@article{fdi:010061295,
  title = {{S}easonal and altitudinal structure of drosophilid communities on {M}t {O}ku ({C}ameroon volcanic line)},
  author = {{P}rigent, {S}. {R}. and {L}e {G}all, {P}hilippe and {M}bunda, {S}. {W}. and {V}euille, {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e assessed the potential of drosophilids as indicators of the response of tropical ecosystems to climatic factors over an annual cycle in the montane forest of {M}t {O}ku, by collecting samples at seven sites evenly spaced from 2200 m to 2800 m asl. {O}nly 0.1% of the 11,000 specimens collected belonged to invading species or those commensal with humans, showing the weakness of anthropogenic factors. {S}pecies abundance was highly skewed. {O}ne species, {Z}aprionus vittiger, made up 81% of the sample, whereas 42 of the 62 morphological species found were represented by fewer than 20 individuals. {M}any of the most abundant species occurred over a narrow period, in the dry or in the rainy season, others also occurred at intervening periods. {T}hese different patterns of population dynamics, determined a succession of species over the annual cycle. {A}bundant species departed significantly from each other in their distribution over collection sites. {T}he drosophilid populations from the central {A}frican montane forests are highly dependent on climatic factors, either directly, or indirectly through climatic effects on the biotic environment of the insects.},
  keywords = {{B}iodiversity ; {D}rosophila ; {Z}aprionus ; {C}limate ; {R}ain forest ; {CAMEROUN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}omptes {R}endus {G}eoscience},
  volume = {345},
  numero = {7-8},
  pages = {316--326},
  ISSN = {1631-0713},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.crte.2013.08.001},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061295},
}