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This study approaches, from a floristic perspective, the under-researched human-primate competition for forest resources. Investigating the human impact on fruit trees edible for Kinda baboons (Papio kindae Lönnberg), we have collated dietary data on a free-ranging troop and floristic information on two forest sites of the Kundelungu National Park (KNP), Democratic Republic of Congo: the relatively intact Integral Zone (IZ) and the human-disturbed Annex Zone (AZ). Trees with DBH≥10 cm have been identified, counted and measured throughout 22 sample plots (11 per site), each measuring 1,000 m2. A total of seven woody species whose fruits are eaten by Kinda baboons were recorded. Four of them, namely the Sycamore fig Ficus sycomorus L., the Mobola plum Parinari curatellifolia Planch. ex Benth, the Kudu berry Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia Pax and the Monkey orange Strychnos innocua Delile were found in both sites, while the Large-leaved jackal-berry Diosyros kirkii Hiern and the Buffalo thorn Ziziphus mucronata Willd. were exclusively in the IZ, and Strychnos cocculoides Baker only in the AZ. Compared to the IZ, the AZ had lower values of stem density, species richness and diversity indices, suggesting a negative human impact on baboon-edible trees, in line with our hypothesis. Moreover, as was expected, human activities decreased the abundance of larger baboon-edible fruit trees. However, the size-class distribution of P. curatellifolia depicted a reverse J-curve in the AZ. The abundant younger P. curatellifolia trees remaining in that human-disturbed site constitute an important food stock for baboons, if well preserved. These results also illustrate the critical role of rangers’ patrols, formerly more frequent (and presumably efficient) in the IZ than in the AZ of the Park. Their implications on baboons and miombo forests are discussed from both the research and conservation perspectives.

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Abstract
Introduction
Materials and Methods
Study area
Data collection and analysis
Results
Floristic composition of the surveyed forests
Diversity of baboon food trees in the two sites
Stem density, basal area and age-class distribution of the baboon-edible species
Discussion
Woody species composition and diversity of baboon-edible fruit trees
Lower edible fruit tree densities and basal area: possible effects on baboons
Size-class structure and regeneration pattern of baboon-edible trees
Conclusion
References

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• Paul Kaseya Kazaba [ Unité de Recherche en Ecologie, Restauration écologique et Paysage (EREP), Departement de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Lubumbashi, BP 1825, Lubumbashi, D.R. Congo, Department of Environmental Management, Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute (PAULESI), University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200284, Nigeria ] Corresponding Author
• Désiré Mujike Numbi [ Unité de Recherche en Ecologie, Restauration écologique et Paysage (EREP), Departement de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Lubumbashi, BP 1825, Lubumbashi, D.R. Congo ]
• Jonathan Ilunga Muledi [ Unité de Recherche en Ecologie, Restauration écologique et Paysage (EREP), Departement de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Lubumbashi, BP 1825, Lubumbashi, D.R. Congo ]
• Mylor Ngoy Shutcha [ Unité de Recherche en Ecologie, Restauration écologique et Paysage (EREP), Departement de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Lubumbashi, BP 1825, Lubumbashi, D.R. Congo ]
• Didier Kambol Tshikung [ Departement des Sciences de Base, Faculté de Médecine vétérinaire, Université de Lubumbashi, BP 1825, Lubumbashi, D.R. Congo ]
• Akindayo Abiodun Sowunmi [ Department of Zoology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200284, Nigeria ]
• Albert Orodena Aweto [ Department of Geography, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200284, Nigeria ]

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• 간행물명

  Journal of Forest and Environmental Science [산림과학연구]

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  계간

• pISSN

  2288-9744

• eISSN

  2288-9752

• 수록기간

  1981~2025

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 526 DDC 634