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Porträtt av Henrik Smith. Foto.

Henrik Smith

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Bushmeat hunting changes regeneration of African rainforests.

Författare

  • Edu Efiom
  • Gabriela Nuñez-Iturri
  • Henrik Smith
  • Ulf Ottosson
  • Ola Olsson

Summary, in English

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.

Avdelning/ar

  • Biodiversitet
  • Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate
  • Biodiversitet och bevarandevetenskap

Publiceringsår

2013

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences

Volym

280

Issue

1759

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Royal Society Publishing

Ämne

  • Ecology
  • Earth and Related Environmental Sciences

Nyckelord

  • bushmeat hunting
  • seedling community
  • seed dispersal

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Biodiversity and Conservation Science

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1471-2954