Status and distribution of Comoé Chimpanzees: combined use of transects and camera traps to quantify a low-density population in savanna-forest mosaic

Lapuente, Juan; Ouattara, Amara; Köster, Pamela C.; Linsenmair, K. Eduard

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“…Comoé National Park hosts one of the most biodiverse savannas in the world. The park is home to 135 different mammals, including 11 species of primates, among them critically endangered West African chimpanzees (Lapuente et al 2020). Within its large open and grassdominated areas, rainforest islands exist in the south, with gallery forests along rivers; wooded savannas dominate in the east (Goetze et al 2006).…”

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A strategic approach to sourcing and using fire information in northern Côte d’Ivoire

Rücker¹,

Ouattara²,

Kouame³

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In many protected areas across Africa, information on fire regimes and land management has not been available at the required level of detail. Furthermore, it is challenging to compile information in a way that is useful for decision making and for tracking the effects of implementation. On the other hand, recent years have seen a rapid increase in free Earth observation data, computing power, network speed and web-based geospatial visualization and analysis technologies. This article describes a successful attempt to compile base information on fire regimes in Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire, at different spatial and temporal scales. Data is made available through a system that supports fire management planning, reporting, and documentation and analysis, and that is used to implement management activities.

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A strategic approach to sourcing and using fire information in northern Côte d’Ivoire

Rücker¹,

Ouattara²,

Kouame³

et al. 2022

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“…Des initiatives dans le même sens, au stade préliminaire, sont en cours aujourd'hui dans le Parc National de la Comoé (PNC) au nord-est, en zone de savane (Lapuente et al, 2020) et quelques études se sont déroulées sur les chimpanzés de Yealé, au Mont Nimba (Humle, 2001).…”

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Potentielles ressources alimentaires d’origine végétale des chimpanzés (Pan troglodytes verus) dans la zone forestière du Parc National du Mont Sangbé, Ouest de la cote d’ivoire

N'Guessan¹,

Bi²,

Kouakou³

et al. 2022

Int. J. Bio. Chem. Sci

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La connaissance des ressources alimentaires consommées par une communauté animale dans son milieu de vie contribue énormément à la compréhension de l’éthologie et à la prise de décision de conservation de cette communauté. La présente étude qui s'est déroulée dans la zone forestière du Parc National du Mont Sangbé (PNMS) Ouest de la Côte d’Ivoire avait pour objectif de fournir les premières informations sur le régime alimentaire des chimpanzés de ce parc, par la détermination de la liste des potentielles ressources alimentaires d’origine végétale. La méthodologie a consisté à faire une recherche bibliographique, à mener des enquêtes auprès des populations riveraines et à faire des prospections pédestres dans le parc. A l’issue des différentes investigations, 17 espèces de plantes ont été répertoriées comme étant susceptibles d’être consommées par les chimpanzés du PNMS. Les principaux organes des plantes consommées sont : les fruits (59%), les feuilles (23%), les moelles de tige (18%). Ces plantes ont été répertoriées au centre et au sud-est de la zone forestière du PNMS. Cette distribution de plantes coïncide avec celle des indices de présence des chimpanzés récoltés sur le terrain. Bien que ces informations préliminaires soient très utiles, il faut cependant noter qu’elles ne représentent que les potentielles ressources alimentaires des chimpanzés. Il serait donc souhaitable de conduire des travaux pouvant permettre d’observer les individus sur le terrain afin de connaître réellement le régime alimentaire des chimpanzés du PNMS. Knowledge of the food resources consumed by an animal community in its living environment contributes enormously to the understanding of the ethology and to the conservation decision-making of this community. This study which took place in the forest zone of the Mont Sangbé National Park (PNMS) West of Côte d'Ivoire, aimed at providing the first information on the diet of chimpanzees in this park, by determining the list of potential food resources of plant origin. The methodology consisted in carrying out a bibliographical research, in carrying out surveys among neighboring populations and in carrying out pedestrian surveys in the park. At the end of the investigations, 17 species of plants were listed as being likely to be consumed by the chimpanzees of the PNMS. The main organs of the plants consumed are: fruits (59%), leaves (23%), stem pith (18%). These plants have been recorded in the center and south-east of the PNMS forest zone. This distribution of plants coincides with that of the presence indices of chimpanzees collected in the field. Although this preliminary information is very useful, it should be noted, however, that it only represents the potential food resources of chimpanzees. It would therefore be desirable to carry out work that could make it possible to observe individuals in the field in order to really know the diet of the chimpanzees in the PNMS.

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“…, see alsoWessling et al 2020), as well as intermittent or short-term data collection at Kharakhena (see Boyer Ontl and Pruetz, 2020); Bagnomba(Badji et al 2018); Diaguiri(Ndiaye et al 2018); and Kayan, Kanoumering, Makhana, and Hérémakhono (seeWessling et al 2020) starting in the 2010s have all enhanced our insights into this landscape. In Côte d'Ivoire, the establishment of the Comoé Chimpanzee Project in the Comoé National Park in 2014(Lapuente et al 2020a; see also Lapuente et al 2020b) provides a comparison with Senegalese sites studying the life of western chimpanzees in savanna habitats. Elsewhere on the continent, research from regions such as the Bili-Uele Landscape (seeHicks et al 2020), the mosaic landscape inhabited by the Manzano bonobos(Pennec et al 2020), and numerous sites from the Pan African Programme(Kühl et al 2019) provide similar parallels within other Pan (sub-)species.…”

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Introduction to the Special Issue on Savanna Chimpanzees

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Status and distribution of Comoé Chimpanzees: combined use of transects and camera traps to quantify a low-density population in savanna-forest mosaic

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A strategic approach to sourcing and using fire information in northern Côte d’Ivoire

A strategic approach to sourcing and using fire information in northern Côte d’Ivoire

Potentielles ressources alimentaires d’origine végétale des chimpanzés (Pan troglodytes verus) dans la zone forestière du Parc National du Mont Sangbé, Ouest de la cote d’ivoire

Introduction to the Special Issue on Savanna Chimpanzees

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