Dung counts have been widely used to estimate duiker abundance and densities in tropical African forests. However, one of the major limitations of this method is that species’ identification of dung based on morphological characteristics is extremely difficult in most cases. Some authors made the...
Vliet, N. van
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Zundel, S
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Miguel, C.
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Taberlet, P
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Nasi, Robert
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[Distinguishing dung from blue, red and yellow-backed duikers through noninvasive genetic techniques]
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Distinguishing dung from blue, red and yellow-backed duikers through noninvasive genetic techniques
We analysed seasonality of dung decay time and the influence of rainfall, leaf fall, beetle attack and moisture on dung decay. Our study was carried out at the Ipassa Reserve, north-east Gabon. We compared the seasonality of dung decay with the seasonality of dung beetle abundance and guild struc...
Hunting of wildlife in Central Africa is largely considered to be unsustainable. Several studies indicate that most mammal species should already have disappeared from many Central African forests but markets continue to be supplied with bushmeat, with no sign of large scale extinction of the mos...
Vliet, N. van
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Nasi, Robert
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[Why do models fail to assess properly the sustainability of duiker (Cephalophus spp.) hunting in Central Africa?]
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Why do models fail to assess properly the sustainability of duiker (Cephalophus spp.) hunting in Central Africa?