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]]> By: dlende http://neuroanthropology.net/2008/10/14/chimpanzees-too-close-for-comfort/#comment-3270 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:03:22 +0000 http://neuroanthropology.wordpress.com/?p=1456#comment-3270 Christophe Boesche and colleagues have just reported an alarming decline in the chimpanzee population in the Ivory Coast, including a tenth of the assumed population size in Tai Forest:

The pressing need to base conservation policy on up-to-date data is underlined by the situation in Côte d’Ivoire. For instance, Marahoué NP is listed as a priority site with an estimated population of 900 chimpanzees (information from the Woods Hole Research Center’s website); however, our 2007 survey of 167.5 km of transects distributed throughout the park yielded a conservative population estimate of fewer than 50 individuals (unpublished data). Even in Taï NP, thought to represent one of the main refuges for chimpanzees within Côte d’Ivoire, our 2006–2007 survey along 362 km of transects revealed that only about 480 individuals survive, a tenth of the assumed population size (Campbell et al. 2008:R904).

For more information, see Primatology.Net The reference is:

Campbell G, Kuehl H, Kouamé PN, Boesch C. 2008. Alarming decline of West African chimpanzees in Côte d’Ivoire. Current Biology 18, R903-R904.

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