Habitat Use by White-Thighed Colobus in the Kikélé Sacred Forest: Activity Budget, Feeding Ecology and Selection of Sleeping Trees

Djego-Djossou, S; Koné, Inza; Fandohan, Adandé Belarmain; Djego, Julien Gaudence; Huynen, Marie‐Claude; Sinsin, Brice

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“…Leaves and fruits constitute food and/or livestock in the feeding of mankind and animals [ 16 , 18 , 27 ]. Leaves and fruits are edible in Sudan [ 28 ]; Ghana [ 29 ], Senegal [ 30 ], Nigeria [ [31] , [32] , [33] ], Cameroon [ [34] , [35] , [36] ] and Benin [ 37 ]. In Nigeria, many studies have shown that leaves were rich in mineral elements such as Sodium (Na), Potassium (K), Calcium (Ca), Magnesium (Mg), Copper (Cu), Zinc (Zn), Lead (Pb), Iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn) and Cadmium (Cd) [ 33 , 38 , 39 ].…”

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Ethnobotany and conservation of the species Celtis toka (Forssk.) Hepper & J.R.I. wood: A way forward for sustainable use in Burkina Faso

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Ethnobotany and conservation of the species Celtis toka (Forssk.) Hepper & J.R.I. wood: A way forward for sustainable use in Burkina Faso

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“…Activity budgets are useful tools for understanding the characteristics and distribution of animal behavior over time and generally reflect adaptations to current environments as well as the evolutionary history of a given taxa. Activity budget studies across African primates range from understanding basic primate behavioral ecology (white‐thighed colobus, Colobus vellerosus : Djègo‐Djossou et al, 2015; chacma baboons, Papio ursinus : Lewis & O'Riain, 2017; West African chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes verus : Pruetz, 2018) and measuring adaptations to climate change (vervet monkey, Chlorocebus pygerythrus : McFarland et al, 2014; barbary macaques, Macaca sylvanus : Majolo et al, 2013) to serving as a baseline for comparison to primates in human care (Kerridge, 2005; Ross & Shender, 2016; but see Howell & Cheyne, 2018).…”

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Distinguishing mobility and immobility when establishing species‐specific activity budgets: A case study with gorillas (Gorilla berengei berengei and Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

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Activity budgets characterize the distribution of behavior over a specified time period. In some cases, having comparable data from free‐ranging populations can help inform the management of wildlife in zoos and sanctuaries. For example, although variations exist across subspecies, seasons, and study sites, diurnal activity budgets for free‐ranging gorillas largely consist of feeding and resting. Unfortunately, most studies do not consistently differentiate between the type of activities gorillas exhibit while locomoting versus stationary. Therefore, it can be difficult to characterize optimal levels of aerobic activity that might enhance body condition or promote gorilla health in zoos and sanctuaries. In this study, we concurrently measured the mobility state and activity of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. From June to August 2015, behavioral data were collected using group scan sampling with 15‐min intervals in two groups (N = 29 gorillas) monitored by the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International. Overall, gorillas spent significantly more time immobile (85.2% of observations) than mobile (14.8%), revealing energy expenditure levels comparable to western lowland gorillas living in zoos. There was no difference in behavioral diversity when gorillas were mobile versus immobile but adult females exhibited substantially less behavioral diversity while immobile than other age‐sex classes. There was more diversity in behaviors following the transition from immobile to mobile than vice versa, particularly for adult females. Future studies should concurrently measure mobility state and behavior to improve the precision of activity budget data and serve as a more useful tool for evaluating optimal activity levels for wildlife in human care.

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Habitat preference in the critically endangered yellow‐tailed woolly monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda) at La Esperanza, Peru

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Shanee

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American J Primatol

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Habitat loss is one of the main threats to wildlife. Therefore, knowledge of habitat use and preference is essential for the design of conservation strategies and identification of priority sites for the protection of endangered species. The yellow‐tailed woolly monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda Humboldt, 1812), categorized as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, is endemic to montane forests in northern Peru where its habitat is greatly threatened. We assessed how habitat use and preference in L. flavicauda are linked to forest structure and composition. The study took place near La Esperanza, in the Amazonas region, Peru. Our objective was to identify characteristics of habitat most utilized by L. flavicauda to provide information that will be useful for the selection of priority sites for conservation measures. Using presence records collected from May 2013 to February 2014 for one group of L. flavicauda, we classified the study site into three different use zones: low‐use, medium‐use, and high‐use. We assessed forest structure and composition for all use zones using 0.1 ha Gentry vegetation transects. Results show high levels of variation in plant species composition across the three use zones. Plants used as food resources had considerably greater density, dominance, and ecological importance in high‐use zones. High‐use zones presented similar structure to medium‐ and low‐use zones; thus it remains difficult to assess the influence of forest structure on habitat preference. We recommend focusing conservation efforts on areas with a similar floristic composition to the high‐use zones recorded in this study and suggest utilizing key alimentation species for reforestation efforts.

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Habitat Use by White-Thighed Colobus in the Kikélé Sacred Forest: Activity Budget, Feeding Ecology and Selection of Sleeping Trees

Cited by 8 publications

References 36 publications

Ethnobotany and conservation of the species Celtis toka (Forssk.) Hepper & J.R.I. wood: A way forward for sustainable use in Burkina Faso

Ethnobotany and conservation of the species Celtis toka (Forssk.) Hepper & J.R.I. wood: A way forward for sustainable use in Burkina Faso

Distinguishing mobility and immobility when establishing species‐specific activity budgets: A case study with gorillas (Gorilla berengei berengei and Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Habitat preference in the critically endangered yellow‐tailed woolly monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda) at La Esperanza, Peru

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