La Tour du Valat

Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	Rainforest disturbance affects population density of the northern cassowary Casuarius unappendiculatus in Papua, Indonesia
Auteurs :	Margaretha Pangau-Adam, Auteur ; Michael Muehlenberg, Auteur ; Matthias Waltert, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Oryx (49(4) OCT 2015)
Article en page(s) :	735-742
Résumé :	Nominally protected areas in Papua are under threat from encroachment, logging and hunting. The northern cassowary Casuarius unappendiculatus is the largest frugivore of the lowland rainforest of New Guinea and is endemic to this region, and therefore it is an important conservation target and a potential flagship species. We investigated effects of habitat degradation on the species by means of distance sampling surveys of 58 line transects across five distinct habitats, from primary forest to forest gardens. Estimated cassowary densities ranged from 14.1 (95%

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