that explain mammal distribution in logging concessions and provide very useful recommendations for 

 taking wildlife populations into account in logging operations. 



MATERIAL, METHODS AND RESULTS " 



Between 2001 and 2003, the company CBG ("Compagnie des Bois du Gabon") carried out a forest 

 management survey within its Mandji logging concession ( Figure i). The forest inventory was carried 

 out along 1 59 parallel and equidistant line transects which covered 1 % of the overall concession area. 

 The survey units were 20 m by 200 m adjacent plots (5711 plots) centred on the transect line. 



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Loango National Park 



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limits of the forest concession 

 nnain towns 

 national Parks 



main roads 



Figure 1 : The Mandji forest concession under sustainable management plan and the 

 system of transects used for "biodiversity surveys" 



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