Mireille Ndoundou-Hockemba

TL;DR: Observations of the first two observations of tool use in wild western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) show that in gorillas other factors such as habitat type can stimulate the use of tools.

TL;DR: Evaluating occupancy trends for 511 populations of terrestrial mammals and birds, representing 244 species from 15 tropical forest protected areas on three continents, finds that occupancy declined in 22, increased in 17%, and exhibited no change in 22% of populations during the last 3–8 years, while 39% of population were detected too infrequently to assess occupancy changes.

TL;DR: It is shown that simulated declines of large-seeded animal-dispersed trees have contrasting effects on aboveground carbon stocks across Earth's tropical forests, and floristic differences and distinct dispersal mode–seed size–adult size combinations can drive contrasting regional responses to defaunation.

TL;DR: It is found that carbon stocks were not a significant predictor for any of these three measures of diversity, which suggests that benefits for wildlife diversity will not be maximized unless wildlife diversity is explicitly taken into account; prioritizing carbon stocks alone will not necessarily meet biodiversity conservation goals.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used camera-trap monitoring to assess population trends for 15 populations of nine duiker species in six national parks in Central and East Africa and found that most duiker populations appear relatively healthy in monitored parks.