Assessing the information-content of messy data to reconstruct population recovery dynamics for the world's rarest primate.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the dynamics of population recovery in threatened species requires robust longitudinal monitoring datasets. However, evidence-based decision-making is often impeded by variable data collection approaches, necessitating critical evaluation of restricted available baselines. The Hainan gibbon, the world's rarest primate, had possibly declined to only seven or eight individuals in 1978 at Bawangling National Nature Reserve but has experienced subsequent population growth. Past population estimates lack detailed reporting of survey effort, and multiple conflicting estimates are available, hindering assessment of gibbon recovery. We investigated all reported estimates of Bawangling gibbon population size from 1978 to 2022, to evaluate the biological signal of population trends and

SUBMITTER: Turvey ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11303811 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature