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Accessibility to protected areas increases primate hunting intensity in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea (2022)
Journal Article
Branch, D., Moka Sharpe, S., Maho, L. M., Silochi Pons, M. Á., Mitogo Michá, F., Motove Etingüe, A., …Fernández, D. (2022). Accessibility to protected areas increases primate hunting intensity in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 3, Article 780162. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2022.780162

Bioko is one of the most important sites for African primate conservation; yet it has seen a severe decline in its primate populations due to illegal hunting to supply a thriving wildmeat trade. The completion in 2015 of a new road bisecting the Gran... Read More about Accessibility to protected areas increases primate hunting intensity in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

The current status of the world’s primates: Mapping threats to understand priorities for primate conservation (2021)
Journal Article
Fernández, D., Kerhoas, D., Dempsey, A., Billany, J., McCabe, G., & Argirova, E. (2022). The current status of the world’s primates: Mapping threats to understand priorities for primate conservation. International Journal of Primatology, 43, 15–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-021-00242-2

Over the past decades, primate populations have been declining. Four years ago, >60% of species were listed as threatened. As the rate of loss accelerates and new IUCN assessments are being published, we used IUCN Red List assessments and peer-review... Read More about The current status of the world’s primates: Mapping threats to understand priorities for primate conservation.

Lemurs in Cacao: Presence and Abundance within the Shade Plantations of Northern Madagascar (2019)
Journal Article
Webber, A. D., Solofondranohatra, J. S., Razafindramoana, S., Fernandez, D., Parker, C. A., Steer, M., …Allainguillaume, J. (in press). Lemurs in Cacao: Presence and Abundance within the Shade Plantations of Northern Madagascar. Folia Primatologica, 91(2), 96-107. https://doi.org/10.1159/000501987

© 2019 S. Karger AG, Basel. The recognition that much biodiversity exists outside protected areas is driving research to understand how animals survive in anthropogenic landscapes. In Madagascar, cacao (Theobroma cacao) is grown under a mix of native... Read More about Lemurs in Cacao: Presence and Abundance within the Shade Plantations of Northern Madagascar.

Cercocebus sanjei (2018)
Other
McCabe, G., Rovero, F., Fernandez, D., & Butynski, T. Cercocebus sanjei

Listed as Endangered based on its small extent of occurrence (1,872 km2), small area of occupancy (ca. 300 km2) and population fragmented into two isolated sub-populations, one of them residing in an area of limited protection and where there are ong... Read More about Cercocebus sanjei.

Monitoring the Sanje mangabey population in Tanzania while engaging the local community (2018)
Book Chapter
Fernandez, D., McCabe, G., & Ehardt, C. Monitoring the Sanje mangabey population in Tanzania while engaging the local community. In A. Behie, J. Teichroeb, & N. Malone (Eds.), Primate Research and Conservation in the Anthropocene. Cambridge University Press. Manuscript submitted for publication

In order to successfully create and implement conservation management plans for endangered primates it is essential to work within local communities. This has been our approach in the Udzungwa region of Tanzania, where the Sanje Mangabey Project has... Read More about Monitoring the Sanje mangabey population in Tanzania while engaging the local community.

Exaggerated Sexual Swellings and the Probability of Conception in Wild Sanje Mangabeys (Cercocebus sanjei) (2017)
Journal Article
Borries, C., Fernández, D., Doran-Sheehy, D., & Ehardt, C. L. (2017). Exaggerated Sexual Swellings and the Probability of Conception in Wild Sanje Mangabeys (Cercocebus sanjei). International Journal of Primatology, 38(3), 513-532. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-017-9961-1

© 2017, The Author(s). Females of several catarrhine primate species exhibit exaggerated sexual swellings that change in size and coloration during the menstrual cycle and, in some species, gestation. Although their function remains under debate, stu... Read More about Exaggerated Sexual Swellings and the Probability of Conception in Wild Sanje Mangabeys (Cercocebus sanjei).

Conservation strategies for understanding and combating the primate bushmeat trade on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea (2017)
Journal Article
Gonder, M. K., Esara Echube, J. M., Riaco, C., Cronin, D., Sesink Clee, P. R., Mitchell, M. W., …Mary Katherine, G. (2017). Conservation strategies for understanding and combating the primate bushmeat trade on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. American Journal of Primatology, 79(11), https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22663

© 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea is among the important places in Africa for the conservation of primates, but a cultural preference for bushmeat and a lack of effective law enforcement has encouraged commercial bushmeat... Read More about Conservation strategies for understanding and combating the primate bushmeat trade on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.