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The consequences of poaching and anthropogenic change for forest elephants by Breuer, Thomas, Maisels, Fiona, Fishlock, Vicki

“…Poaching has devastated forest elephant populations (Loxodonta cyclotis), and their habitat is dramatically changing. The long-term effects of poaching and…”
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Scaling up area-based conservation to implement the Global Biodiversity Framework's 30x30 target: The role of Nature's Strongholds by Robinson, John G, LaBruna, Danielle, O'Brien, Tim, Clyne, Peter J, Dudley, Nigel, Andelman, Sandy J, Bennett, Elizabeth L, Chicchon, Avecita, Durigan, Carlos, Grantham, Hedley, Kinnaird, Margaret, Lieberman, Sue, Maisels, Fiona, Moreira, Adriana, Rao, Madhu, Stokes, Emma, Walston, Joe, Watson, James Em

“…The Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), signed in 2022 by Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, recognized the importance of area-based…”
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Methods for wildlife monitoring in tropical forests: Comparing human observations, camera traps, and passive acoustic sensors by Zwerts, Joeri A., Stephenson, P. J., Maisels, Fiona, Rowcliffe, Marcus, Astaras, Christos, Jansen, Patrick A., Waarde, Jaap, Sterck, Liesbeth E. H. M., Verweij, Pita A., Bruce, Tom, Brittain, Stephanie, Kuijk, Marijke

“…Wildlife monitoring is essential for conservation science and data‐driven decision‐making. Tropical forests pose a particularly challenging environment for…”
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Forest Elephants: Tree Planters of the Congo by Blake, Stephen, Deem, Sharon Lynn, Mossimbo, Eric, Maisels, Fiona, Walsh, Peter

“…The abundance of large vertebrates is rapidly declining, particularly in the tropics where over-hunting has left many forests structurally intact but devoid of…”
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Assessing Africa‐Wide Pangolin Exploitation by Scaling Local Data by Ingram, Daniel J., Coad, Lauren, Abernethy, Katharine A., Maisels, Fiona, Stokes, Emma J., Bobo, Kadiri S., Breuer, Thomas, Gandiwa, Edson, Ghiurghi, Andrea, Greengrass, Elizabeth, Holmern, Tomas, Kamgaing, Towa O. W., Ndong Obiang, Anne‐Marie, Poulsen, John R., Schleicher, Judith, Nielsen, Martin R., Solly, Hilary, Vath, Carrie L., Waltert, Matthias, Whitham, Charlotte E. L., Wilkie, David S., Scharlemann, Jӧrn P.W.

“…Overexploitation is one of the main pressures driving wildlife closer to extinction, yet broad‐scale data to evaluate species’ declines are limited. Using…”
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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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Using multiscale lidar to determine variation in canopy structure from African forest elephant trails by Keany, Jenna M., Burns, Patrick, Abraham, Andrew J., Jantz, Patrick, Makaga, Loic, Saatchi, Sassan, Maisels, Fiona, Abernethy, Katharine, Doughty, Christopher E.

“…Recently classified as a unique species by the IUCN, African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) are critically endangered due to severe poaching. With…”
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Mammal distribution and trends in the threatened Ebo 'intact forest landscape', Cameroon by Whytock, Robin C., Abwe, Ekwoge E., Mfossa, Daniel M., Ketchen, Marcel E., Abwe, Abwe E., Nguimdo, Vianny R.V., Maisels, Fiona, Strindberg, Samantha, Morgan, Bethan J.

“…Intact forest landscapes (IFLs) are globally important for maintaining functional ecosystems. Ebo forest (~1400 km2) in Cameroon is one of the largest…”
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Forest elephant crisis in the Congo Basin by Blake, Stephen, Strindberg, Samantha, Boudjan, Patrick, Makombo, Calixte, Bila-Isia, Inogwabini, Ilambu, Omari, Grossmann, Falk, Bene-Bene, Lambert, de Semboli, Bruno, Mbenzo, Valentin, S'hwa, Dino, Bayogo, Rosine, Williamson, Liz, Fay, Mike, Hart, John, Maisels, Fiona

“…Debate over repealing the ivory trade ban dominates conferences of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)…”
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Indicators for wild animal offtake: methods and case study for African mammals and birds by Ingram, Daniel J., Coad, Lauren, Collen, Ben, Kümpel, Noëlle F., Breuer, Thomas, Fa, John E., Gill, David J. C., Maisels, Fiona, Schleicher, Judith, Stokes, Emma J., Taylor, Gemma, Scharlemann, Jörn P. W.

