



ff 



abundance of Maranthaceae 



clayey soil 



roacls-> 10 km 



_ • (^ers->'lktn 

 dense plain foreS • 



I 



abundance of lianas. 



nohuntinjg indices* 



absence of Maranthaceae 



' c lo s ed cano p y 



-•— <•♦ 



• |»e ience of lianas « 



sti )ny soil 

 presence of Marantltaceae 



open canopy 



roads- 3 to 10 km 



* i sand^soil 

 • - • 



dense forest on top of fiill 

 roads -0 to 3 km 



^ 



hun ting indices 



F1 (50,32 %) 



Figure 2 : Relationship between mammal distribution and ecological and human factors as shown by axis 

 Fl and F2 of the Multiple Correspondence Analyses 



Loxodontha africana 



y = 0.0002X + 0,069î 

 0,1 -, FP = 0.0032 



0,08 

 ^ 0,06 

 a 0,04 



0,02 

 



^t_S^ 



J"^ 



rr — 



10 

 km 



15 



20 



C.iHonticola 



y = 0,0009x + 0,018 

 R-= 0.1963 



Figure 3 : Species' distribution in relation to distance from roads 

 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS 



Some of the most hunted species for consumption by local people occur mainly far from areas with a 

 significant human activity. The red duikers and C sylvicultor avoid hunted zones and are significantly 

 more abundant far from roads. Laurance et al. (2006) have shown similar results in South-east Gabon, 



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