Article
Weber A, Lighten J, van Oosterhout C, Guibinga Mickala A, Ntie S, Mickala P, Lehmann D, Abernethy K & Anthony N (2023) What mandrills leave behind: using fecal samples to characterize the major histocompatibility complex in a threatened primate. Conservation Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-023-01587-2
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The biogeography of Gabonese savannas: Evidence from termite community richness and composition
Evouna Ondo F, Jeffery KJ, Whytock R, Abernethy K, Couteron P, Eggleton P, Griffin C, Ostle NJ, Koumba Pambo A, Ngomanda A, Edzang Ndong J & Parr CL (2023) The biogeography of Gabonese savannas: Evidence from termite community richness and composition. Journal of Biogeography, 50 (9), pp. 1505-1518. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14671
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Wilfried G, Ella E, Takenoshita Y, Brice L, Koumba M, Loïque F, Nguelet M, Iwata Y, Ando C, Mavoungou J & Abernethy K (2023) Diet Composition and Feeding Ecology of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) in a Lowland Tropical Forest in Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, Gabon. African Study Monographs, 43. https://doi.org/10.34548/asm.43.42
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Whytock RC, Suijten T, van Deursen T, Świeżewski J, Mermiaghe H, Madamba N, Mouckoumou N, Zwerts JA, Pambo AFK, Bahaa‐el‐din L, Brittain S, Lehmann D, Orbell C, White LJT & Abernethy KA (2023) Real‐time alerts from AI‐enabled camera traps using the Iridium satellite network: A case‐study in Gabon, Central Africa. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14 (3), pp. 867-874. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.14036
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Ementine Durand-Bessart C, Cordeiro NJ, Chapman CA, Abernethy K, Forget P, Fontaine C & ßois Bretagnolle F (2023) Trait matching and sampling effort shape the structure of the frugivory network in Afrotropical forests. New Phytologist, 237 (4), pp. 1446-1462. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18619
Article
Can diet niche partitioning enhance sexual dimorphism?
Bauld JT, Abernethy KA, Newton J, Lehmann D, Jones IL & Bussière LF (2022) Can diet niche partitioning enhance sexual dimorphism?. Ecology and Evolution, 12 (12), Art. No.: e9599. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9599
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Functional susceptibility of tropical forests to climate change
Aguirre‐Gutiérrez J, Berenguer E, Oliveras Menor I, Bauman D, Corral-Rivas JJ, Nava-Miranda MG, Both S, Ndong JE, Ondo FE, Bengone NN, Mihinhou V, Dalling JW, Abernethy K, Jeffery KJ & White LJT (2022) Functional susceptibility of tropical forests to climate change. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6, pp. 878-889. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01747-6
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Willis J, Ingram DJ, Abernethy K, Kemalasari D, Muchlish U, Sampurna Y, Iponga DM & Coad L (2022) WILDMEAT interventions database: A new database of interventions addressing unsustainable wild meat hunting, consumption and trade. African Journal of Ecology, 60 (2), pp. 205-211. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13000
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Guibinga Mickala A, Weber A, Ntie S, Gahlot P, Lehmann D, Mickala P, Abernethy K & Anthony N (2022) Estimation of the census (Nc) and effective (Ne) population size of a wild mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) horde in the Lopé National Park, Gabon using a non-invasive genetic approach. Conservation Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-022-01458-2
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Sullivan MK, Biessiemou PAM, Niangadouma R, Abernethy K, Queenborough SA & Comita L (2022) A decade of diversity and forest structure: Post-logging patterns across life stages in an Afrotropical forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 513, Art. No.: 120169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120169
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MASTREE+: time-series of plant reproductive effort from six continents
