Habitat preferences, estimated abundance and behavior of tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax sp.) in fragmented montane forests of Taita Hills, Kenya
Fischer, R. et al. Accelerated forest fragmentation leads to critical increase in tropical forest edge area. Sci. Adv. 7, eabg7012 (2021).ADS
CAS
Article
Google Scholar
Newmark, W. D. & McNeally, P. B. Impact of habitat fragmentation on the spatial structure of the Eastern Arc forests in East Africa: Implications for biodiversity conservation. Biodivers. Conserv. 27, 1387–1402 (2018).Article
Google Scholar
Hall, J., Burgess, N. D., Lovett, J., Mbilinyi, B. & Gereau, R. E. Conservation implications of deforestation across an elevational gradient in the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania. Biol. Conserv. 142, 2510–2521 (2009).Article
Google Scholar
Kuussaari, M. et al. Extinction debt: A challenge for biodiversity conservation. Trends Ecol. Evol. 24, 564–571 (2009).Article
Google Scholar
Gibson, L. et al. Near-complete extinction of native small mammal fauna 25 years after forest fragmentation. Science 341, 1508–1510 (2013).ADS
CAS
Article
Google Scholar
Burgess, N. D. et al. The biological importance of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya. Biol. Conserv. 134, 209–231 (2007).Article
Google Scholar
Myers, N., Mittermeier, R. A., Mittermeier, C. G., da Fonseca, G. A. B. & Kent, J. Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities. Nature 403, 853–858 (2000).ADS
CAS
Article
Google Scholar
Oates, J. F. et al. A new species of tree hyrax (Procaviidae: Dendrohyrax) from West Africa and the significance of the Niger-Volta interfluvium in mammalian biogeography. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 194, 527–552 (2022).Article
Google Scholar
Bloomer, P. Extant hyrax diversity is vastly underestimated. Afrotherian. Conserv. 7, 11–16 (2009).
Google Scholar
Roberts, D., Topp-Jørgensen, E. & Moyer, D. C. Dendrohyrax validus Eastern Tree Hyrax. In Mammals of Africa Vol. I (eds Kingdon, J. et al.) 158–161 (Bloomsbury, 2013).
Google Scholar
Hoeck, H. Some thoughts on the distribution of the tree hyraxes (genus Dendrohyrax) in northern Tanzania. Afrotherian Conserv. 13, 47–49 (2017).
Google Scholar
Rosti, H., Pihlström, H., Bearder, S., Pellikka, P. & Rikkinen, J. Vocalization analyses of nocturnal arboreal mammals of the Taita Hills, Kenya. Diversity 12, 473 (2020).Article
Google Scholar
Roberts, D. Geographic variation in the loud calls of tree hyrax – Dendrohyrax validus (True 1890) In the Eastern Arc Mountains, East Africa: taxonomic and conservation implications. (MSc thesis, University of Reading, 2001).True, F. W. Description of two new species of mammals from Mt. Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. Proc. US Nat. Mus. 13, 227–229 (1890).Article
Google Scholar
True, F. W. An annotated catalogue of the mammals collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott in the Kilma-Njaro region, East Africa. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 15, 445–480 (1892).Article
Google Scholar
Kundaeli, J. N. Distribution of tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax validus validus True) on Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Afr. J. Ecol. 14, 253–264 (1976).Article
Google Scholar
Gaylard, A. & Kerley, G. I. H. Diet of tree hyraxes Dendrohyrax arboreus (Hyracoidea: Procaviidae) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. J. Mammal. 78, 213–221 (1997).Article
Google Scholar
Milner, J. Relationships between the forest dwelling people of south-west Mau and tree hyrax, Dendrohyrax arboreus. J. East Afr. Nat. Hist. 83, 17–29 (1994).Article
Google Scholar
Milner, J. M. & Harris, S. Habitat use and ranging behaviour of tree hyrax, Dendrohyrax arboreus, in the Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda. Afr. J. Ecol. 37, 281–294 (1999).Article
Google Scholar
Gaylard, A. & Kerley, G. I. H. Habitat assessment for a rare, arboreal forest mammal, the tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus). Afr. J. Ecol. 39, 205–212 (2001).Article
Google Scholar
Djossa, B., Zachee, B. & Sinzin, B. Activity patterns and habitat use of the western tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax dorsalis), within forest patches and implications for conservation. Ecotropica 18, 65–72 (2012).
