Impala. Collins, London.

Carr NJ (1978) Some Common trees and shrubs of the Luangwa Valley. Wildlife Conservation Society of Zambia, Lusaka.

Carr NJ (1979) Valley of the Elephants. Collins, London.

Carr NJ (1985) A Guide to the Wildlife of the Luangwa Valley. Save the Rhino Trust,

Caughley G, Goddard J (1975) Abundance and distribution of elephants in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia. East African Wildlife Journal, 13, 39-48.

Caughley G, Naylor JN, Abel NOJ, Liberg O (1973) Game Management and Habitat Manipulation. In: Luangwa Valley Conservation and Development Project. FAO, DP/ZAM/68/510, Rome.

Dalal-Clayton B, Child B.  Lessons from Luangwa: A historical Review of the Luangwa integrated resource development project, Zambia. Wildlife and Development Series, 13 International Institute for Environment and Development, London, England. 338 pages.

Dasmann WP (1973) Report on Wildlife Habitat Investigations. In: Luangwa Valley Conservation and Development Project. DP/ZAM/68/510, FAO, Rome.

Dean PB (1965) Aerial census of elephant, buffalo, zebra, and rhino in the Luangwa Valley Game Reserve South. Mimeo. Department of Game and Fisheries, Chilanga.

Dean PB (1968) Elephants, buffalo and rhinoceros populations in the Luangwa South Game Reserve, Zambia. Mimeo. Department of Game and Fisheries, Chilanga.

Dixey F (1937) The Geology of part of the Upper Luangwa Valley, Northeast Rhodesia. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, 93, 52-76.

Dodds DD, Patton DR (1968) Wildlife and Land-Use Survey of the Luangwa Valley. UNDP/FAO., No.TA 2591, Rome.

Dowsett RJ (1966) Luangwa river hippo census. Mimeo. Department of Game and Fisheries, Chilanga.

Dowsett RJ (1971) Luangwa Valley mammal notes. Puku, 5, 220-222.

Drysdall AR, Kitching JW (1962) The Karroo Succession of the Upper Luangwa Valley, Northern Rhodesia. Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa, LXV, (1), 75-93.

Drysdall AR, Weller RK (1962) An outline of the geology of the Luangwa Valley with particular reference to the Luangwa South Game Reserve, with map. Manuscript. Geological Survey Department, Lusaka.

Edmonds ACR (1976) The Republic of Zambia Vegetation Map, scale 1:500 000. Frankfurt a/M, Instit fur Angewandte Geodasie and GRZ; Lusaka.

Fanshawe DB (1971) The Vegetation of Zambia. Forestry Research Bulletin No.7, Government Printer, Lusaka.

Feely JM (1965) A Game cropping scheme in the Luangwa Valley. Zoologia Africana, 1, (1), 227-230.

Feely JM (1965) Observations on Acacia albida in the Luangwa Valley. Puku, (3), 67-70.

Ford LP (1973) Fire Control in the Luangwa Valley. In: Luangwa Valley Conservation and Development Project: Game Management and Habitat Manipulation. DP/ZAM/68/510, FAO, Rome.

Fuller DO (1994) Foliar Phenology of vegetation in South Central Africa and its relevance to climate change. Ph.D. thesis, University of Maryland.

Giardino JR (1974) When Elephants Destroy a Valley. Geographical Magazine, 47, 174-181.

Gough M (1973a) The Luangwa Valley: an ecological study. Oryx, 12, (2), 223-226.

Government of Zambia Archives, Lusaka

Greenway PJ (1928) Notes on the Forest Flora of South Central Africa. Kew Bulletin, 193-208.

Guy PR (1977) Notes on the Vegetation Types of the Zambezi Valley, Rhodesia, between the Kariba and Mpata gorges. Kirkia, 10, (2), 25-49.

Hill HCN (1961) Luangwa Valley-West Side. The Northern Rhodesia Journal, IV, (5), 481-482.