Hacket-Pain A, Foest JJ, Pearse IS, LaMontagne JM, Koenig WD, Vacchiano G, Bogdziewicz M, Caignard T, Celebias P, van Dormolen J, Fernández-Martínez M, Moris JV, Abernethy K, Jeffery K & White LJT (2022) MASTREE+: time-series of plant reproductive effort from six continents. Global Change Biology, 28 (9), pp. 3066-3082. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16130
Article
Duncanson L, Kellner JR, Armston J, Dubayah R, Minor DM, Hancock S, Healey SP, Patterson PL, Saarela S, Marselis S, Silva CE, Bruening J, Abernethy K, Jeffery KJ & White LJT (2022) Aboveground biomass density models for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission. Remote Sensing of Environment, 270, Art. No.: 112845. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112845
Article
Long-term monitoring of wildlife populations for protected area management in Southeast Asia
Nuttall MN, Griffin O, Fewster RM, McGowan PJK, Abernethy K, O'Kelly H, Nut M, Sot V & Bunnefeld N (2022) Long-term monitoring of wildlife populations for protected area management in Southeast Asia. Conservation Science and Practice, 4 (2), Art. No.: e614. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.614
Book Chapter
Status, Trends, and Scenarios of Invasive Alien Species in Gabon
Mikissa JB, Pambo AFK, Ngoyi EB, Jeffery KJ, White L & Abernethy K (2021) Status, Trends, and Scenarios of Invasive Alien Species in Gabon. In: Invasive Alien Species: Observations and Issues from Around the World, Volume 1: Issues and Invasions in Africa. Oxford: Wiley, pp. 139-144. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119607045.ch4
Article
The role of incentive-based instruments and social equity in conservation conflict interventions
Rakotonarivo SO, Bell AR, Abernethy K, Minderman J, Duthie AB, Redpath S, Keane A, Travers H, Bourgeois S, Moukagni L, Cusack JJ, Jones IL, Pozo RA & Bunnefeld N (2021) The role of incentive-based instruments and social equity in conservation conflict interventions. Ecology and Society, 26 (2), Art. No.: 8. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12306-260208
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Ingram DJ, Coad L, Milner-Gulland EJ, Parry L, Wilkie D, Bakarr MI, Benítez-López A, Bennett EL, Bodmer R, Cowlishaw G, El Bizri HR, Eves HE, Fa JE, Golden CD & Abernethy K (2021) Wild Meat Is Still on the Menu: Progress in Wild Meat Research, Policy, and Practice from 2002 to 2020. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 46, pp. 221-254. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-041020-063132
Article
Fine root dynamics across pantropical rainforest ecosystems
Huaraca Huasco W, Riutta T, Girardin CAJ, Hancco Pacha F, Puma Vilca BL, Moore S, Rifai SW, Del Aguila Pasquel J, Araujo Murakami A, Freitag R, Morel AC, Demissie S, Jeffery KL, White LJT & Abernethy KA (2021) Fine root dynamics across pantropical rainforest ecosystems. Global Change Biology, 27 (15), pp. 3657-3680. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15677
Article
Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots
Blundo C, Carilla J, Grau R, Malizia A, Malizia L, Osinaga-Acosta O, Bird M, Bradford M, Catchpole D, Ford A, Graham A, Hilbert D, Kemp J, Abernethy K & Jeffery K (2021) Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots. Biological Conservation, 260, Art. No.: 108849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108849
Article
Robust ecological analysis of camera trap data labelled by a machine learning model
Whytock RC, Świeżewski J, Zwerts JA, Bara‐Słupski T, Koumba Pambo AF, Rogala M, Bahaa‐el‐din L, Boekee K, Brittain S, Cardoso AW, Henschel P, Lehmann D, Momboua B, Orbell C & Abernethy KA (2021) Robust ecological analysis of camera trap data labelled by a machine learning model. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12 (6), pp. 1080-1092. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13576
Article
A distinct ecotonal tree community exists at central African forest-savanna transitions
Cardoso AW, Oliveras I, Abernethy KA, Jeffery KJ, Glover S, Lehmann D, Edzang Ndong J, White LJT, Bond WJ & Malhi Y (2021) A distinct ecotonal tree community exists at central African forest-savanna transitions. Journal of Ecology, 109 (3), pp. 1170-1183. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13549