“…Unsustainable exploitation of wild animals is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and to millions of people depending on wild meat for food and income…”
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The relationship between the abundance of the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) and its habitat: a conservation concern in Mbam-Djerem National Park, Cameroon by Kamgang, Serge Alexis, Bobo, Kadiri Serge, Maisels, Fiona, Ambahe, Ruffin Dupleix Delarue, Ambassa Ongono, Désiré Edgar, Gonder, Mary Katherine, Johnson, Paul, Marino, Jorgelina, Sinsin, Brice

“…Understanding the relationship between great apes and their habitat is essential for the development of successful conservation strategies. The chimpanzee Pan…”
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Are We Capturing Faunal Intactness? A Comparison of Intact Forest Landscapes and the “Last of the Wild in Each Ecoregion” by Plumptre, Andrew J., Baisero, Daniele, Jędrzejewski, Włodzimierz, Kühl, Hjalmar, Maisels, Fiona, Ray, Justina C., Sanderson, Eric W., Strindberg, Samantha, Voigt, Maria, Wich, Serge

“…Efforts to designate priority areas for conservation have had a long history, with most modern initiatives focused on either designating areas important for…”
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Roadless wilderness area determines forest elephant movements in the Congo Basin by Blake, Stephen, Deem, Sharon L, Strindberg, Samantha, Maisels, Fiona, Momont, Ludovic, Isia, Inogwabini-Bila, Douglas-Hamilton, Iain, Karesh, William B, Kock, Michael D

“…A dramatic expansion of road building is underway in the Congo Basin fuelled by private enterprise, international aid, and government aspirations. Among the…”
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Human footprint and protected areas shape elephant range across Africa by Wall, Jake, Wittemyer, George, Klinkenberg, Brian, LeMay, Valerie, Blake, Stephen, Strindberg, Samantha, Henley, Michelle, Vollrath, Fritz, Maisels, Fiona, Ferwerda, Jelle, Douglas-Hamilton, Iain

“…Over the last two millennia, and at an accelerating pace, the African elephant (Loxodonta spp. Lin.) has been threatened by human activities across its…”
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Survey-based inference of continental African elephant decline by Edwards, Charles T. T., Gobush, Kathleen S., Maisels, Fiona, Balfour, Dave, Taylor, Russell, Wittemyer, George

“…Long-term quantification of temporal species trends is fundamental to the assignment of conservation status, which in turn is critical for planning and…”
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Response to ‘Is the Displacement of People from Parks only ‘Purported’ or is it Real?’ (Schmidt-Soltau 2009) by Curran, Bryan, Sunderland, Terry, Maisels, Fiona, Asaha, Stella, Balinga, Michael, Defo, Louis, Dunn, Andrew, von Loebenstein, Karin, Oates, John, Roth, Philipp, Telfer, Paul, Usongo, Leonard

“…[...] he provides no compelling evidence to support his claims that hundreds of thousands of rural poor are being displaced by conservation in Central Africa…”
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Environmental Issues in Central Africa by Abernethy, Katharine, Maisels, Fiona, White, Lee J.T

“…The Central African forests, the planet's second largest rainforest block, are key to global environmental health. They influence climate change through their…”
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African forest and savannah elephants treated as separate species by Hart, John, Gobush, Kathleen, Maisels, Fiona, Wasser, Sam, Okita-Ouma, Benson, Slotow, Rob

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Saving the World’s Terrestrial Megafauna by RIPPLE, WILLIAM J., CHAPRON, GUILLAUME, LÓPEZ-BAO, JOSÉ VICENTE, DURANT, SARAH M., MACDONALD, DAVID W., LINDSEY, PETER A., BENNETT, ELIZABETH L., BESCHTA, ROBERT L., BRUSKOTTER, JEREMY T., CAMPOS-ARCEIZ, AHIMSA, CORLETT, RICHARD T., DARIMONT, CHRIS T., DICKMAN, AMY J., DIRZO, RODOLFO, DUBLIN, HOLLY T., ESTES, JAMES A., EVERATT, KRISTOFFER T., GALETTI, MAURO, GOSWAMI, VARUN R., HAYWARD, MATT W., HEDGES, SIMON, HOFFMANN, MICHAEL, HUNTER, LUKE T. B., KERLEY, GRAHAM I. H., LETNIC, MIKE, LEVI, TAAL, MAISELS, FIONA, MORRISON, JOHN C., NELSON, MICHAEL PAUL, NEWSOME, THOMAS M., PAINTER, LUKE, PRINGLE, ROBERT M., SANDOM, CHRISTOPHER J., TERBORGH, JOHN, TREVES, ADRIAN, VALKENBURGH, BLAIRE VAN, VUCETICH, JOHN A., WIRSING, AARON J., WALLACH, ARIAN D., WOLF, CHRISTOPHER, WOODROFFE, ROSIE, YOUNG, HILLARY, ZHANG, LI

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FSC-certified forest management benefits large mammals compared to non-FSC by Zwerts, Joeri A., Sterck, E. H. M., Verweij, Pita A., Maisels, Fiona, van der Waarde, Jaap, Geelen, Emma A. M., Tchoumba, Georges Belmond, Donfouet Zebaze, Hermann Frankie, van Kuijk, Marijke

“…More than a quarter of the world’s tropical forests are exploited for timber 1 . Logging impacts biodiversity in these ecosystems, primarily through the…”
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