Abundance of diurnal primates in Mwanihana Forest, Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 675-697

  Rovero, Francesco ^a   Struhsaker, Thomas T ^b   Marshall, Andrew R ^c   Rinne, Tiffany A ^d   Pedersen, Ulrik B ^e   Butynski, Thomas M ^f   Ehardt, Carolyn L ^d   Mtui, Arafat S ^g  

^a MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e C/o IUCN ^*  (Denmark)

^f Africa Field Division   (Kenya)

^g Mweka   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Census methods; Eastern Arc; Line transect; Monkeys; Primate monitoring; Udzungwa

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FOREST; LINE TRANSECT; PRIMATE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MOROGORO [TANZANIA]; MWANIHANA FOREST; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK;

CERCOCEBUS; CERCOCEBUS GALERITUS; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS MITIS; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; COLOBUS ANGOLENSIS; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; PROCOLOBUS GORDONORUM;

EID: 33747081306     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-006-9037-0     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Brockelman, W. Y., and Ali, R. (1987). Methods of surveying and sampling forest primate populations. In Marsh, C. W., and Mittermeier, R. A. (eds.), Primate conservation in the tropical rain forest, Alan R. Liss, New York, pp. 23-62.
2. Brugière, D., and Fleury, M. C. (2000). Estimating primate densities using home range and line transect methods: A comparative test with the black colobus monkey Colobus satanas. Primates 41: 373-382.
3. Buckland, S. T., Anderson, D. R., Burnham, K. P., Laake, J. L., Borchers, D. L., and Thomas, L. (2001). Introduction to Distance Sampling: Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations. Oxford University Press, New York.
4. Burgess, N. D., Fjeldså, J., and Botterweg, R. (1998). Faunal importance of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania. J. East Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 87: 37-58.
5. Butynski, T. M. (1990). Comparative ecology of blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis) in high- and low-density subpopulations. Ecol. Monogr. 60: 1-26.
6. Butynski, T. M., Ehardt, C. L., and Struhsaker, T. T. (1998). Notes on two dwarf galagos (Galagoides udzungwensis and Galagoides orinus) in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. Prim. Conserv. 18: 69-75.
7. Byers, C. R., Steinhorst, R. K., and Krausman, P. R. (1984). Clarification of a technique for analysis of utilization-availability data. J. Wildl. Manag. 48: 1050-1053.
8. Chapman, C. A., Balcomb, S. R., Gillespie, T. R., Skorupa, J. P., and Struhsaker, T. T. (2000). Long-term effects of logging on African primate communities: A 28-year comparison from Kibale National Park, Uganda. Cons. Biol. 14: 207-217.
9. Chapman, C. A., Fedigan, L. M., and Fedigan, L. (1988). A comparison of transect methods of estimating population densities of Costa Rican primates. Brenesia 30: 67-80.
10. Cowlishaw, G., and Dunbar, R. (2000). Primate Conservation Biology. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
11. Davies, G. A. (1994). Colobine populations. In Davies, A. G., and Oates, J. F. (eds.), Colobine Monkeys: Their ecology, Behaviour and Evolution, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 285-310.
12. Defler, T. R., and Pintor, D. (1985). Censusing primates by transect in a forest of known primate density. Int. J. Primatol. 6: 243-259.
13. Dinesen, L., Lehmberg, T., Rahner, M. C., and Fjeldså, J. (2001). Conservation priorities for the forests of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania, based on primates, duikers and birds. Biol Cons. 99: 223-236.
14. Ehardt, C. L. (2001). The endemic primates of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. African Primates 4: 15-26.
15. Ehardt, C. L., Jones, T., and Butynski, T. M. (2005). Protective Status, Ecology and Strategies for Improving Conservation of the Sanje Mangabey Cercocebus sanjei in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. Int. J. Primatol 26: 557-583.
16. Ehardt, C. L., Struhsaker, T. T., and Butynski, T. M. (1999). Conservation of the Endangered Primates of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania: Surveys, Habitat Assessment, and Long-Term Monitoring. Unpublished Report, Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, Conservation International.
17. Fashing, P. J., and Cords, M. (2000). Diurnal primate densities and biomass in the Kakamega Forest: An evaluation of census methods and a comparison with other forests. Am. J. Primatol. 50: 139-152.
18. Gibbs, J. P., Droege, S., and Eagle, P. (1998). Monitoring populations of plants and animals. Bioscience 48: 935-940.
19. Homewood, K. M., and Rodgers, W. A. (1981). A Previously Undescribed Mangabey from Southern Tanzania. Int. J. Primatol. 2: 47-55.
