A5045543682- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Plant and animal studies
- Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Optics and Image Analysis
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Forest Management and Policy
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Environmental and Ecological Studies
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
- Environmental Sustainability and Technology
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Insect and Pesticide Research
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
2022-2025
Forests and Societies
2022-2025
Université de Montpellier
2022-2025
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
2011-2020
National Zoological Park
2013-2020
Society for Conservation Biology
2019
University of California, Davis
2019
University of British Columbia
2019
Griffith University
2019
Hudson Institute
2019
ABSTRACT We investigated the effect of local hunting on plant recruitment at community level in Ngotto Forest, Central African Republic. It is first study this kind afrotropics. To compare our results with previous studies conducted neotropics, we used protocol proposed byNuñez‐Iturri and Howe. compared animal relative abundances seed length, density diversity seedlings two sites contrasting anthropogenic pressures: one low pressure (LH) high (HH). Furthermore, how vary length sites. Both...
Abstract We present the first community‐level study of associations both roads and other human disturbances with distribution mammals in Gabon (central Africa). Our site was an oil concession within a littoral mosaic landscape. conducted surveys along 199 line transects installed camera traps on 99 these to document mammal presence abundance. used generalized linear mixed‐effect models between variables related ecosystem (land cover, topography, hydrology), (coating, width rights way,...
Development projects in west Central Africa are proceeding at an unprecedented rate, often with little concern for their effects on biodiversity. In attempt to better understand potential impacts of a road development project the anuran amphibian community, we conducted biodiversity assessment employing multiple methodologies (visual encounter transects, auditory surveys, leaf litter plots and pitfall traps) inventory species prior construction new within buffer zone Moukalaba-Doudou...
Abstract Background Strengthening the surveillance of zoonotic diseases emergence in wild meat value chains is a critical component prevention future health crises. Community hunters could act as first-line observers pathogens systems wildlife, by reporting early signs possible presence disease game animals they observe and manipulate on regular basis. Methods An experimental was developed implemented forested area Gabon, central Africa. Our objective to improve our understanding community...
Engaging local communities is pivotal for wildlife conservation beyond protected areas, aligning with the 30 × target of Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. We assessed effectiveness 33 offtake indicators, derived from hunter declarations, in monitoring status and extent degradation hunted sourced camera trap surveys faunal composition analysis. The rodents:ungulates ratio mean body mass total emerged as practical robust indicators within hunting systems, significant potential...
This study aims to assess the role that Pleistocene refugia, rivers and local habitat conditions may have played in evolutionary diversification of three central African duiker species (Cephalophus dorsalis, C. callipygus Philantomba monticola). Genetic data from geo-referenced feces were collected a wide range sites across Central Africa. Historical patterns population genetic structure assessed using ~ 650 bp fragment mitochondrial control region contemporary differentiation evaluated 12...
Corridors are intended to increase species survival by abating landscape fragmentation resulting from the conversion of natural habitats into human-dominated matrices. Conservation scientists often rely on 1 type corridor model, typically least-cost model or current-flow construct a linkage design, and their choice is not usually based theory empirical evidence. We developed method empirically confirm whether corridors produced these 2 models used target under current conditions. applied...
Population monitoring is critical to effective conservation, but forest living taxa can be difficult directly observe. This has been true of African elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis), for which we have limited information regarding population size and social behavior despite their threatened conservation status. In this study, estimated demographic parameters using genetic capture-recapture in the southern Industrial Corridor Gamba Complex Protected Areas southwestern Gabon, considered a global...
The active field of connectivity conservation has provided numerous methods to identify wildlife corridors with the aim reducing ecological effect fragmentation. Nevertheless, these often rely on untested hypotheses animal movements, usually fail generate fine‐scale predictions road crossing sites, and do not allow managers prioritize sites for implementing fragmentation mitigation measures. We propose a new method that addresses limitations. illustrate this data from southwestern Gabon...
Abstract We investigated the patterns of genetic diversity and structure African forest elephants in a human‐modified landscape Gamba complex protected areas (GCPA), tropical wilderness area along southwest coast Gabon. collected 298 elephant fecal samples from four sites (Sette Cama, area, Vera Plains, Mayonami), approximately 80 km coastline north to south. used microsatellites mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) successfully genotype 295 samples, identified 213 individuals. Using sex markers, we 84...
We recorded ground-foraging ant species in forest and savannah habitats along a 52-km-long road planned for upgrade the buffer zone of Moukalaba-Doudou National Park south-west Gabon. Sixty stations were established with three sampling points on each side future baited peanut butter to record presence invasive Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863). documented 46 including one genus eight not previously reported Gabon, but no evidence W. auropunctata. also found known have an opportunistic...
Unsustainable hunting outside protected areas is threatening tropical biodiversity worldwide and requires conservationists to engage increasingly in antipoaching activities. Following the example of ecocertified logging companies, we argue that other extractive industries managing large concessions should activities as part their environmental management plans. Onshore hydrocarbon also adopt protocols a standard because they represent threat comparable logging. We examined spatiotemporal...
The agile mangabey (Cercocebus agilis) is a medium-sized, omnivorous Old World monkey from the large Cercopithecidae family that inhabits dense humid tropical forests of central Africa. Although mainly arboreal, species often found on ground in groups highly variable size, 10 to 50 individuals over 200 (Devreese et al., 2013; Quris, 1975). geographical distribution vast, ranging western Cameroon Central African Republic and north-eastern Democratic Congo, but its limits are unclear,...