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Habitat Use by White-Thighed Colobus in the Kikélé Sacred Forest: Activity Budget, Feeding Ecology and Selection of Sleeping Trees
Djègo-Djossou, Sylvie; Koné, I; Fandohan, A.B. et al.
2015In Primate Conservation, 29
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Keywords :
activity budget; feeding ecology; sleeping trees; Colobus vellerosus; conservation,; West Africa
Abstract :
[en] Abstract: Understanding habitat preference and use is an important aspect of primate ecology, and is essential for setting conservation strategies. This study examined the activity budget, feeding ecology and selection of sleeping trees of a population of white-thighed colobus (Colobus vellerosus). A group of 18 was followed during 72 days over a full annual cycle in the Kikélé Sacred Forest of the Bassila administrative region in central Benin (West Africa). Activity budget and diet were determined using scan sampling. The structure of the habitat and the physical characteristics of sleeping trees were determined using plot surveys. Resting, feeding, moving, social interactions and other activities accounted for 56.6%, 26.3%, 13.0%, 3.3%, and 0.7% of the activity budget, respectively. The group spent more time feeding and less time moving in the dry season compared to the rainy season. The diet was composed of 35 plant species belonging to 16 families, with items including leaves, fruits, seeds, buds, bark, flowers, gum, and inflorescences. Only three tree species were used as sleeping trees: Celtis integrifolia, Cola cordifolia, and Holoptelea grandis. Our findings suggest that the monkeys prefer tall (22.53 ± SD 3.76 m) and large-trunked (112.07 ± SD 14.23 cm) sleeping trees. The results of this study can be used for sound management of the white-thighed colobus in the study area and elsewhere.
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Djègo-Djossou, Sylvie;  Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Bénin > Département d’Aménagement et de Gestion de l’Environnement., > Ecologie appliquée
Koné, I;  Laboratoire de Zoologie, Université Félix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Fandohan, A.B.;  Biometry and Environmental System Analysis, Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Djègo, J.G.;  Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Bénin > Département d’Aménagement et de Gestion de l’Environnement., > Ecologie appliquée
Huynen, Marie-Claude ;  Université de Liège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Biologie du comportement - Ethologie et psychologie animale
Sinsin, Brice;  Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Bénin > Département d’Aménagement et de Gestion de l’Environnement., > Ecologie appliquée
Language :
English
Title :
Habitat Use by White-Thighed Colobus in the Kikélé Sacred Forest: Activity Budget, Feeding Ecology and Selection of Sleeping Trees
Alternative titles :
[fr] Utilisation de l'habitat par des colobes noirs à cuisses blanches dans la forêt sacrée de kikélé: budget d'activité, écologie alimentaire et sélection des arbres dortoirs
Publication date :
2015
Journal title :
Primate Conservation
ISSN :
0898-6207
eISSN :
2162-4232
Publisher :
WWF-U.S. Primate Program, United States
Volume :
29
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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