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Persistence and stability of Eastern Afromontane forests: evidence from brevicipitid frogs by Loader, Simon P, Sara Ceccarelli, F, Menegon, Michele, Howell, Kim M, Kassahun, Roman, Mengistu, Abebe A, Saber, Samy A, Gebresenbet, Fikirte, Sá, Rafael, Davenport, Tim R. B, Larson, Joanna G, Müller, Hendrik, Wilkinson, Mark, Gower, David J, Linder, Peter

“…AIM: The persistence and stability of habitats through time are considered predictors of high levels of biodiversity in some environments. Long‐term habitat…”
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New Genus of African Monkey, Rungwecebus: Morphology, Ecology, and Molecular Phylogenetics by Davenport, Tim R.B, Stanley, William T, Sargis, Eric J, De Luca, Daniela W, Mpunga, Noah E, Machaga, Sophy J, Olson, Link E

“…A new species of African monkey, Lophocebus kipunji, was described in 2005 based on observations from two sites in Tanzania. We have since obtained a specimen…”
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The Highland Mangabey Lophocebus kipunji: A New Species of African Monkey by Jones, Trevor, Ehardt, Carolyn L., Butynski, Thomas M., Tim R. B. Davenport, Mpunga, Noah E., Machaga, Sophy J., De Luca, Daniela W.

“…A distinct species of mangabey was independently found at two sites 370 kilometers apart in southern Tanzania (Mount Rungwe and Livingstone in the Southern…”
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Wildlife and wildlife management in Tanzania by Caro, Tim, Davenport, Tim R.B.

“…Tanzania, arguably mainland Africa's most important nation for conservation, is losing habitat and natural resources rapidly. Moving away from a charcoal…”
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Protected areas in tropical Africa: assessing threats and conservation activities by Tranquilli, Sandra, Abedi-Lartey, Michael, Abernethy, Katharine, Amsini, Fidèle, Asamoah, Augustus, Balangtaa, Cletus, Blake, Stephen, Bouanga, Estelle, Breuer, Thomas, Brncic, Terry M, Campbell, Geneviève, Chancellor, Rebecca, Chapman, Colin A, Davenport, Tim R B, Dunn, Andrew, Dupain, Jef, Ekobo, Atanga, Eno-Nku, Manasseh, Etoga, Gilles, Furuichi, Takeshi, Gatti, Sylvain, Ghiurghi, Andrea, Hashimoto, Chie, Hart, John A, Head, Josephine, Hega, Martin, Herbinger, Ilka, Hicks, Thurston C, Holbech, Lars H, Huijbregts, Bas, Kühl, Hjalmar S, Imong, Inaoyom, Yeno, Stephane Le-Duc, Linder, Joshua, Marshall, Phil, Lero, Peter Minasoma, Morgan, David, Mubalama, Leonard, N'Goran, Paul K, Nicholas, Aaron, Nixon, Stuart, Normand, Emmanuelle, Nziguyimpa, Leonidas, Nzooh-Dongmo, Zacharie, Ofori-Amanfo, Richard, Ogunjemite, Babafemi G, Petre, Charles-Albert, Rainey, Hugo J, Regnaut, Sebastien, Robinson, Orume, Rundus, Aaron, Sanz, Crickette M, Okon, David Tiku, Todd, Angelique, Warren, Ymke, Sommer, Volker

“…Numerous protected areas (PAs) have been created in Africa to safeguard wildlife and other natural resources. However, significant threats from anthropogenic…”
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Complementarity and the use of indicator groups for reserve selection in Uganda by Balmford, Andrew, Howard, Peter C, Viskanic, Paolo, Davenport, Tim R. B, Kigenyi, Fred W, Baltzer, Michael, Dickinson, Chris J, Lwanga, Jeremiah S, Matthews, Roger A

“…A major obstacle to conserving tropical biodiversity is the lack of information as to where efforts should be concentrated. One potential solution is to focus…”
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Acoustic monitoring to document the spatial distribution and hotspots of blast fishing in Tanzania by Braulik, Gill, Wittich, Anja, Macaulay, Jamie, Kasuga, Magreth, Gordon, Jonathan, Davenport, Tim R.B., Gillespie, Douglas

“…Destructive fishing using explosives occurs in a number of countries worldwide, negatively impacting coral reefs and fisheries on which millions of people…”
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The biogeography of introgression in the critically endangered African monkey Rungwecebus kipunji by Roberts, Trina E., Davenport, Tim R. B., Hildebrandt, Kyndall B. P., Jones, Trevor, Stanley, William T., Sargis, Eric J., Olson, Link E.

“…population in the Southern Highlands has experienced geographically localized mitochondrial DNA introgression from…”
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Genetic testing of dung identification for antelope surveys in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania by Bowkett, Andrew E, Plowman, Amy B, Stevens, Jamie R, Davenport, Tim R. B, van Vuuren, Bettine Jansen

“…Dung counts are frequently employed to infer abundance of antelope species in African forests, but the accuracy of dung identification has rarely been tested…”
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Morphological systematics of the kipunji ( Rungwecebus kipunji) and the ontogenetic development of phylogenetically informative characters in the Papionini by Gilbert, Christopher C., Stanley, William T., Olson, Link E., Davenport, Tim R.B., Sargis, Eric J.

