@article{fdi:010085112,
  title = {{DNA}-typing improves illegal wildlife trade surveys : tracing the {C}ameroonian bushmeat trade},
  author = {{D}ipita, {A}. {D}. and {M}issoup, {A}. {D}. and {T}indo, {M}. and {G}aubert, {P}hilippe},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}lthough the bushmeat trade is a significant component of the {A}nthropocene crisis in the tropics, the reliability of species-level identification is generally lacking from bushmeat surveys. {W}e conducted a comprehensive study of 23 bushmeat markets in {C}ameroon and one seizure from a {F}rench airport using a multi-gene {DNA}-typing approach and a dedicated species-assignment pipeline ({DNABUSHMEAT}). {W}e identified 39 species-level taxa from 318 collected bushmeat items, including nine {C}etartiodactyla, six {C}arnivora, three {P}holidota, seven {R}odentia, 12 {P}rimates, one {S}quamata and one {C}rocodilia. {DNA}-typing allowed detecting three species previously unreported from the {C}ameroonian trade and clarifying the status of taxa subject to cryptic diversity (rodents) and shallow diagnostic characters (small carnivores, antelopes and guenons). {O}nly 7% of the samples could not be assigned to the species-level, including two guenons and one snake, because of fluctuant taxonomy and weak representation in nucleotide databases. {A}lmost half (43%) of the morphological identifications were corrected or refined by our {DNA}-typing approach. {G}eneralized linear models showed that smoked specimens and primates were significantly suffering from inaccurate species identification. {W}e also observed that customs ({P}aris) and market-recruited assistants ({C}ameroon) peaked at very high rates of inaccurate species identifications (87 and 100%, respectively), calling for cautiousness when third parties are involved in bushmeat surveys. {O}verall, >50% of the bushmeat species traded in {C}ameroon were nationally protected. {B}ecause accurate species identification is a central component of conservation strategies, we posit that our {DNA}-typing approach is a valuable asset for improving the traceability of the domestic and international bushmeat trade.},
  keywords = {{DNA}-typing ; {B}ushmeat trade ; {C}ameroon ; {B}arcoding ; {T}raceability ; {M}itochondrial {DNA} ; {CAMEROUN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{B}iological {C}onservation},
  volume = {269},
  numero = {},
  pages = {109552 [10 p.]},
  ISSN = {0006-3207},
  year = {2022},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109552},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010085112},
}