From forest to farm: Systematic review of cultivar feeding by Chimpanzees – Management implications for wildlife in anthropogenic landscapes

From forest to farm: Systematic review of cultivar feeding by Chimpanzees – Management implications for wildlife in anthropogenic landscapes [1]

Crop-raiding is a major source of conflict between people and wildlife globally, impacting local livelihoods and impeding conservation. Conflict mitigation strategies that target problematic wildlife behaviours such as crop-raiding are notoriously difficult to develop for large-bodied, cognitively complex species. Many crop-raiders are generalist feeders. In more ecologically specialised species crop-type selection is not random and evidence-based management requires a good understanding of species' ecology and crop feeding habits. Comprehensive species-wide studies of crop consumption by endangered wildlife are lacking but are important for managing human–wildlife conflict. We conducted a comprehensive literature search of crop feeding records by wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), a ripe-fruit specialist.

Publication Date:

11/04/2012

Author(s): Kimberley J. Hockings [2], Matthew R. McLennan [3]

Source: PLoS ONE [4]

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1-11

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