Plants, Trees & Forest Ecology

The volcanic geology and extraordinary topographic relief of Uganda’s Kigezi highlands — where the Albertine…

Guided forest walks in Bwindi — distinct from the gorilla trekking routes — provide access…

The arachnophobe’s guide to Bwindi would be brief and largely reassuring: the forest’s spider fauna…

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is, by the standards of East African national parks, a relatively small…

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest contains more orchid species than most countries in Europe and North America…

African violets—among the world’s most popular houseplants—belong to the family Gesneriaceae and have their evolutionary…

In the high-altitude zones of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park—particularly in the Ruhija sector above 2,000…

No forest is static. Even the oldest, most undisturbed sections of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park…

Walking through Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a misty morning, it is easy to feel…

The forest floor and understorey of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park support a rich community of…

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park’s forest is not simply a collection of trees—it is a three-dimensional…

At the upper elevations of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, above approximately 2,300 metres, the dense…

In the ecology of tropical forests, the concept of a keystone species describes an organism…

The green that defines Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is not a single, uniform colour but…

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is celebrated for its gorillas, but botanists who have worked there…

Walking through the lower gorge sections of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, you will encounter plants that…

The forest floor of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is not an empty space between trees. It…

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is defined in most visitors’ minds by the gorilla encounter — and…

Walk through different sections of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and you will notice that the vegetation…

Walk through Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and you will eventually stop at a tree that looks…

Coffee is Uganda’s most important export crop and one of the foundations of its rural…

When most people think about Bwindi Impenetrable National Park’s vegetation, they think of trees —…

The canopy of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is held up by trees of extraordinary scale—emergents…

Most visitors to Bwindi look up—at the gorillas, the colobus, the hornbills moving through the…