Anthropogenic Food Utilization and Seasonal Difference in Diet of Cercopithecus lowei at a Community Protected Forest in Ghana

Bempah, Godfred; Lu, Changhu; Yi, Yoonjung

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“…Most people who work as plantation farmers cultivate agricultural crops, which are dominated by cashew nut plants as a long-term crop and corn as a seasonal crop. Both plants were favored by the macaques in many areas [24] [25].…”

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Population Abundance of Macaca fascicularis and potential human-wildlife conflicts in Bonerate and Kalao Island

Nasri,

Hidayatullah,

Suwanto

et al. 2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Recently, conflicts between human and wildlife have emerged more frequently with high escalation and widely spread due to increasing human population growth, agriculture expansion, land conversion, infrastructure development, and climate change. Raising conflicts were prominent between human and primates. The long-tailed macaque, M. fascicularis is known to face conflicts in many areas in Indonesia. The species is also found on Bonerate Island and Kalao Island nearby one of Wallacea hotspots the island of Sulawesi. This research aims to: (1) monitor the population of M. fascicularis in relation with its influences to potentially creating conflicts and (2) identify conflicts between human and the macaques through perceptions of people inhabited Bonerate and Kalao Islands. Population data was collected by observing the M. fascicularis habitat by using the concentration count method to estimate population density. To identify conflicts, data on public perceptions of M. fascicularis was collected by interviewing local people of the two islands. The research results showed that the number of individuals M. fascicularis found on the observation route was 1,064 individuals in an observation area of 54.46 Ha at Bonerate Island and 618 individuals in an observation area of 66.02 Ha at Kalao Island. The population density value of M. fascicularis is 20 individuals/ha in Bonerate Island and 9 individuals/ha in Kalao Island. There were conflicts emerged between the community and long-tailed monkeys in Bonerate Island and Kalao Island. The community perceived the long-tailed monkeys as pests or enemies that had to be exterminated. There is a need to resolve the conflict between the people of both islands and long-tailed macaques through persuasive efforts to control the long-tailed macaques population.

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Population Abundance of Macaca fascicularis and potential human-wildlife conflicts in Bonerate and Kalao Island

Nasri,

Hidayatullah,

Suwanto

et al. 2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…Here, we refer not only to foods directly derived from human activity via scavenging or crop‐foraging (Brennan et al, 1985; Rode, Chiyo, et al, 2006) but also exotic (non‐native) plants, generally introduced inadvertently or for silviculture (Gardner et al, 2019). Many studies report non‐natural foods in primate diets, including garbage (Bempah et al, 2021), agricultural crops (Hill, 2017), and exotic species (Grassi, 2006; Ruppert et al, 2018; Tesfaye et al, 2021; Wimberger et al, 2017; Wong et al, 2006). However, little is known about how non‐natural foods affect nutritional quality of the diet (Rothman & Bryer, 2019).…”

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The role of non‐natural foods in the nutritional strategies of monkeys in a human‐modified mosaic landscape

2022

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Many tropical animals inhabit mosaic landscapes including human‐modified habitat. In such landscapes, animals commonly adjust feeding behavior, and may incorporate non‐natural foods. These behavioral shifts can influence consumers' nutritional states, with implications for population persistence. However, few studies have addressed the nutritional role of non‐natural food. We examined nutritional ecology of wild blue monkeys to understand how dietary habits related to non‐natural foods might support population persistence in a mosaic landscape. We documented prevalence and nutritional composition of non‐natural foods in monkey diets to assess how habitat use influenced their consumption, and their contribution to nutritional strategies. While most energy and macronutrients came from natural foods, subjects focused non‐natural feeding activity on five exotic plants, and averaged about a third of daily calories from non‐natural foods. Most non‐natural food calories came from non‐structural carbohydrates and least from protein. Consumption of non‐natural foods related to time in human‐modified habitats, which two groups used non‐randomly. Non‐natural and natural foods were similar in nutrients, and the amount of non‐natural food consumed drove variation in nutritional strategy. When more daily calories came from non‐natural foods, females consumed a higher ratio of non‐protein energy to protein (NPE:P). Females also prioritized protein while allowing NPE:P to vary, increasing NPE while capitalizing on non‐natural foods. Overall, these tropical mammals achieved a similar nutrient balance regardless of their intake of non‐natural foods. Forest and forest‐adjacent areas with non‐natural vegetation may provide adequate nutrient access for consumers, and thus contribute to wildlife conservation in mosaic tropical landscapes.

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Diet of the mona monkey Cercopithecus mona in the Gnanhouizounmè community forest in Southern Benin

Toni,

Somadon,

Ahoudji

et al. 2023

Anim. Biodiv. Conserv.

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The mona monkey Cercopithecus mona Schreber, 1774 is an arboreal and diurnal species occurring in some forests in Benin. The present study determined the feeding ecology of the species in the Gnanhouizounmè community forest, a forest fragment in Southern Benin. The ad libitum observation method was used to collect data during the minor wet and the major dry seasons. Descriptive statistics, proportion comparison tests, and diversity indices were used to analyse data. Results showed that the mona monkey foraged on 22 plant species in the study forest, with Ceiba pentandra, Dialium guineense, Elaeis guineensis and Spondia monbin constituting its major diet. Three species of leguminous plants were the most common food type. Fruits, both mature and immature, were the top food item in the diet, while other items were leaves, buds, tubers, stalks and flowers. Dietary diversity was low (H = 2.09 in the wet season, H = 1.74 in the dry season) with a low similarity between the two seasons (Morisita–Horn's index = 0.31). In forest fragments, the mona monkey has adapted to feed on few plant species and adjusts its diet to resources available each season. Plants consumed by this species should be taken into account in future tree-planting campaigns for the sustainable conservation of these monkeys in the study area.

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Anthropogenic Food Utilization and Seasonal Difference in Diet of Cercopithecus lowei at a Community Protected Forest in Ghana

Cited by 3 publications

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Population Abundance of Macaca fascicularis and potential human-wildlife conflicts in Bonerate and Kalao Island

Population Abundance of Macaca fascicularis and potential human-wildlife conflicts in Bonerate and Kalao Island

The role of non‐natural foods in the nutritional strategies of monkeys in a human‐modified mosaic landscape

Diet of the mona monkey Cercopithecus mona in the Gnanhouizounmè community forest in Southern Benin

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