Mapping suitable great ape habitat in and around the Lobeke National Park, South-East Cameroon.

ABSTRACT: As a result of extensive data collection efforts over the last 20-30 years, there is quite a good understanding of the large-scale geographic distribution and range limits of African great apes. However, as human activities increasingly fragment great ape spatial distribution, a better understanding of what constitutes suitable great ape habitat is needed to inform conservation and resource extraction management. Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) and gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) inhabit the Lobéké National Park and its surrounding forest management units (FMUs) in South-East Cameroon. Both park and neighboring forestry concessions require reliable evidence on key factors driving great ape distribution for their management plans, yet this information is largely m

SUBMITTER: Ginath Yuh Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7771158 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature