Monitoring of Kilum-Ijim forest bird communities: Initial findings

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 255-271

  Forboseh, Philip F ^a   Keming, Ernest C ^a   Toh, Clement L ^a   Wultof, Innocent N B ^a  

^a Kilum Ijim Forest Project   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MONTANE FOREST;

CAMEROON;

AVES;

EID: 0141886012     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270903003198     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Bennun, L. A. (2002) Monitoring Important Bird Areas in Africa: a regional framework. Cambridge, U.K.: BirdLife International.
2. Bennun, L. A. (2001) Long-term monitoring and the conservation of tropical wetlands: high ideals and harsh realities. Hydrobiologia 458: 9-19.
3. Bennun, L. (2000) Assessing and monitoring bird populations in Africa: an overview. Ostrich 71 (1 and 2): 214-215.
4. Bennun, L. and Fanshawe, J. (1997) Using forest birds to evaluate forest management: an East African perspective. Pp. 10-22 in S. Donlan, S., ed. African rainforests and conservation of biodiversity. Oxford: Earthwatch Europe.
5. Bibby, C. J., Burgess, N. D. and Hill, D. A. (1992) Bird census techniques. BTO/RSPB. London: Academic Press.
6. Bibby, C. J., Jines, M. and Marsden, S. (1998) Expedition field techniques. bird surveys. London: Expedition Advisory Centre.
7. BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, U.K.: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.
8. Buckland, S. T., Anderson, D. R., Burnham, K. P. and Laake, J. L. (1993) Distance sampling: estimating abundance of biological populations. London: Chapman & Hall.
9. Cheek, M., Onana, J-M, and Pollard, B. J., eds. (2000) The plants of Mount Oku and the Ijim Ridge, Cameroon. A conservation checklist. Kew: Royal Botanic Garden.
10. Collar, N. J., Crosby, M. J. and Statterfsfield A. J. (1994) Birds to watch 2: the world list of threatened birds, Cambridge, U.K.: Birdlife International (BirdLife Conservation Series 4).
11. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. and Dowsett, R.J. (1998) Surveys of Oku Mountain and other IBAs in NW Province, (Cameroon), February-March 1998. Report for BirdLife International. Tauraco a.s.b.l., Liège, Belgium.
12. ENGREF (1987) Massif d'Oku, Cameroon. Classement en reserve et principes pour un plan directeur d'amenagement. Summary. ENGREF- Centre Universitaire de Dschang.
13. Fishpool, L. D. C. (1997) Important Bird Areas in Africa. IBA criteria: categories, species lists and population thresholds. Cambridge, U.K.: BirdLife International.
14. Forboseh, P.F. and Ikfuingei, R. N. (2001) Estimating the population densities of Tauraco bannermani in the Kilum-Ijim forest, northwestern Cameroon. Ostrich Suppl. 15: 114-118.
15. Forboseh, P. and Maisels, F. (2000) The Kilum-Ijim forest vegetation survey 1999/2000: Ecological Monitoring Programme. KIFP, BirdLife International/ MINEF, Cameroon.
16. Fotso, R. C. and Parrot, J. R. (1991) Ecology and breeding biology of Bannerman's Turaco Tauraco bannermani. Bird Conserv. Internatnl. 1: 171-177.
17. Laake, J. L., Buckland, S. T., Anderson, D. R. and Burnham, K. P. (1993) DISTANCE user's guide. Fort Collins, CO: Colorado Co-operative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Colorado State University.
18. Letouzey, R. (1985) Notice de la carte phytogeographique du Cameroun au 1: 500 000; Region Afro-montagnarde et étage submontagnard. IRA Yaoundé, Cameroun/Institut de la Carte Internationale de la vegetation, Toulouse, France.
19. Maisels, F. and Forboseh, P. F. (1997) The Kilum-Ijim forest vegetation survey: ecological Monitoring Programme. KIFP, BirdLife International/MINEF, Cameroon.
20. Morrison, M. L. (1986) Bird populations as indicators of environmental change. Curr. Orn. 3: 429-451.
21. Ngabo, C. K. M. and Dranzoa, C. (2001) Bird communities in gaps of Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda. Ostrich Suppl. 15: 38-43.
22. Owino, A., Bennun, L., Nasirwa, O. and Oyugi J. (2002) Trends in waterbird numbers in the Southern Rift Valley of Kenya, 1991-2000. Waterbirds 25(2): 191-201
23. Schemske, D. W. and Brokaw, N. (1981) Treefalls and the distribution of understorey birds in a tropical forest. Ecol. Soc. America 62: 938-945.
24. Stattersfield, A. J., Crosby, M. J., Long, A. J. and Wege, D. C. (1998) Endemic bird areas of the world: priorities for bird conservation. Cambridge, U.K.: BirdLife International (BirdLife Conservation Series 7).
25. Tame, S. and Asonganyi, J. (1995) Vegetation survey of the Ijim mountain forests, Northwest Province, Cameroon. Report, BirdLife International/GEF (World Bank)/MINEF.
26. Thomas, D. W. (1987) Vegetation of Mount Oku. Pp. 54-56 in H. Macleod Conservation of Oku Mountain Forest, Cameroon. Cambridge, U.K.: ICBP (Report 15).
27. Thomas, D. W. (1986) Vegetation in the montane forest of Cameroon. Pp. 20-27 in S.N. Stuart, ed. The conservation of the montane forests of Western Cameroon. Report of the ICBP Cameroon Montane Forest Survey.
28. Walsh, P. D. and White, L. J. T. (1999) What will it take to monitor forest elephant populations? Conserv. Biol. 13: 1194-1202.