Changing social organization in an ungulate population subject to poaching and predation - The kob antelope (Kobus kob kob) in the Comoé National Park, Côte d'Ivoire

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-292

  Fischer, Frauke ^a   Eduard Linsenmair, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Como National Park; Conservation; Kobus kob kob; Poaching; Social organization; Time budget

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; POACHING; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION RISK; RUMINANT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TIME ALLOCATION;

AFRICA; COMOE NATIONAL PARK; COTE D'IVOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; KOBUS; KOBUS KOB KOB; UNGULATA;

EID: 34548035633     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00706.x     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Altmann, J. (1974) Observational study of behavior: sampling methods. Behavior 49, 227 267.
2. Buechner, H.K., Morrison, J.A. Leuthold, W. (1966) Reproduction in Uganda kob with special reference to behavior. In: Comparative Biology and Reproduction in Mammals (Ed. I.W. Rowlands). Academic Press, New York.
3. Bednekoff, P.A. Lima, S.L. (1998) Randomness, chaos and confusion in the study of antipredator vigilance. TREE 13, 284 287.
4. Blumstein, D.T. (1998) Quantifying predation risk for refuging animals: a case study with golden marmots. Ethology 104, 501 516.
5. Blumstein, D.T., Evans, C.S. Daniel, J.C. (1999) An experimental study of behavioural group size effects in tammar wallabies, Macropus eugenii. Anim. Behav. 58, 351 360.
6. Dehn, M.M. (1990) Vigilance for predators: detection and dilution effects. Sociobiology 26, 337 342.
7. East, R. (1991) Antelopes. Global Survey and Regional Action Plans. Part 3: West and Central Africa. IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group Publication, Gland.
8. East, R. (1999) African Antelope Data Base 1998. Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission No. 21. IUCN, Gland.
9. Feiler, W. (1981) Untersuchungen über die jahreszeitlichen Veränderungen der Habitatpräferenz und Sozialstrukturen der Schwarzfuß-Moorantilope Adenota kob kob (Erxleben 1777) im Comoé Nationalpark Republik Elfenbeinküste. Diplom Thesis, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
10. Fischer, F. (1998) Ökoethologische Grundlagen der nachhaltigen Nutzung von Kobantilopen (Kobus kob kob). PhD Thesis, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
11. Fischer, F. (2002) Status of the Comoé National Park, Côte d'Ivoire - important stronghold of antelopes in West-Africa. Gnusletter 21, 4 8.
12. Fischer, F. (2004) Status of the Comoé National Park, Côte d'Ivoire and the effects of war. Parks 14, 17 25.
13. Fischer, F. Linsenmair, K.E. (1999) The territorial system of the kob antelope (Kobus kob kob) in the Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast. Afr. J. Ecol. 37, 386 399.
14. Fischer, F. Linsenmair, K.E. (2000) Changes in group size in Kobus kob kob (Bovidae) in the Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast (West Africa). Z. Säugetierkunde. 65, 232 242.
15. Fischer, F. Linsenmair, K.E. (2001a) Decreases in ungulate population densities. Examples from the Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast. Biol. Conserv. 101, 131 135.
16. Fischer, F. Linsenmair, K.E. (2001b) Spatial and temporal habitat use of kob antelopes (Kobus kob kob, Erxleben 1777) in the Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast as revealed by radio tracking. Afr. J. Ecol. 39, 249 256.
17. Fischer, F., Gross, M. Linsenmair, K.E. (2002) Updated list of the larger mammals of the Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast. Mammalia 66, 83 92.
18. Geerling, C. Bokdam, J. (1971) The Senegal Kob (Adenota kob kob, Erxleben) in the Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast. Mammalia 35, 17 24.
19. GTZ/FGU (1979) Gegenwärtiger Status der Comoé- und Tai-Nationalparks sowie des Azagny-Reservats und Vorschläge zu deren Erhaltung und Entwicklung zur Förderung des Tourismus. PN 73.2085.6 Band II Teil 1 + 2, Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit, Eschborn.
20. Hamilton, W.D. (1971) Geometry for the selfish herd. J. Theor. Biol. 31, 295 311.
21. Jarman, P.J. (1974) The social organization of antelope in relation to their ecology. Behavior 48, 215 266.
22. Jarman, P.J. (1987) Group size and activity in eastern grey kangaroos. Anim. Behav. 35, 1044 1050.
23. Kingdon, J. (1997) The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals. Academic Press, London.
24. Leuthold, W. (1966) Variations in territorial behavior of Uganda kob, Adenota kob thomasi (Neumann 1896). Behavior 27, 215 258.
25. Milner-Gulland, E.J., Bukreeva, O.M., Coulson, T., Lushchekina, A.A., Kholodova, M.V., Bekenov, A.B. Grachev, I.A. (2003) Reproductive collapse in saiga antelope harems. Nature 422, 135.
26. Shorrocks, B. Cokayne, A. (2005) Vigilance and group size in impala (Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein): a study in Nairobi National Park, Kenya. Afr. J. Ecol. 43, 91 96.
27. Sun, L. Dai, N. (1995) Male and female association and mating system in the Chinese water deer (Hydropotes inermis). Mammalia 59, 171 179.