Population size and habitat of the White-breasted Guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides in the Taï region, Côte d'Ivoire
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Summary: The White-breasted Guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides is one of 15 bird species endemic to the Upper Guinea Forests of West Africa. The Taï region in southwestern Côte d'Ivoire probably holds one of the largest remaining populations of this species. We assessed population density in two different sectors in the southern part of Taï National Park and one sector in the N'Zo Faunal Reserve, north of the National Park. The sectors differ in rainfall patterns and hence vegetation type, as well as in previous and past levels of logging and hunting. Line transect surveys were undertaken between 2000 and 2001 with an overall survey effort of 2,883 km. Abundance was highest in the sector with the driest forest type, the N'Zo Faunal Reserve (encounter rate: 0.02 detections km−1, density: 32.9 ind. km−2), where we also observed the largest group recorded for the species so far (38 individuals). The species was almost absent in the southeast of Taï National Park (encounter rate: <0.002 detections km−1), where the impact of poaching on wildlife is strongest. The study confirms that the species reaches highest densities in drier forests and only occurs in smaller numbers in the wetter south of the Taï region. Our data also suggest that past disturbance from logging does not constitute an obstacle for its persistence. The population size in Taï National Park and N'Zo Faunal Reserve should be between 42,000 and 120,000 individuals.
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Spatial variation in pygmy hippo density within Taï NP cannot solely be attributed to anthropogenic stressors.
“Bogui et al. (2016) reported substantial spatial variation in the density of droppings and other presence indicators within Taï NP. The authors largely attributed this to the historically stronger anthropogenic disturbance in the eastern half of the park (see also N ' Goran et al., 2013; Waltert et al., 2010), though quantification of poaching, mining and logging indices only explained part of the”
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- Authors
- WALTERT, M., SEIFERT, C., RADL, G., & HOPPE-DOMINIK, B.
- Affiliations
- University of Göttingen (DE)
- Laboratoire de droit immobilier et notarial privé et public (FR)
- Corresponding author
- WALTERT, MATTHIAS
- ORCID
- WALTERT, MATTHIAS
- Venue
- Bird Conservation International
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2009-10-16
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 74-83
- ISSN
- 0959-2709 (ISSN-L)
- 1474-0001
- OpenAlex
- W2069674932
- Cited by
- 5
- References
- 27
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- 2026: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2013: 1
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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- Bird Conservation International (publishedVersion)
- GoeScholar The Publication Server of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- GRO (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Volkswagen Foundation
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Avian ecology and behavior
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Keywords
- population density, habitat use, precipitation gradient, dry forest, Upper Guinea Forest, Taï National Park, logging disturbance, poaching, endemic birds, population size estimation
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