AN ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBERS OF FOREST ELEPHANTS IN GABON

被引：46

作者：

BARNES, RFW

BLOM, A

ALERS, MPT

BARNES, KL

机构：

[1] NZYS The Wildlife Conservation Society and Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego

来源：

JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY | 1995年 / 11卷

关键词：

CENSUS; ELEPHANTS; FOREST; GABON;

D O I：

10.1017/S0266467400008361

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

The number of elephants living in the forests of Gabon was estimated by a stratified dung survey. The forest zone was stratified according to the distribution of the human population. The density of dung-piles was estimated for each stratum by the line-transect method. The total number of dung-piles in the forests of Gabon was estimated to be 52.43 x 10(6) +/- 13.25 x 10(6). This gave an elephant estimate of 61,800 +/- 20,200. This survey shows Gabon to have one of the largest elephant populations on the continent.

引用

页码：27 / 37

页数：11

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