Guns, germs, and trees determine density and distribution of gorillas and chimpanzees in Western Equatorial Africa

Author:

Strindberg Samantha1ORCID,Maisels Fiona12ORCID,Williamson Elizabeth A.2ORCID,Blake Stephen13,Stokes Emma J.1,Aba’a Rostand1,Abitsi Gaspard1,Agbor Anthony45,Ambahe Ruffin D.1,Bakabana Parfait C.1,Bechem Martha16,Berlemont Antoine5,Bokoto de Semboli Bruno7,Boundja Patrick R.1,Bout Nicolas1ORCID,Breuer Thomas1ORCID,Campbell Genevieve4,De Wachter Pauwel7,Ella Akou Marc7,Esono Mba Fidel8,Feistner Anna T. C.7,Fosso Bernard1,Fotso Roger1,Greer David7,Inkamba-Nkulu Clement1,Iyenguet Calixte F.1,Jeffery Kathryn J.2,Kokangoye Max1,Kühl Hjalmar S.49ORCID,Latour Stephanie110ORCID,Madzoke Bola1,Makoumbou Calixte1,Malanda Guy-Aimé F.1,Malonga Richard1,Mbolo Victor7,Morgan David B.111,Motsaba Prosper1,Moukala Gabin1,Mowawa Brice S.1,Murai Mizuki45ORCID,Ndzai Christian1,Nishihara Tomoaki1,Nzooh Zacharie7,Pintea Lilian10,Pokempner Amy1ORCID,Rainey Hugo J.1,Rayden Tim1,Ruffler Heidi5ORCID,Sanz Crickette M.112,Todd Angelique7ORCID,Vanleeuwe Hilde1,Vosper Ashley1,Warren Ymke1,Wilkie David S.1

Affiliation:

1. Wildlife Conservation Society, Global Conservation Program, 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York, NY 10460, USA.

2. Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK.

3. Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, Macelwane Hall, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA.

4. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.

5. Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22202, USA.

6. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)–Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE), MIKE Subregional Office, Yaoundé, BP 5506, Cameroon.

7. World Wildlife Fund International, Regional Office for Africa, BP 6776 Yaoundé, Cameroon.

8. Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Forestal y Gestión del Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas, Bata, Equatorial Guinea.

9. Robert Bosch Junior Professor, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Leipzig-Jena, Leipzig, Germany.

10. The Jane Goodall Institute, 1595 Spring Hill Road, Suite 550, Vienna, VA 22182, USA.

11. Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo, 2001 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614, USA.

12. Department of Anthropology, Washington University, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.

Abstract

We quantify the impacts of poaching, Ebola, and habitat degradation on western lowland gorillas and central chimpanzees.

Funder

United States Agency for International Development

World Bank Group

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Wildlife Conservation Society

Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

Conservation International

Liz Claiborne Art Ortenberg Foundation

Global Environment Facility

European Union

Arcus Foundation

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Agence Française de Développement

CITES Monitoring of the Illegal Killing of Elephants

European Union Espèces Phares

Fondation Odzala-Kokoua

Foundation for Environment and Development in Cameroon

Jane Goodall Institute

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Programme de Conservation et Utilisation Rationale des Ecosystèmes Forestiers en Afrique Centrale

Spain-UNEP Lifeweb

The Aspinall Foundation

Total

World Wide Fund for Nature

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

Reference53 articles.

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2. IUCN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017.3; http://www.iucnredlist.org/.

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5. J. Mackinnon C. Aveling R. C. D. Olivier M. Murray C. Paolini Larger Than Elephants: Inputs for the Design of a Wildlife Conservation Strategy for Africa. A Regional Analysis (Publications Office of the European Union 2016).

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