Forest fragmentation, the decline of an endangered primate, and changes in host-parasite interactions relative to an unfragmented forest

Article Abstract:

An analysis of parasite infections and the abundance of infective helmiths in 20 forest fragments and in the unfragmented forest in Kibale National Park, Uganda to determine the affect of forest fragmentation on the host-parasite interaction which would eventually lead to reduction in the host population is presented. It is inferred that forest fragmentation can lead to changes in host-parasite correlations and the modifications can alter the size of host population in forest fragments.

Health aspects, Causes of, Protection and preservation, Forest ecology

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Life on the edge: Gastrointestinal parasites from the forest edge and interior primate groups

Article Abstract:

A study is conducted to examine how anthropogenic changes associated with the creation of edges in Kibale National Park, Uganda alter the parasite community that is supported by two species of African colobines, the endangered red colobus and the black-and-white colobus. It is believed that interactions with humans may be linked to the observed patterns of infections, and hence understanding the ecology of infectious diseases in nonhuman primates is of paramount importance.

Diseases, Host-parasite relationships

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Predicting folivorous primate abundance: validation of a nutritional model

Article Abstract:

A series of forest fragments was censused in 1995 and again in 2000, which founded that the populations in these fragments had declined from 165 in 1995 to 119 animals in 2000. It was demonstrated that the protein-to-fiber rations of mature leaves available to the folivorous primates accounted for 87% of the variance in their biomass.

Demographic aspects, Food and nutrition, Primates, Folivores

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