Hingston RWG (1930) Report on a Mission to East Africa for the Purpose of investigating the most suitable methods of ensuring the preservation of its indigenous fauna. Journal of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire, XII, 21-72.122

Hobson R (1965 October) The reluctant Hunter: a profile of J.M.C.Uys. Horizon, 14-17.

Hoste C (1898) Exploration West of the Luangwa River. Geographical Journal, VD, 617-628.

Jachmann H (1997) Forty years of hippo survey on the Luangwa river. Manuscript. National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Jordan EK (1951a) Sinister Valley (Part 1). African Wild Life, 5, (3), 227-233.

Jordan EK (1951b) Sinister Valley (Part2). African Wild Life, 5, (4), 315-321.

Klasen SAH (1963) Giraffe are strictly browsers. Black Lechwe, 3, (5), 23-25.

Kornas J.(1974) The Pteridiophyta New to Zambia. Bulletin de L’Academie Polonaise des Sciences. Serie des scieces biologiques Cl.II, XXII, (10), 713-78.

Kunkle SH (1973) Consultancy Report on Hydrology. In: Luangwa Valley Conservation and Development Project. DP/ZAM/68/510 FAO, Rome.

Kuper JH (1974) A Management Plan for the South Luangwa National Park. Mimeo. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Chilanga.

Kuper JH (1975) A re-examination of the permanent plots in Mopane Woodland. Mimeo. National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Legg CA (1974) A Reconnaissance Survey of the Hot and Mineralised Springs of Zambia. Geological Survey Department, Economic Report No.50, Government Printer, Lusaka.

Lewis DM (1986a) Disturbance effects on elephant feeding: evidence for compression in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia. African Journal of Ecology, 24, 227-241.

Lewis DM (1986b) Fruiting patterns, seed germination and distribution of Sclerocarya caffra in an elephant inhabited woodland. Biotropia, 19, (1), 50-56.

Lewis DM (1987) Elephant response to early burning in Mopane woodland, Zambia. South African Journal of Wildlife. Research, 17, (2), 33-40.

Lewis DM (1991) Observations on the growth, woodland structure and change in Colophospermum mopane in the Luangwa Valley. African Journal of Ecology, 29, 207-221.

Lydekker P (1912) The Northern Rhodesia Giraffe. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 2,.771-773.

Markham K (1987) Environment and wildlife conservation in Africa. Veterinary Record, 121, (25-26), 597-598.

Marks SA (1968) Ecology and anthropology of Valley Bisa: the role of classification and belief in Bisa use of mammalian resources. Ph.D. thesis, Michigan State University.

Marshall PJ, Sayer JA (1976), Population ecology and response to cropping of a hippo population in eastern Zambia. Journal of Applied Ecology, 13, 391-404.

Martin PW (1969) Preliminary Report on Luangwa Valley elephant survey. Mimeo. Department of Game and Fisheries, Chilanga

Milner-Gulland EJ, Leader-Williams N (1992) Illegal exploitation of wildlife. In: Economics for the Wilds (ed. Swanson TM, Barbier EB), 195-213, Earthscan, London.

Money RI, Smith SK (1897) Explorations in the Country West of Lake Nyassa. Geographical Journal, 10, (2), 46-172.

Moonga PC. (nd) Feeding habits of the Luangwa Valley Giraffe. Manuscript, National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Mwenya AN, Lewis DM, Kaweche GB (1990)  Admade: policy, background and future. USAID, Lusaka.

Ndholovu DE, Balakrishnan M (1991) Large herbivores in upper Lupande Game Management Area, Luangwa Valley, Zambia. African Journal of Ecology, 29, (2), 93-104.

Norton PM (1988) Hippopotamus numbers in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia, in 1981. African Journal of Ecology, 26, 337-339.

Ogilvie AG (1934) Co-operative research in Geography with an African Example. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of  Science- Section E, 99-118, Aberdeen.

Owens D, Owens M (1992) The Eye of the Elephant. London.

Oxenham R (1964) Luangwa Valley cropping scheme reports, Mimeo. Department of Game and Fisheries, Chilanga. (a) Elephant, (b) Buffalo, (c) Hippo.

