Guinean biodiversity at the edge: Rodents in forest patches of southern Mali

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 583-591

  Granjon, Laurent ^a   Duplantier, Jean Marc ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Forest patches; Mali; Rodents; Sudanian bioclimatic zone; West Africa

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATIC REGION; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MOSAIC; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PATCHINESS; RODENT; SAMPLING; SAVANNA; SIMILARITY INDEX; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MALI;

MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS ERYTHROLEUCUS; PRAOMYS DALTONI; PRAOMYS ROSTRATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79961029834     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Akpatou B., Nicolas V., Pires D., N'Goran E., Colyn M. Morphometric differentiation between two murid rodents, Praomys tullbergi (Thomas, 1894) and Praomys rostratus (Miller, 1900), in West Africa. Zootaxa 2007, 1607:21-34.
2. Arbonnier M. Arbres, arbustes et lianes des zones sèches d'Afrique de l'Ouest 2000, CIRAD, Montpellier, 541 p.
3. Asner G.P., Rudel T.K., Mitchell Aide T., Defries R., Emerson R. A contemporary assessment of change in humid tropical forests. Conserv. Biol. 2009, 23:1386-1395.
4. Bâ, K., 2002. Systématique, écologie et dynamique de populations de petits rongeurs potentiellement réservoirs ou hôtes de virus au Sénégal. Mémoire Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Montpellier, 126p.
5. Becker L.C. Seeing green in Mali's woods: colonial legacy, forest use, and local control. Ann. Assoc. Am. Geogr. 2001, 91:504-526.
6. Bellier L. Contribution à l'étude d'Uranomys ruddi Dollman. Mammalia 1968, 32:419-446.
7. Bellier L., Gautun J.C. Note sur les Lemniscomys de Côte d'Ivoire. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 1967, 125:282-287.
8. Bock C.E., Jones Z.F., Bock J.H. Relationships between species richness, evenness, and abundance in a southwestern Savanna. Ecology 2007, 88:1322-1327.
9. Caro T.M. Factors affecting the small mammal community inside and outside Katavi National Park, Tanzania. Biotropica 2002, 34:310-318.
10. Caro T., Gardner T.A., Stoner C., Fitzherbert E., Davenport T.R.B. Assessing the effectiveness of protected areas: paradoxes call for pluralism in evaluating conservation performance. Diversity Distrib. 2009, 15:178-192.
11. Chao A., Colwell R.K., Lin C.-W., Gotelli N.J. Sufficient sampling for asymptotic minimum species richness estimators. Ecology 2009, 90:1125-1133.
12. Chao, A., Shen, T.J., 2010. Program SPADE (Species Prediction And Diversity Estimation). Program and User's Guide published at http://chao.stat.nthu.edu.tw/.
13. Colwell, R.K., 2005. EstimateS: Statistical Estimation of Species Richness and Shared Species from Samples. Version 7.5. Permanent URL .
14. Colwell R.K., Mao C.X., Chang J. Interpolating, extrapolating, and comparing incidence-based species accumulation curves. Ecology 2004, 85:2717-2727.
15. Decher J. Conservation, small mammals, and the future of sacred groves in West Africa. Biodivers. Conserv. 1997, 6:1007-1026.
16. Decher J., Bahian L.K. Diversity and structure of terrestrial small mammal communities in different vegetation types on the Accra Plains of Ghana. J. Zool. Lond. 1999, 247:395-408.
17. Denys C., Lalis A., Aniskin V., Kourouma F., Soropogui B., Sylla O., Doré A., Koulemou K., Beavogui Z.B., Sylla M., Camara A., Camara A.B., Camara A.C., Kouassi Kan S., Volobouev V., Camara C., Koivogui L., Bernard A.K. New data on the taxonomy and distribution of Rodentia (Mammalia) from the western and coastal regions of Guinea West Africa. Ital. J. Zool. 2009, 76:111-128.
18. Dowsett-Lemaire F., Dowsett R.J. The avifauna of the dry evergreen forests of Mali. Malimbus 2005, 27:77-111.
19. Duplantier J.M., Granjon L., Bâ K. Répartition biogéographique des petits rongeurs au Sénégal. J. Afr. Zool. 1997, 111:17-26.
20. Duvall C.S. Important habitat for chimpanzees in Mali. Afr. Stud. Monogr. 2000, 21(4):173-203.
21. Duvall C.S. Symbols, not data: rare trees and vegetation history in Mali. Geogr. J. 2003, 169:295-312.
22. Fahr J., Kalko E.K.V. Biome transitions as centres of diversity: habitat heterogeneity and diversity patterns of West African bat assemblages across spatial scales. Ecography 2011, 34:177-195.
23. FAO State of the World's Forests 2007, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 144p.
24. Gautun J.C., Sankhon I., Tranier M. Nouvelle contribution à la connaissance des rongeurs du massif guinéen des monts Nimba (Afrique occidentale). Systématique et aperçu quantitatif. Mammalia 1986, 50:205-217.
25. George W. Notes on the ecology of gundis (F. Ctenodactylidae). Symp. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1974, 34:143-160.
