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| Bakker, C.E.; Kirsten, I.E.; Bauer, H.; Cores, B.M.; Tamis, W.L.M.; Tumenta, P.N.; Adam, S.; Kamang, A.S.; de Iongh, H.H. | |
| Divergent trends of large carnivore populations within the B‚nou‚ Complex, North Cameroon, shown by long-term fine-scale monitoring | |
| 2020 European Journal of Wildlife Research (66): 1-7 | |
Large carnivore populations have suffered declines worldwide. For the African continent, these have been particularly strong in West and Central Africa. The B‚nou‚ Complex in North Cameroon, located in Central Africa, is a key landscape for their conservation. We determined spatiotemporal trends in lion (_Panthera leo_), leopard (_Panthera pardus_) and spotted hyaena (_Crocuta crocuta_) abundance, using repeated spoor counts on transects from 2007 to 2015. Results of the temporal analysis indicate that lion and spotted hyaena abundance reduced over time across the complex, whereas leopards only declined in the last 2 years and primarily in the Faro Block. From the spatial analysis, it became clear spoor abundances differ between areas within the B‚nou‚ Complex and between management types: Spoor densities were especially higher in Bouba Ndjida National Park and the hunting zones around Faro. This effect is most probably related to a more effective management strategy in these areas. Our fine-scale long-term monitoring technique provides a low-cost, easy to implement, multi-scale and effective tool for the identification of both regional and range-wide carnivore conservation hotspots. |
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