Parker ISC (1973) A perspective on elephant and hippo culling. Consultancy Report to the Project. (This report was rejected by the Project and was not issued). In: Confidential section of Luangwa Valley Conservation and Development Project. DP/ZAM/68/510, FAO, Rome.

Patton DR (1967) Luangwa Valley Game Populations. Mimeo. Department of Game and Fisheries, Chilanga.

Phiri PSM (1989) The Flora of the Luangwa Valley and an Analysis of its Phytogeographical Affinities. Ph.D.thesis, University of Reading.

Phiri PSM and Moore DM (1998) A history of botanical collections in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia. Archives of Natural History, 25, (2),283 292.

Pierce GD (1982) Phellinus rimosus eaten by giraffe. Black Lechwe (NS) 2, 17-24.

Poles WE (1955) Luangwa Valley Game Reserves: map. Manuscript. Department of Game and Fisheries, Chilanga.

Pool EHL (1934) The human geography of Lundazi and Petauke Districts. Mimeo. University of Aberdeen library.

Pool EHL (1956) The Luangwa Valley in 1918. The Northern Rhodesia Journal, III, (2), 154-164.

Prince SD (1969) A quantitative description of some mopane woodlands in the Luangwa Valley. Mimeo. Department of Game and Fisheries, Chilanga.

Radway CG Reedon (1953) The Nsefu Game Reserve. Livingstone.

Rattray JM, Wild H (1961) Vegetation map of the Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland. Kirkia, 2, 94-104.

Sidney OJ  (1958) (There is a reference in the 1958 Annual Report of the Game and Fisheries Department to a lady of this name appointed under “Colonial development and Welfare Research scheme to study under natural conditions the relationships of the flora and its associated mammalian fauna in the Luangwa Valley”. It is not known what work she accomplished.)

Stier JC (1973b) An economic appraisal of game croppng in the Luangwa valley. Mimeo. Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and National Parks, Chilanga.

Stirling University Luangwa Valley Research programme. Report No. I Assessment of river channel changes and erosion hazard on the Luangwa river system December 1990.  2. Soil erosion and erodibility in the Luangwa Integrated resource development area.

Tembo A (1983b) Botanical composition of buffalo diets during the dry season in the Luangwa valley. Manuscript, National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Trapnell CG (1953) Soils, Vegetation and Agricultural Systems of North Eastern Rhodesia. Government Printer, Lusaka.

Uys JMC (1966) A study of the plant communities and their uses in the Luangwa Valley South Game Reserve. Mimeo. Department of Game and Fisheries, Chilanga.

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Vail L (1977) Ecology and History; the example of eastern Zambia. Journal of Southern African Studies, 3, 129-155.

Verboom WC (1961) Soil erosion and overgrazing in the Luangwa Valley Game Reserve. Mimeo. Department of Agriculture, Lusaka.

Webster R (1957) Reconnaissance soil survey of Mkania, Luangwa valley. Mimeo. Mount Makulu Research Station, Chilanga.

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White F (1961) A history of plant collecting in Northern Rhodesia. Comptes Rendus 1V Reunion, AE TFAT,

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Williamson G (1977) The orchids of South Central Africa. London.

Wilson G, Lee CA (1966) The soils of the South Luangwa National Park. Mimeo. Mount Makulu Research Station, Chilanga.

Winterbottom JM (1938a) The Birds of the mopane woodlands of the Luangwa Valley, Northern Rhodesia. Journal of Animal Ecology, 7, 266-271.

Yang J (1994) Remote Sensing of savanna Vegetation and its change in Eastern Zambia. Ph.D. thesis, University of Maryland.

ZNA (25) SECl/54. A Report on 2 Native Reserves in Fort Jameson District 1936.

ZNA (26) SECl/60. Cotton growing by Natives 1933-1945.

ZNA (30) SECl/1014. Elephant damage to crops 1931-33.

ZNA (31) SECl/1015. Sanctuaries, Giraffe 1933.

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