Google Scholar
Opperman, E. J., Cherry, M. I. & Makunga, N. P. Community harvesting of trees used as dens and for food by the tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) in the Pirie forest, South Africa. Koedoe 60, a1481 (2018).
Cordeiro, N. J. et al. Notes on the ecology and status of some forest mammals in four Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania. J. East Afr. Nat. Hist. 94, 175–189 (2005).Article
Google Scholar
Koren, L. Vocalization as an indicator of individual quality in the rock hyrax. (PhD thesis, Tel-Aviv University, 2006).Koren, L., Mokady, O. & Geffen, E. Social status and cortisol levels in singing rock hyraxes. Horm. Behav. 54, 212–216 (2008).CAS
Article
Google Scholar
Koren, L. & Geffen, E. Complex call in male rock hyrax (Procavia capensis): A multi-information distributing channel. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 63, 581–590 (2009).Article
Google Scholar
Lawes, M. J., Mealin, P. E. & Piper, S. E. Patch occupancy and potential metapopulation dynamics of three forest mammals in fragmented Afromontane forest in South Africa. Conserv. Biol. 14, 1088–1098 (2000).Article
Google Scholar
Topp-Jørgensen, J. E., Marshal, A. R., Brink, H. & Pedersen, U. B. Quantifying the response of tree hyraxes (Dendrohyrax validus) to human disturbance in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. Trop. Conserv. Sci. 1, 63–74 (2008).Article
Google Scholar
Hill, A. P. et al. AudioMoth: Evaluation of a smart open acoustic device for monitoring biodiversity and the environment. Methods Ecol. Evol. 9, 1199–1211 (2018).Article
Google Scholar
Marques, T. A. et al. Estimating animal population density using passive acoustics. Biol. Rev. 88, 287–309 (2013).Article
Google Scholar
Pérez-Granados, C. & Traba, J. Estimating bird density using passive acoustic monitoring: A review of methods and suggestions for further research. Ibis 163, 765–783 (2021).Article
Google Scholar
Campos-Cerqueira, M. & Aide, T. M. Improving distribution data of threatened species by combining acoustic monitoring and occupancy modelling. Methods Ecol. Evol. 7, 1340–1348 (2016).Article
Google Scholar
McLean, K. A. et al. Movement patterns of three arboreal primates in a Neotropical moist forest explained by LiDAR-estimated canopy structure. Landsc. Ecol. 31, 1849–1862 (2016).Article
Google Scholar
Davies, A. B., Ancrenaz, M., Oram, F. & Asner, G. P. Canopy structure drives orangutan habitat selection in disturbed Bornean forests. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 114, 8307–8312 (2017).CAS
Article
Google Scholar
Singh, M., Cheyne, S. M. & Ehlers Smith, D. A. How conspecific primates use their habitats: Surviving in an anthropogenically-disturbed forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Ecol. Indic. 87, 167–177 (2018).Article
Google Scholar
Simonson, W. D., Allen, H. D. & Coomes, D. A. Applications of airborne lidar for the assessment of animal species diversity. Methods Ecol. Evol. 5, 719–729 (2014).Article
Google Scholar
Aerts, R. et al. Woody plant communities of isolated Afromontane cloud forests in Taita Hills, Kenya. Plant Ecol. 212, 639–649 (2011).Article
Google Scholar
Lovett, J. C., Wasser, S. K., Cambridge University Press. Biogeography and Ecology of the Rain Forests of Eastern Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2008).
Google Scholar
Pellikka, P. K. E., Lötjönen, M., Siljander, M. & Lens, L. Airborne remote sensing of spatiotemporal change (1955–2004) in indigenous and exotic forest cover in the Taita Hills, Kenya. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinf. 11, 221–232 (2009).ADS
Article
Google Scholar
Rovero, F. et al. Targeted vertebrate surveys enhance the faunal importance and improve explanatory models within the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania. Diversity Distrib. 20, 1438–1449 (2014).Article
Google Scholar
Rosti, H., Rikkinen, J., Pellikka, P., Bearder, S. & Mwamodenyi, J. M. Taita Mountain dwarf galago is extant in the Taita Hills of Kenya. Oryx 54, 152–153 (2020).Article
Google Scholar
Pihlström, H., Rosti, H., Lombo, B. & Pellikka, P. Domestic dog predation on white-tailed small-eared galago (Otolemur garnettii lasiotis) in the Taita Hills, Kenya. Afr. Primates 15, 31–38 (2021).
