Identifying priority areas for the conservation of antelopes in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa, using the complementarity approach
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Abstract The Republic of Guinea has one of the highest diversities of mammal species in West Africa. However, its protected area network is poorly developed and little quantitative information has been available to help guide national conservation strategies. I therefore examined the distribution of antelopes and related species (families Bovidae and Tragulidae) across 17 sites, including four protected areas, to determine how the existing protected area network contributes to the conservation of antelope species and where action should best be focused for the conservation of this group. A total of 21 species of antelope have been recorded in the 17 sites; four of these species are absent from the four protected areas. An iterative heuristic complementarity approach was used to determine an irreplaceability index, which accounts for both species richness and species rarity, for each of the sites. The Kankan Faunal Reserve and Nimba Strict Nature Reserve have the second and fourth highest irreplaceability indices, respectively. The two other protected areas have moderate to very low irreplaceability indices, showing that they protect species widespread throughout the 17 sites. The Ziama Forest has the highest index (because it contains a high number of species and of globally threatened species), highlighting the significance of this site. I discuss the importance of the other sites and the threats affecting antelopes in Guinea, and make recommendations to improve the study and conservation of antelope species in the country.
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Protected area status can mean little in a region where many protected areas are poorly funded and ineffective.
“Furthermore, riverine habitats can be poorly represented in protected areas (Nel et al., ) but are presumably critical for the pygmy hippopotamus, and in fact protected area status can mean little in a region where many are poorly funded and ineffective (Brugière, ; Henschel et al., ).”
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The Discussion (page unavailable) describes Kankan Faunal Reserve as a “paper park” with no staff or management plan and says its effective contribution to antelope conservation is limited by lack of law enforcement. This supports the point that protected status may offer little practical protection, but the paper does not establish that many protected areas in the region are poorly funded and ineffective. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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Hillers, A., Buchanan, G. M., Garteh, J. C., Tommy, S. M., Fofana, M. L., & Lindsell, J. A. (2017) · Oryx · doi:10.1017/s003060531600020x · Cited by 10 · see citing works
- Authors
- Brugière, D.
- Corresponding author
- Brugière, David
- ORCID
- Brugière, David
- Venue
- Oryx
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2012-04
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 253-259
- ISSN
- 0030-6053 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-3008
- OpenAlex
- W2127511319
- Cited by
- 7
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- 0.80
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- journal article
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- en
- Open access
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- Oryx (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Keywords
- antelope, Bovidae, Tragulidae, protected area network, conservation prioritization, complementarity analysis, species richness, species rarity, threatened species, Guinea
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