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Full Name of Site |
Lossi Reserve Faunal |
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Country |
Republic of Congo, Cuvette Ouest |
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Location of base camp |
00º14’09”N in latitude and 14º30’12”E in longitude |
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Status |
Faunal Reserve |
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Area- study area |
Study area (50 km²); faunal reserve (350 km²) |
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Study Period |
1994-1996, 1998, 2000-2001 |
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Focus of Project |
Integrated Conservation and Development Project |
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Altitude |
300-450m |
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Rainfall |
1509 mm (1994-1996) |
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Research Presence |
permanent |
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Habituation |
excellent |
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Types of questions? |
Diet, ranging, social behavior, demography, censusing |
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Conservation Projects? |
involvement in reserve management |
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Species studied in addition to WLGs |
Chimpanzees |
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Distance to closest village in km |
28 km from Lengui-Lengui |
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Types of vegetation present at Site |
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| savanna | absence |
| gallery forest | absence |
| previously logged secondary forest | presence |
| streambed | presence |
| open understory forest (Primary) | presence |
| monodominant (Gilbertiodendron) | absence |
| Light gaps | absence |
| Marantaceae forest | dominant |
| Swamp Forest | presence |
| Bais | absence |
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Mammalian community |
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| chimpanzees | weekly |
| elephants | monthly |
| buffalo | absence |
| monkeys | |
| Cercocebus galeritus | daily |
| Lophocebus albigena | daily |
| Cercopithecus cephus | daily |
| Cercopithecus nictitans | daily |
| Cercopithecus pogonias | daily |
| Cercopithecus neglectus | daily |
| Miopithecus talapoin | daily |
| Colobus guerza | daily |
| red river hog | weekly |
| giant forest hog | absence |
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Human Influence |
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| selective logging | absence |
| hunting (snares. Traces, shots fired) | monthly (human traces, shots heard) |
| gorillas a target? | Gorillas are not a specific target of hunting in the area |
| agriculture- distance to nearest field | > 5km. Lossi forest appears to be the site of a village abandoned 60 yr ago as part of the colonial government´s resettlement policy. |
| tourism | irregular (monthly?) |
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predators |
Leopard (Panthera pardus): high , (Homo sapiens):low |
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Methods Used |
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| Indirect evidence (trail, feces) | yes |
| Nest to nest tracking | daily |
| Direct behavioral sampling | yes |
| focal subject sampling | 1996, 1998, 2000-2001 |
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Contact Information |
Conrad Aveling, Coordinator of ECOFAC Program, B.P. 11115 Libreville (Gabon) |
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Bibliography |
M. BERMEJO and G. ILLERA |
| TITLE: Tool-set for termite-fishing and honey extraction by wild chimpanzees in the Lossi Forest, Congo. PRIMATES, 40(4):619-627, 1999 | |
| M. BERMEJO | |
| TITLE: Status and conservation of primates in Odzala National Park, Republic of the Congo. ORYX, 33(4):323-331, 1999 | |
| M. BERMEJO and G. ILLERA | |
| TITLE: New records on wood_eating by western lowland gorillas (Gorilla g. gorilla) in Lossi forest, North Congo. AMERICAN J. OF PRIMATOLOGY (in review) | |