Google Scholar
Etana, B. et al. Traditional shade coffee forest systems act as refuges for medium- and large-sized mammals as natural forest dwindles in Ethiopia. Biol. Conserv. 260, 109219 (2021).Article
Google Scholar
Hoeck, H., Rovero, F., Cordeiro, N., Butynski, T., Perkin, A. & Jones, T. Dendrohyrax validus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2015: e.T136599A21288090).Himberg, N. Traditionally protected forests’ role within transforming natural resource management regimes in Taita Hills, Kenya. (PhD thesis, University of Helsinki, 2011).Thijs, K. W., Roelen, I. & Musila, W. M. Field guide to the woody plants of Taita Hills, Kenya. J. East Afr. Nat. Hist. 102, 1–272 (2014).Article
Google Scholar
Yéboué, K. Y. et al. Genetic typing and in silico assignment of smoked and fresh bushmeat sold on markets and restaurants in west-central Côte d’Ivoire. Int. J. Genet. Mol. Biol. 13, 1–8 (2021).Article
Google Scholar
Brown, K. J. & Downs, C. T. Seasonal behavioural patterns of free-living rock hyrax (Procavia capensis). J. Zool. 265, 311–326 (2005).Article
Google Scholar
Brown, K. J. & Downs, C. T. Seasonal patterns in body temperature of free-living rock hyrax (Procavia capensis). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part A Mol. Integr. Physiol. 143, 42–49 (2006).Article
Google Scholar
Ilany, A., Barocas, A., Kam, M., Ilany, T. & Geffen, E. The energy cost of singing in wild rock hyrax males: Evidence for an index signal. Anim. Behav. 85, 995–1001 (2013).Article
Google Scholar
Demartsev, V. et al. Male hyraxes increase song complexity and duration in the presence of alert individuals. Behav. Ecol. 25, 1451–1458 (2014).Article
Google Scholar
Gaynor, K. M., Hojnowski, C. E., Carter, N. H. & Brashares, J. S. The influence of human disturbance on wildlife nocturnality. Science 360, 1232–1235 (2018).ADS
CAS
Article
Google Scholar
Adhikari, H. et al. Determinants of aboveground biomass across an Afromontane landscape mosaic in Kenya. Remote Sens. 9, 827 (2017).ADS
Article
Google Scholar
Heiskanen, J., Korhonen, L., Hietanen, J. & Pellikka, P. K. E. Use of airborne lidar for estimating canopy gap fraction and leaf area index of tropical montane forests. Int. J. Remote Sens. 36, 2569–2583 (2015).Article
Google Scholar
Roussel, J.-R. et al. lidR: An R package for analysis of Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) data. Remote Sens. Environ. 251, 112061 (2020).ADS
Article
Google Scholar
R Core Team. R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing (R Foundation for Statistical Computing, 2020).
Google Scholar
Brooks, M. E. et al. glmmTMB balances speed and flexibility among packages for zero-inflated generalized linear mixed modeling. R J. 9, 378 (2017).Article
Google Scholar
Lüdecke, D., Ben-Shachar, M., Patil, I., Waggoner, P. & Makowski, D. Performance: An R package for assessment, comparison and testing of statistical models. JOSS 6, 3139 (2021).ADS
Article
Google Scholar
Wickham, H. Ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis (Springer, 2009).MATH
Book
Google Scholar
Zuur, A. F., Savelʹev, A. A. & Ieno, E. N. Zero Inflated Models and Generalized Linear Mixed Models with R (Highland Statistics, 2012).
Google Scholar
Campbell, H. The consequences of checking for zero-inflation and overdispersion in the analysis of count data. Methods Ecol. Evol. 12, 665–680 (2021).Article
Google Scholar
Zuur, A. F. & Ieno, E. N. A protocol for conducting and presenting results of regression-type analyses. Methods Ecol. Evol. 7, 636–645 (2016).Article
Google Scholar
Aho, K., Derryberry, D. & Peterson, T. Model selection for ecologists: The worldviews of AIC and BIC. Ecology 95, 631–636 (2014).Article
Google Scholar More
