The Atewa Range Forest Reserve represents one of the largest remaining forest blocks in Ghana and one of the most rewarding areas for scientific study, as the nation's last intact block of Upland Evergreen Forest. The survey results presented in this volume confirm that Atewa is a site of extreme significance for global biodiversity conservation, one which should be protected in its entirety as it harbors a number of rare and threatened species within a unique habitat type.The results of this assessment strongly suggest that Atewa represents a very rare example of a relatively intact West African forest, notably showing that Atewa is an important site for amphibians. Researchers observed a high proportion of threatened amphibian species, some of which maintain the majority of their existing populations in Atewa.

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Distribution and abundance of the roloway monkey cercopithecus diana roloway and other primate species in Ghana

A rapid biological assessment of the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Eastern Ghana.

The Dahomey Gap, a strip of forest-savanna mosaic that interrupts the lowland rainforests of West Africa, is supposed to have acted as a natural barrier to the distribution of forest-dwelling mammals. However, few thorough mammal surveys have been conducted in this region. This study intended to gather distributional data and help clarify the distribution limits of diurnal primates occurring within this 'Gap'. Southern Togo and Benin were surveyed between June and November 2003. The surveys consisted of interviews with hunters and guards from parks and reserves, and walking surveys of forests. As a result, seven diurnal primate species are listed for Togo and Benin.

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Distribution and abundance of the roloway monkey cercopithecus diana roloway and other primate species in Ghana

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A rapid biological assessment of the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Eastern Ghana.

Distribution of Diurnal Primate Species in Togo and Bénin

A Rapid Survey of Primates from the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Ghana

Distribution and population density of endangered primate species in Ghana’s forest reserves

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