Catastrophic ape decline in western equatorial Africa

By P. Walsh, K. Abernethy, M. Bermejo, Rene L. Beyers, P. D. Wachter, Marc Ella Akou, Bas Huijbregts, Daniel Idiata Mambounga, A. K. Toham, Annelisa M. Kilbourn and 13 more. Nature, 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Social Psychology

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Conservation planning and the IUCN Red List (2008, background): “…conservation response for safeguarding biodiversity (Bruner et al. 2001, Oliveira et al. 2007) — albeit not necessarily sufficient to ensure long-term viability in the face of threats such as climate change (Pounds et al. 115 Endang Species Res: 6:113–125, 2008 2006) or disease (Walsh et al. 2003).”
Ape Abundance and Habitat Use in the Goualougo Triangle, Republic of Congo (2006, background): “Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) and western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) populations in central Africa are rapidly declining as a result of disease epidemics, commercial bushmeat hunting, and habitat destruction (Huijbregts et al., 2003; Leroy et al., 2004; Walsh et al., 2003).”
FRUIT PHENOLOGY OF THE GREAT APE HABITAT IN THE MOUKALABA-DOUDOU NATIONAL PARK, GABON (2008, background): “In Lopé N.P. (Gabon), fruit abundance peaks in the early rainy season and fruits are scarce during the long dry seasons (Tutin et al., 1991).”
Recent decline in suitable environmental conditions for African great apes (2012, background): “Almost all ape populations are impacted to some degree by human activities in the form of habitat destruction and poaching (Kormos et al., 2003; Plumptre et al., 2003; Walsh et al., 2003; Caldecott & Miles, 2005; Reinartz et al., 2006; Campbell et al., 2008; Greengrass, 2009; Kuehl et al., 2009; Hic”
Management of disease in wild mammals (2009, background): “In Central Africa, Ebola Zaire virus (EBOV) has killed over 1,300 people, and populations of great apes (gorillas and chimpanzees) have declined by 80% in some of their last strongholds in Central Africa (Walsh et al. 2003; Leroy et al. 2004).”
Best practice guidelines for surveys and monitoring of great ape populations (2008, background): “It is believed that this devastating disease has halved ape populations in the region within the last 20 years (Walsh et al. 2003, 2007).”
Effects of habitat quality and access management on the density of a recovering grizzly bear population (2018, background): “…by roads (Fahrig & Rytwinski, 2009); African lions (Panthera leo), wild dogs (Lycaon pictus), cats (Felidae sp.) and apes (Gorilla and Pan sp.) are among the charismatic megafauna faced with increased roads and resulting demographic consequences (Ceia- Hasse et al., 2017; Walsh et al., 2003).”
Densities, Distributions, and Seasonal Movements of Gorillas and Chimpanzees in Swamp Forest in Northern Congo (2004, background): “First, even though the primary causes of population declines—commercial hunting, disease, and habitat destruction by mechanized logging—occur across most of central Africa (Walsh et al., 2003; Wilkie et al., 2000), we have no idea how they translate to reductions in ape numbers (Oates, 1994).”