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The impact of civil war on forest wildlife in West Africa: mammals in Gola Forest, Sierra Leone

机译：内战对西非森林野生动植物的影响：塞拉利昂戈拉森林中的哺乳动物

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Human conflicts may sometimes benefit wildlife by depopulating wilderness areas but there is evidence from Africa that the impacts tend to be negative. The forested states of West Africa have experienced much recent human conflict but there have been no assessments of impacts on the wildlife. We conducted surveys of mammals in the 710-km2 Gola Forest reserves to assess the impact of the 1991-2001 civil war in Sierra Leone. Gola is the most important remaining tract of lowland forest in the country and a key site for the conservation of the highly threatened forests of the Upper Guinea region. We found that Gola has survived well despite being in the heart of the area occupied by the rebels. We recorded 44 species of larger mammal, including 18 threatened, near-threatened and endemic species, accounting for all species recorded in pre-war surveys and adding several more (African buffalo Syncerus coffer nanus and water chevro-tain Hyemoschus aquaticus). Populations of primates were healthy with little evidence of decline. Duiker detection rates were low and further work is required to confirm their numbers as they include five species endemic (or near endemic) to the Upper Guinea region, three of which are threatened. However, the population of African forest elephants Loxodonta cyclotis has collapsed, with only a few individuals remaining from c. 110 in the mid 1980s. We conclude that peacetime pressures from the bushmeat trade, clearance for agriculture, logging and mining are likely to be far greater for Gola than the pressures from the civil war. 【Keywords】Cercopithecus, distance, Gola forest, Hexaproto-don liberiensis, Loxodonta cyclotis, Sierra Leone, tropical forest, war
机译：人为冲突有时可能会使荒野人口减少，从而使野生动植物受益，但非洲有证据表明，这种影响往往是消极的。西非森林茂密的州最近经历了许多人类冲突，但尚未评估对野生动植物的影响。我们对710平方公里的戈拉森林保护区的哺乳动物进行了调查，以评估1991-2001年塞拉利昂内战的影响。高拉是该国最重要的低地森林地区，也是上几内亚地区高度受威胁的森林保护的重要场所。我们发现，尽管戈拉处于叛军占领区的心脏地带，但它仍然幸存下来。我们记录了44种较大的哺乳动物，其中包括18种濒危，近威胁和特有物种，占了战前调查中记录的所有物种，并增加了其他几种（非洲水牛Syncerus coffer nanus和水雪佛兰Hyemoschus aquaticus）。灵长类动物种群健康，几乎没有下降的迹象。 Duiker的发现率很低，需要进一步的工作以确认其数量，因为其中包括上几内亚地区的5个特有种（或近特有种），其中三个受到威胁。但是，非洲森林象非洲象环象的种群已经崩溃，只有几只剩下的来自象。 1980年代中期为110。我们得出的结论是，和平时期来自食用森林猎物贸易，农业清理，伐木和采矿的压力对戈拉而言可能要比内战带来的压力要大得多。 【关键词】蛇形上皮，距离，高拉林，六面目利比里亚，Loxodonta cyclotis，塞拉利昂，热带森林，战争

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    《Oryx》 |2011年第1期|p.69-77|共9页
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    Jeremy A. Lindsell; Erik Klop; Alhaji M. Siaka;

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    Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 2DL, UK;

    Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 2DL, UK;

    Gola Forest Programme, Kenema, Sierra Leone;

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