Population Abundance and Density Estimates of Poorly Documented Near-Threatened Calabar Angwantibo (Arctocebus calabarensis) in Oban Hills Region
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data Collection
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Vegetation Types | n | k | L | N | ER | AIC | ΔAIC | ESW (m) | Density/km2 (CI) | SE | (GOF) K-S | p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Closed-canopy forest | 19 | 16 | 361 | 6515 | 0.52 | 97.36 | −1.93 | 8.33 | 3.15 (1.75–5.69) | 0.11 | 0.49 | 0.59 |
Secondary forest | 22 | 16 | 367 | 830 | 0.63 | 118.05 | −1.90 | 13.22 | 2.26 (1.20–4.26) | 0.23 | 0.38 | 0.94 |
Pooled Estimates | 41 | 32 | 728 | 7345 | 2.58 | 215.41 | −3.83 | 21.55 | 2.57 (1.52–4.37) | 0.34 | 0.87 | 1.35 |
Global Estimates | 41 | 32 | 1227 | 4456 | 0.33 | 215.74 | −1.66 | 10.68 | 1.56 (0.97–2.51) | 0.12 | 0.46 | 0.76 |
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Omifolaji, J.K.; Adedoyin, S.O.; Ikyaagba, E.T.; Khan, T.U.; Ojo, V.A.; Hu, Y.; Alarape, A.A.; Jimoh, S.O.; Hu, H. Population Abundance and Density Estimates of Poorly Documented Near-Threatened Calabar Angwantibo (Arctocebus calabarensis) in Oban Hills Region. Animals 2024, 14, 1374. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14091374
Omifolaji JK, Adedoyin SO, Ikyaagba ET, Khan TU, Ojo VA, Hu Y, Alarape AA, Jimoh SO, Hu H. Population Abundance and Density Estimates of Poorly Documented Near-Threatened Calabar Angwantibo (Arctocebus calabarensis) in Oban Hills Region. Animals. 2024; 14(9):1374. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14091374
Chicago/Turabian StyleOmifolaji, James Kehinde, Sunday Opeyemi Adedoyin, Emmanuel Tersea Ikyaagba, Tauheed Ullah Khan, Victor Abiodun Ojo, Yiming Hu, Abideen Abiodun Alarape, Saka Oladunni Jimoh, and Huijian Hu. 2024. "Population Abundance and Density Estimates of Poorly Documented Near-Threatened Calabar Angwantibo (Arctocebus calabarensis) in Oban Hills Region" Animals 14, no. 9: 1374. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14091374