When parks work: Effect of anthropogenic disturbance on occupancy of tropical forest mammals.

ABSTRACT: Protected areas (PAs) in the tropics are vulnerable to human encroachment, and, despite formal protection, they do not fully mitigate anthropogenic threats to habitats and biodiversity. However, attempts to quantify the effectiveness of PAs and to understand the status and changes of wildlife populations in relation to protection efficiency remain limited. Here, we used camera-trapping data collected over 8 consecutive years (2009-2016) to investigate the yearly occurrences of medium-to-large mammals within the Udzungwa Mountains National Park (Tanzania), an area of outstanding importance for biological endemism and conservation. Specifically, we evaluated the effects of habitat and proxies of human disturbance, namely illegal hunting with snares and firewood collection (a practice that wa

SUBMITTER: Oberosler V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7244893 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature