A camera trap assessment of the forest mammal community within the transitional savannah‐forest mosaic of the Batéké Plateau National Park, Gabon. (3rd February 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- A camera trap assessment of the forest mammal community within the transitional savannah‐forest mosaic of the Batéké Plateau National Park, Gabon. (3rd February 2018)
- Main Title:
- A camera trap assessment of the forest mammal community within the transitional savannah‐forest mosaic of the Batéké Plateau National Park, Gabon
- Authors:
- Hedwig, Daniela
Kienast, Ivonne
Bonnet, Matthieu
Curran, Bryan K.
Courage, Amos
Boesch, Christophe
Kühl, Hjalmar S.
King, Tony - Other Names:
- Bahaa‐el‐din Laila guestEditor.
Cusack Jeremy guestEditor. - Abstract:
- Abstract: Monitoring populations in areas of ecological transition is crucial to understanding species distributions, but also a critical conservation tool. We used camera trapping to investigate the forest mammal community in the Batéké Plateau National Park (BPNP) in Gabon, a transitional landscape that experiences severe poaching. We compiled a species inventory, investigated group sizes and activity patterns of observed species, and conducted an initial test to evaluate whether ecological gradients within this landscape influence species occurrence. Based on 6612 images and videos recorded at 40 locations during 5, 902 camera days, we identified 31 mammal species, including eight classified as threatened according to the IUCN. We detected lion (Panthera leo, Linnaeus), which was thought to be extinct in Gabon, and mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx, Linnaeus), for which BPNP was thought to be outside of their natural range. Our findings suggest that BPNP supports a low species richness compared to more forested protected areas. We found no changes in species composition of the forest mammal community with increasing distance from the continuous Gabonese rainforest, but a potential decrease in abundance for some species. Continued survey efforts need to be combined with detailed ecological data collection and effective law enforcement in the region.
- Is Part Of:
- African journal of ecology. Volume 56:Number 4(2018)
- Journal:
- African journal of ecology
- Issue:
- Volume 56:Number 4(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 56, Issue 4 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 56
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0056-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 777
- Page End:
- 790
- Publication Date:
- 2018-02-03
- Subjects:
- lion -- mandrill -- monitoring -- naïve occupancy -- relative abundance -- species richness
Zoology -- Africa -- Periodicals
Ecology -- Africa -- Periodicals
Wildlife management -- Africa -- Periodicals
Zoology -- Africa, East -- Periodicals
Ecology -- Africa, East -- Periodicals
Wildlife management -- Africa, East -- Periodicals
577 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2028 ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/aje.12497 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0141-6707
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