Article
Pantropical modelling of canopy functional traits using Sentinel-2 remote sensing data
Aguirre-Gutiérrez J, Rifai S, Shenkin A, Oliveras I, Bentley LP, Svátek M, Girardin CAJ, Both S, Riutta T, Berenguer E, Kissling WD, Bauman D, Abernethy K, Jeffery KJ & White LJT (2021) Pantropical modelling of canopy functional traits using Sentinel-2 remote sensing data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 252, Art. No.: 112122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112122
Article
Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests
Hubau W, Lewis SL, Phillips OL, Affum-Baffoe K, Beeckman H, Cuní-Sanchez A, Daniels A, Ewango CEN, Fauset S, Mukinzi JM, Sheil D, Sonké B, White LJT, Abernethy K & Jeffery K (2020) Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests. Nature, 579, pp. 80-87. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2035-0
Website Content
Cercopithecus cephus ssp. cephodes
Maisels F & Abernethy K (2020) Cercopithecus cephus ssp. cephodes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [IUCN website] 2020. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T136915A17985059.en
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Cercopithecus cephus ssp. cephus
Maisels F & Abernethy K (2020) Cercopithecus cephus ssp. cephus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [IUCN website] 2020. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T136882A17985034.en
Article
Long-term collapse in fruit availability threatens Central African forest megafauna
Bush ER, Whytock RC, Bahaa-el-din L, Bourgeois S, Bunnefeld N, Cardoso AW, Dikangadissi JT, Dimbonda P, Dimoto E, Edzang Ndong J, Jeffery KJ, Lehmann D, Makaga L, Momboua B, Momont LRW, Tutin CEG, White LJT, Whittaker A & Abernethy K (2020) Long-term collapse in fruit availability threatens Central African forest megafauna. Science, 370 (6521), pp. 1219-1222. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc7791
Article
Evaluating the Potential of Full-waveform Lidar for Mapping Pan-Tropical Tree Species Richness
Marselis SM, Abernethy K, Alonso A, Armston J, Baker T, Bastin J, Bogaert J, Boyd D, Boeckx P, Burslem D, Chazdon R, Clark D, Coomes D, Duncanson L & Hancock S (2020) Evaluating the Potential of Full-waveform Lidar for Mapping Pan-Tropical Tree Species Richness. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29 (10), pp. 1799-1816. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13158
Article
COVID-19, Systemic Crisis, and Possible Implications for the Wild Meat Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa
McNamara J, Robinson EJZ, Abernethy K, Midoko Iponga D, Sackey HNK, Wright JH & Milner-Gulland EJ (2020) COVID-19, Systemic Crisis, and Possible Implications for the Wild Meat Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa. Environmental and Resource Economics, 76 (4), p. 1045–1066. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-020-00474-5
Article
Rare ground data confirm significant warming and drying in western equatorial Africa
Bush ER, Jeffery K, Bunnefeld N, Tutin C, Musgrave R, Moussavou G, Mihindou V, Malhi Y, Lehmann D, Edzang Ndong J, Makaga L & Abernethy K (2020) Rare ground data confirm significant warming and drying in western equatorial Africa. PeerJ, 8, Art. No.: e8732. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8732
Article
The Role of Forest Elephants in Shaping Tropical Forest-Savanna Coexistence
Cardoso AW, Malhi Y, Oliveras I, Lehmann D, Ndong JE, Dimoto E, Bush E, Jeffery K, Labriere N, Lewis SL, White LTJ, Bond W & Abernethy K (2020) The Role of Forest Elephants in Shaping Tropical Forest-Savanna Coexistence. Ecosystems, 23 (3), p. 602–616. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00424-3
Article
Monitoring Mega-Crown Leaf Turnover from Space
Bush ER, Mitchard ETA, Silva TSF, Dimoto E, Dimbonda P, Makaga L & Abernethy K (2020) Monitoring Mega-Crown Leaf Turnover from Space. Remote Sensing, 12 (3), Art. No.: 429. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12030429
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Cercopithecus cephus (amended version of 2019 assessment)
