The Long-term Impact of Timber Harvesting on the Resource Base of Chimpanzees in Kibale National Park, Uganda
2010; Wiley; Volume: 43; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00671.x
ISSN1744-7429
Autores Tópico(s)Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
ResumoBiotropicaVolume 43, Issue 2 p. 256-264 The Long-term Impact of Timber Harvesting on the Resource Base of Chimpanzees in Kibale National Park, Uganda Kevin B. Potts, Kevin B. Potts Department of Anthropology, Yale University, PO Box 208277, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, U.S.A 1Corresponding author; current address: Department of Biology, Augsburg College, 2211 Riverside Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55454, U.S.A.; e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Kevin B. Potts, Kevin B. Potts Department of Anthropology, Yale University, PO Box 208277, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, U.S.A 1Corresponding author; current address: Department of Biology, Augsburg College, 2211 Riverside Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55454, U.S.A.; e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 01 March 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00671.xCitations: 15 Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat ABSTRACT Commercial timber harvesting results in the loss of critical habitat for tropical forest fauna, and large-bodied frugivores (including chimpanzees and most other apes) may experience particularly detrimental effects. Few quantitative data, however, are available to evaluate the long-term impact of harvesting on chimpanzees and other apes. In particular, few data are available to compare population demographics and/or forest composition before and after timber harvesting at the same site. Utilizing detailed forestry department records of logging operations conducted in the late 1960s, present-day botanical surveys, and long-term data on the feeding ecology of chimpanzees in Kibale National Park (KNP), Uganda, I examined the impact that logging has had on KNP chimpanzee communities of known size and demography. Although some important chimpanzee food resources were harvested in high abundance during commercial logging operations, the overall impact on the most predominant dietary items (those making up roughly 75% of the chimpanzees' diet) and on presumably critical subsistence resources was limited. Furthermore, the low density of chimpanzees inhabiting the logged region of KNP is apparently not attributable to the impact of logging at the site: comparisons of resource densities at this ‘low-chimpanzee-density’ site with that of an unlogged and ‘high-chimpanzee-density’ KNP site did not differ when logging concessions at the low-chimpanzee-density site were excluded from the analysis. This study suggests that low-intensity logging can be compatible with the conservation of large-bodied frugivores, provided that dietary data are taken into account in forest management planning. Supporting Information TABLE S1. 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