Conservation status of chimpanzees Pan troglodytes verus and other large mammals in Liberia: A nationwide survey

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Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 710-718

  Tweh, Clement G ^a,d   Lormie, Menladi M ^a,e   Kouakou, Célestin Y ^b,f   Hillers, Annika ^c,g   Kühl, Hjalmar S ^a   Junker, Jessica ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Wild Chimpanzee Foundation   (Germany)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d Forestry Development Authority   (Liberia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^g Across the River A Transboundary Peace Park for Sierra Leone and Liberia   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; hunting; IUCN SSC A.P.E.S. database; Liberia; line transect; mammal diversity; nationwide survey; Pan troglodytes verus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; DATABASE; EXPLOITATION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOMINID; HUNTING; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; NATIONAL PLANNING; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRANSECT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

LIBERIA [WEST AFRICA];

MAMMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS;

EID: 84940937880     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605313001191     Document Type: Review

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