@article{fdi:010084562,
  title = {{A}ssessing local knowledge on the diversity and abundance of bushmeat species and hunting pressure in the fragmented forest islands of southern {B}enin ({D}ahomey {G}ap)},
  author = {{D}jagoun, {C}ams and {N}ago, {G}. and {A}zihou, {A}. {F}. and {V}odouhe, {F}. and {A}gli, {A}. and {Z}anvo, {S}. and {D}jossa, {B}. and {A}ssogbadjo, {A}. and {S}insin, {B}. and {G}aubert, {P}hilippe},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}llegal hunting of wildlife is one of the major issues in tropical ecosystems, especially when it occurs in highly degraded habitats with forest cover fragmentation. {I}n this study, we assessed the impact of bushmeat hunting in a large forest patch (the {L}ama {N}atural {F}orest; {LNF}) and 11 nearby forest islands, using {T}raditional {E}cological {K}nowledge from 240 interviewees across 16 villages. {T}hirty-five species belonging to nine orders of mammals, birds and reptiles were mentioned by local communities. {R}odentia were significantly more observed in the forest islands, whereas medium-sized mammals belonging to {C}arnivora, {P}rimates, {A}rtiodactyla, {P}holidota and {H}yracoida were found predominantly in {LNF}. {A}pproximately 57% of the species were reported to be rare in the forest islands, whereas c. 77% were listed as abundant in {LNF}, confirming the role of {LNF} as a refuge for forest species targeted by the bushmeat trade. {G}eneralised linear models indicated that species sighting frequencies were positively correlated with perimeters of forest patches. {W}e found hunting pressure to be greater in forest islands in the vicinity of {LNF} than those further away. {O}ur results suggest that long-term conservation of wildlife in southern {B}enin may require a 'mainland-islands' approach including both {LNF} and its surrounding forest islands.},
  keywords = {forest islands ; poaching ; protected areas ; southern {B}enin ; traditional ; ecological knowledge ; {W}ildlife trade ; {BENIN} ; {COULOIR} {DAHOMEEN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}frican {J}ournal of {E}cology},
  volume = {60},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {165--174},
  ISSN = {0141-6707},
  year = {2022},
  DOI = {10.1111/aje.12955},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010084562},
}