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Full Name of Site |
La Réserve du Faune de la Moukalaba-Dougoua |
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Country |
Nyanga province, Gabon, Africa |
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Location of base camp |
2° 30’S, 10° 30’E |
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Status |
Faunal Reserve (will be National Park around November 2001) |
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Area- study area |
Study area: 40 square km, Reserve: 80.000 ha |
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Study Period |
1999~ |
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Focus of Project |
Research |
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Altitude |
100 m to 700 m |
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Rainfall |
No data available (about 1600 – 1800 mm in nearest town) |
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Research Presence |
occasional until 2000, permanent since 2001 |
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Habituation |
fair |
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Types of questions? |
diet, ranging, group structure, social behavior, etc. |
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Conservation Projects? |
Conservation program is managed by WWF Gabon Program. Eco-tourism is going to be conducted. |
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Species studied in addition to WLGs |
chimpanzee, Cercopithecus nictitans, C. pogonias, C. cephus, Miopithecus talapoin, Cercocebus torquatus, Lophocebus albigena, Mandrillus sphinx, forest elephant. |
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Distance to closest village in km |
4 – 20 km from main study area |
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Types of vegetation present at Site |
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| savanna | present |
| gallery forest | present |
| previously logged secondary forest | present |
| streambed | present |
| open understory forest (Primary) | present |
| monodominant (Gilbertiodendron) | absent |
| Light gaps | present |
| Marantaceae forest | absent |
| Swamp Forest | present |
| Bais | absent |
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Mammalian community |
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| chimpanzees | a few times a week |
| elephants | a few times a week |
| buffalo | daily in the savanna region, rarely in the forest |
| monkeys | |
| Miopithecus talapoin | daily |
| Lophocebus albigena | daily |
| Cercopithecus cephus | daily |
| Cercopithecus nictitans | daily |
| Cercopithecus pogonias | daily |
| Colobus satanus | rarely |
| Mandrillus sphinx | rarely |
| Cercocebus torquatus | daily |
| red river hog | daily |
| giant forest hog | |
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Human Influence |
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| selective logging | present until 1980s |
| hunting (snares. Traces, shots fired) | cartridges found monthly, Shots never heard |
| gorillas a target? | gorillas are not a target of hunting |
| agriculture- distance to nearest field | <5km |
| tourism | none (it is being prepared by WWF) |
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predators |
Panthera perdus |
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Methods Used |
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| Indirect evidence (trail, feces) | trail, feces, nest, feeding trace |
| Nest to nest tracking | not conducted |
| Direct behavioral sampling | conducted |
| focal subject sampling | not possible at moment |
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Contact Information |
Yuji Takenoshita |
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Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University |
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606-8502 Japan |
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tel. +81-75-753-4085; fax. +81-75-753-4115 |
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email: takechan@jinrui.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp |
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Bibliography |
no publication by Kyoto Univ. Team yet |
| Walsh, PD, White, LJT, Mbina, C, Idiata, D, Mihindou, Y, Maisels, F, and Tibault, M. (2001). Estimates of forest elephant abundance: projecting the relationship between precision and effort. Journal of Applied Ecology 38:217-228. | |
| Walsh, PD and White, LJT. (1999). What it will take to monitor forest elephant populations. Conservation Biology 13(5):1194-1202. | |