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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Bushmeat hunting changes regeneration of African rainforests
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 280, No. 1759, Article 20130246, Year 2013
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To assess ecological consequences of bushmeat hunting in African lowland rainforests, we compared paired sites, with high and low hunting pressure, in three areas of southeastern Nigeria. In hunted sites, populations of important seed dispersers-both small and large primates (including the Cross River gorilla, Gorilla gorilla diehli)-were drastically reduced. Large rodents were more abundant in hunted sites, even though they are hunted. Hunted and protected sites had similar mature tree communities dominated by primate-dispersed species. In protected sites, seedling communities were similar in composition to the mature trees, but in hunted sites species with other dispersal modes dominated among seedlings. Seedlings emerging 1 year after clearing of all vegetation in experimental plots showed a similar pattern to the standing seedlings. This study thus verifies the transforming effects of bushmeat hunting on plant communities of tropical forests and is one of the first studies to do so for the African continent. © 2013 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Effiom, Edu O.
Sweden, Lund
Lunds Universitet
Nigeria, Calabar
Cross River State Forestry Commission
Núñez-Iturri, Gabriela
United States, Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago
Smith, Henrik G.
Sweden, Lund
Lunds Universitet
Ottosson, Ulf
Nigeria, Jos
Ap Leventis Ornithological Research Institute
Olsson, Ola
Sweden, Lund
Lunds Universitet
Statistics
Citations: 222
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1098/rspb.2013.0246
ISSN:
09628452
e-ISSN:
14712954
Study Locations
Nigeria