“…Since its discovery and description, the systematic position of the kipunji ( Rungwecebus kipunji) has been a matter of debate. Although it was first placed in…”
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Methodological confounds of measuring urinary oxidative stress in wild animals by Melvin, Zoe E., Dhirani, Hussein, Mitchell, Christopher, Davenport, Tim R. B., Blount, Jonathan D., Georgiev, Alexander V.

“…Biomarkers of oxidative stress (OS) are useful in addressing a wide range of research questions, but thus far, they have had limited application to wild mammal…”
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To conserve African tropical forests, invest in the protection of its most endangered group of monkeys, red colobus by Linder, Joshua M., Cronin, Drew T., Ting, Nelson, Abwe, Ekwoge E., Aghomo, Florence, Davenport, Tim R. B., Detwiler, Kate M., Galat, Gérard, Galat‐Luong, Anh, Hart, John A., Ikemeh, Rachel A., Kivai, Stanislaus M., Koné, Inza, Konstant, William, Kujirakwinja, Deo, Long, Barney, Maisels, Fiona, McGraw, W. Scott, Mittermeier, Russell A., Struhsaker, Thomas T.

“…Forest loss and overhunting are eroding African tropical biodiversity and threatening local human food security, livelihoods, and health. Emblematic of this…”
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The biodiversity of the Albertine Rift by Plumptre, Andrew J., Davenport, Tim R.B., Behangana, Mathias, Kityo, Robert, Eilu, Gerald, Ssegawa, Paul, Ewango, Corneille, Meirte, Danny, Kahindo, Charles, Herremans, Marc, Peterhans, Julian Kerbis, Pilgrim, John D., Wilson, Malcolm, Languy, Marc, Moyer, David

“…The Albertine Rift is one of the most important regions for conservation in Africa. It contains more vertebrate species than any other region on the continent…”
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Payments for adding ecosystem carbon are mostly beneficial to biodiversity by Larjavaara, Markku, Davenport, Tim R B, Gangga, Adi, Holm, Saara, Kanninen, Markku, Tien, Nguyen Dinh

“…Biodiversity conservation is often considered to be an important co-benefit of REDD+ and other mechanisms aiming to increase carbon in biomass and soil to…”
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Home range, core areas and movement in the ‘critically endangered' kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji) in southwest Tanzania by De Luca, Daniela W, Picton Phillipps, Guy, Machaga, Sophy J, Davenport, Tim R.B

“…Understanding how threatened forest primates use a heterogeneous landscape is essential to ensuring their survival. Kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji) are…”
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Assessing the effectiveness of protected areas: paradoxes call for pluralism in evaluating conservation performance by Caro, Tim, Gardner, Toby A., Stoner, Chantal, Fitzherbert, Emily, Davenport, Tim R. B.

“…To highlight and examine apparent paradoxes in assessing the effectiveness of different forms of land-use for biodiversity conservation. Tanzania. We compare…”
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Diet and feeding patterns in the kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji) in Tanzania's Southern Highlands: a first analysis by Davenport, Tim R. B, De Luca, Daniela W, Bracebridge, Claire E, Machaga, Sophy J, Mpunga, Noah E, Kibure, Omari, Abeid, Yahya S

“…The diet and feeding behaviour of the kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji) was studied over 45 months, the first dietary analysis for this species. During 9498 h of…”
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Is There a Role for Human-Dominated Landscapes in the Long-Term Conservation Management of the Critically Endangered Kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji)? by Bracebridge, Claire E., Davenport, Tim R. B., Mbofu, Vicky F., Marsden, Stuart J.

“…As forest loss and degradation continues, the human-dominated landscape outside protected areas should become increasingly relevant to primate conservation…”
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A Reassessment of the Population Size, Demography, and Status of Tanzania’s Endemic Kipunji Rungwecebus kipunji 13 Years on: Demonstrating Conservation Success by Davenport, Tim R. B., Machaga, Sophy J., Mpunga, Noah E., Kimiti, Sylvanos P., Mwalwengele, Willy, Mwaipungu, Obadia, Makumbule, Pascal M.

“…Long-term population data on endangered species are fundamental to measure conservation implementation objectively, but they are rare, especially in remote…”
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Developing fencing policies for dryland ecosystems by Durant, Sarah M., Becker, Matthew S., Creel, Scott, Bashir, Sultana, Dickman, Amy J., Beudels-Jamar, Roseline C., Lichtenfeld, Laly, Hilborn, Ray, Wall, Jake, Wittemyer, George, Badamjav, Lkhagvasuren, Blake, Stephen, Boitani, Luigi, Breitenmoser, Christine, Broekhuis, Femke, Christianson, David, Cozzi, Gabriele, Davenport, Tim R. B., Deutsch, James, Devillers, Pierre, Dollar, Luke, Dolrenry, Stephanie, Douglas-Hamilton, Iain, Dröge, Egil, FitzHerbert, Emily, Foley, Charles, Hazzah, Leela, Hopcraft, J. Grant C., Ikanda, Dennis, Jacobson, Andrew, Joubert, Dereck, Kelly, Marcella J., Milanzi, James, Mitchell, Nicholas, M'Soka, Jassiel, Msuha, Maurus, Mweetwa, Thandiwe, Nyahongo, Julius, Rosenblatt, Elias, Schuette, Paul, Sillero-Zubiri, Claudio, Sinclair, Anthony R. E., Price, Mark R. Stanley, Zimmermann, Alexandra, Pettorelli, Nathalie

“…1. In dryland ecosystems, mobility is essential for both wildlife and people to access unpredictable and spatially heterogeneous resources, particularly in the…”
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