26. Granjon L., Dobigny G. The importance of chromosomally-based identifications for correct understanding of African rodent zoogeography: Lake Chad murids as an example. Mammal Rev. 2003, 33:77-91.
27. Granjon, L., Duplantier, J.M. 2009. Les Rongeurs de l'Afrique sahélo-soudanienne. IRD/MNHN (Collection Faune et Flore tropicale no. 43), Marseille, 214p.
28. Granjon L., Houssin C., Lecompte E., Angaya M., César J., Cornette R., Dobigny G., Denys C. Community ecology of the terrestrial small mammals of Zakouma National Park, Chad. Acta Theriol. 2004, 49:215-234.
29. Happold D.C.D. The rodents of Yankari Game Reserve, northern Nigeria. Mammalia 1970, 34:491-495.
30. Happold D.C.D. A population study on small rodents in the tropical rain forest of Nigeria. Terre Vie 1977, 31:385-457.
31. Happold D.C.D. The Mammals of Nigeria 1987, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 550p.
32. Hubert B. Ecologie des populations de rongeurs de Bandia (Sénégal), en zone sahélo-soudanienne. Rev. Ecol.-Terre Vie 1977, 31:33-100.
33. Kan Kouassi S., Nicolas V., Aniskine V., Lalis A., Cruaud C., Couloux A., Colyn M., Dosso M., Koivogui L., Verheyen E., Akoua-Koffi C., Denys C. Taxonomy and biogeography of the African pygmy mice, subgenus Nannomys (Rodentia, Murinae, Mus) in Ivory Coast and Guinea (West Africa). Mammalia 2008, 72:237-252.
34. Konečný A., Koubek P., Bryja J. Indications of higher diversity and abundance of small rodents in human-influenced Sudanian savannah than in the Niokolo Koba National Park (Senegal). Afr. J. Ecol. 2010, 48:718-726.
35. Lebel T., Ali A. Recent trends in the Central and Western Sahel rainfall regime (1990-2007). J. Hydrol. 2009, 375:52-64.
36. Malcolm J.R., Liu C., Neilson R.P., Hansen L., Hannah L. Global warming and extinctions of endemic species from Biodiversity Hotspots. Conserv. Biol. 2006, 20:538-548.
37. Malo A.R., Nicholson S.N. A study of rainfall and vegetation dynamics in the African Sahel using normalized difference vegetation index. J. Arid Environ. 1990, 19:1-24.
38. Mayaux P., Bartholome E., Fritz S., Belward A. A new land-cover map of Africa for the year 2000. J. Biogeogr. 2004, 31:861-877.
39. Mess A., Krell F.T. Liste préliminaire des Rongeurs et des Musaraignes du Parc National de la Comoé, en Côte d'Ivoire (Mammalia: Rodentia, Insectivora: Soricidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Ser. A 1999, 586:1-11.
40. Musser G.G., Carleton M.D. Superfamily Muroidea. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vols. 1 and 2 2005, John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, pp. 894-1531. D.E. Wilson, D.M. Reeder (Eds.).
41. Myers N., Mittermeier R.A., Mittermeier C.G., da Fonseca G.A.B., Kent J. Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities. Nature 2000, 403:853-858.
42. Nicolas V., Bryja J., Akpatou B., Konečný A., Lecompte E., Colyn M., Lalis A., Couloux A., Denys C., Granjon L. Comparative phylogeography of two sibling species of forest-dwelling rodent (Praomys rostratus and P. tullbergi) in West Africa: different reactions to past forest fragmentation. Mol. Ecol. 2008, 17:5118-5134.
43. Nicolas V., Mboumba J.F., Verheyen E., Denys C., Lecompte E., Olayemi A., Missoup A.D., Katuala P., Colyn M. Phylogeographic structure and regional history of Lemniscomys striatus (Rodentia: Muridae) in tropical Africa. J. Biogeogr. 2008, 35:2074-2089.
44. Peterson A.T., Martínez-Meyer E. Geographic evaluation of conservation status of African forest squirrels (Sciuridae) considering land use change and climate change: the importance of point data. Biodivers. Conserv. 2007, 16:3939-3950.
45. Rosevear D.R. The Rodents of West Africa 1969, British Museum of Natural History, London, 604p.
46. Schneider, P., 1996. Sauvegarde et aménagement de la forêt classée de Farako (Région de Sikasso, Mali-Sud), avec la participation et au profit des populations riveraines. Thèse EPFZ (Switzerland) no. 11867, Zurich, Switzerland.
47. Sicard B., Tranier M. Caractères et répartition de trois phénotypes d'Acomys (Rodentia, Muridae) au Burkina Faso. Mammalia 1996, 60:53-68.
48. Smith T.B., Kark S., Schneider C.J., Wayne R.K., Moritz C. Biodiversity hotspots and beyond: the need for preserving environmental transitions. Trends Ecol. Evol. 2001, 16:431.
49. UICN/BRAO, 2008. Evaluation de l'efficacité de la gestion des aires protégées: parcs et réserves du Mali. UICN, Gland, Switzerland.
50. Van der Straeten E. Etude biométrique de Lemniscomys linulus (Afrique occidentale). Rev. Zool. Afr. 1980, 94:185-201.
51. White F. The Vegetation of Africa 1983, UNESCO, Paris.
52. Wright S.J., Muller-Landau H.C., Schipper J. The future of tropical species on a warmer planet. Conserv. Biol. 2009, 23:1418-1426.
53. Ziegler S., Nikolaus G., Hutterer R. High mammalian diversity in the newly established National Park of Upper Niger, Republic of Guinea. Oryx 2002, 36:73-80.