20. IUCN (2003). 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.redlist.org.
21. Kremen, C., Merenlender, A. M., and Murphy, D. D. (1994). Ecological monitoring: A vital need for integrated conservation and development programs in the tropis. Cons. Biol. 8: 1-10.
22. Lovett, J. C., Bridson, D. M., and Thomas, D. W. (1988). A preliminary list of the moist forest angiosperm flora of Mwanihana Forest Reserve, Tanzania. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Gardens 75: 874-885.
23. Marshall, A. R., Topp-Jørgensen, J. E., Brink, H., and Fanning, E. (2005). Monkey abundance and social structure in two high elevation forest reserves in the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania. Int. J. Primatol. 26: 127-145.
24. Mitani, J. C., Struhsaker, T. T., and Lwanga, J. S. (2000). Primate Community Dynamics in Old Growth Forest over 23.5 Years at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda: Implications for Conservation and Census Methods. Int. J. Primatol. 21: 269-286.
25. Myers, N., Mittermeier, R. A., Mittermeier, C. G., de Fonseca, G. A. B., and Kent, J. (2000). Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities. Nature 403: 853-858.
26. Neu, C. W., Byers, C. R., Peek, J. M., and Boy, V. (1974). A tecnique for analysis of utilization-availability data. J. Wildl. Manag. 38: 541-545.
27. Peres, C. (1999). General guidelines for standardizing line transect surveys of tropical forest primates. Neotropical Primates 7: 11-16.
28. Plumptre, A. J. (2000). Monitoring mammal populations with line transect techniques in African forests. J. Appl. Ecol. 37: 356-368.
29. Rodgers, W. A., and Homewood, K. M. (1982). Biological values and conservation prospects for the forests and primate populations of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. Biol. Cons. 24: 285-304.
30. Seber, G. (1982). The estimation of animal abundance and related paameters. Macmillan, New York.
31. Siegel, S., and Castellan, N. J. (1989). Nonparametric statistics. McGraw-Hill International Editions.
32. Skorupa, J. P. (1986). Responses of rainforest primates to selective logging in Kibale Forest, Uganda. In Benirschke, K. (ed.), Primates: The road to self-sustaining populations, Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 57-70.
33. Skorupa, J. P. (1987). Do line transect surveys systematically underestimate primate densities in logged forests? Am. J. Primatol. 13: 1-9.
34. Skorupa, J. P. (1988). The Effects of Selective Timber Harvesting on Rain-Forest Primates in Kibale Forest, Uganda. Ph. D. dissertation, University of California, Davis.
35. Sokal, R. R., and Rohlf, F. J. (1995). Biometry: The Principles and Practice of Statistics in Biological Research, 3rd ed. W. H. Freeman, New York.
36. Struhsaker, T. T. (1975). The Red Colobus Monkey. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
37. Struhsaker, T. T. (1981). Census methods for estimating densities. In National Research Council (Ed.), Techniques for the Study of Primate Population Ecology, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, pp. 36-80.
38. Struhsaker, T. T. (1997). Ecology of an African Rainforest: Logging in Kibale and the Conflict between Conservation and Exploitation. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, FL.
39. Struhsaker, T. T. (2002). Guidelines for biological monitoring and research in Africa's rain forest protected areas. Unpublished report to the Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, Washington, DC.
40. Struhsaker, T. T., and Leland, L. (1980). Observations on two rare and endangered populations of red colobus monkeys in East Africa: Colobus badius gordonorum and Colobus badius kirkii. Afr. J. Ecol. 18: 191-216.
41. Struhsaker, T. T., Marshall, A. R., Detwiler, K. M., Siex, K., Ehardt, C. L., Lisbjerg, D. D., and Butynski, T. M. (2004). Demographic variation among the Udzungwa Red colobus (Procolobus gordonorum) in relation to gross ecological and sociological Parameters. Int. J. Primatol. 25: 615-658.
42. Thomas, S. C. (1991). Population densities and patterns of habitat use among anthropoid primates of the Ituri forest, Zaire. Biotropica 23: 68-83.
43. Wallace, R. B., Painter, R. L. E., and Taber, A. B. (1998). Primate density, habitat preferences and population density estimates in Noel Kempff Mercadp National Park, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Am. J. Primatol. 46: 197-211.
44. Wasser, S. K. (1993). The socioecology of interspecific associations among the monkeys of the Mwanihana rain forest, Tanzania: a biogeographic perspective. In Lovett, J. C., and Wasser, S. K. (eds.), Biogeography and Ecology of the Rainforests of Eastern Africa, Cambridge University Press, pp. 267-280.
45. Whitesides, G. H., Oates, J. F., Green, S. M., and Kluberdanz, R. P. (1988). Estimating primate densities from transects in a West African rain forest: a comparison of techniques. J. Anim. Ecol. 57: 345-367.