Abernethy K & Maisels F (2019) Cercopithecus cephus (amended version of 2019 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [IUCN website] 2019. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T4214A166614362.en
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Abernethy K & Maisels F (2019) Mandrillus sphinx. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [IUCN website] 2019. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T12754A17952325.en
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Allochrocebus solatus (errata version published in 2019)
Abernethy K, Maisels F & Coad L (2019) Allochrocebus solatus (errata version published in 2019). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [IUCN website] 2019. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T4230A154209091.en
Research Report
Towards a sustainable, participatory and inclusive wild meat sector
Coad L, Fa JE, Abernethy K, Van Vliet N, Santamaria C, Wilkie D, El Bizri HR, Ingram DJ, Cawthorn D & Nasi R (2019) Towards a sustainable, participatory and inclusive wild meat sector. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). Bogor, Indonesia. https://doi.org/10.17528/cifor/007046
Letter
Marselis SM, Tang H, Armston J, Abernethy KA, Alonso A, Barbier N, Bissiengou P, Jeffery KJ, Kenfack D, Labrière N, Lee SK, Lewis SL, Memiaghe H, Poulsen JR, White L & Dubayah R (2019) Exploring the relation between remotely sensed vertical canopy structure and tree species diversity in Gabon. Environmental Research Letters, 14 (9), Art. No.: 094013. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab2dcd
Website Content
Abernethy K, Maisels F & Coad L (2019) Allochrocebus solatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019 (e.T4230A92346555) [Blog post] 31.03.2019. https://doi.org/10.2305/iucn.uk.2019-1.rlts.t4230a92346555.en
Article
Changes in livelihood practices, strategies and dependence on bushmeat in two provinces in Gabon
van Gils EJT, Ingram VJ, Midoko Iponga D & Abernethy K (2019) Changes in livelihood practices, strategies and dependence on bushmeat in two provinces in Gabon. International Forestry Review, 21 (1), pp. 108-127.
Article
ENSO Drives interannual variation of forest woody growth across the tropics
Rifai SW, Girardin CAJ, Berenguer E, del Aguila-Pasquel J, Dahlsjö CAL, Doughty CE, Jeffery KJ, Moore S, Oliveras I, Riutta T, Rowland LM, Murakami AA, Addo-Danso SD, Abernethy KA & White LJT (2018) ENSO Drives interannual variation of forest woody growth across the tropics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373 (1760), Art. No.: 20170410. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0410
Article
Cardoso AW, Oliveras I, Abernethy KA, Jeffery KJ, Lehmann D, Edzang Ndong J, McGregor I, Belcher CM, Bond WJ & Malhi YS (2018) Grass Species Flammability, Not Biomass, Drives Changes in Fire Behavior at Tropical Forest-Savanna Transitions. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 1, Art. No.: 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2018.00006
Technical Report
Towards a Sustainable, Participatory and Inclusive Wild Meat Sector
Coad L, Fa JE, Abernethy K, Van Vliet N, Santamaria C, Wilkie D, El Bizri HR, Ingram DJ, Cawthorn D & Nasi R (2018) Towards a Sustainable, Participatory and Inclusive Wild Meat Sector. Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat. Montreal, Canada. https://www.cbd.int/doc/c/8ca9/8f95/d06a6f4d99339baebd13648a/cop-14-inf-07-en.pdf
Article
Labriere N, Tao S, Chave J, Scipal K, Toan TL, Abernethy K, Alonso A, Barbier N, Bissiengou P, Casal T, Davies SJ, Ferraz A, Hérault B, Jeffery KJ & White LJT (2018) In Situ Reference Datasets From the TropiSAR and AfriSAR Campaigns in Support of Upcoming Spaceborne Biomass Missions. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 11 (10), pp. 3617-3627. https://doi.org/10.1109/jstars.2018.2851606
Article
Silva CA, Saatchi SS, Garcia M, Labriere N, Klauberg C, Ferraz A, Meyer V, Jeffery KJ, Abernethy K, White L, Zhao K, Lewis S & Hudak AT (2018) Comparison of Small- and Large-Footprint Lidar Characterization of Tropical Forest Aboveground Structure and Biomass: A Case Study From Central Gabon. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 11 (10), pp. 3512-3526. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2018.2816962
Article
The emergence of a commercial trade in pangolins from Gabon
Mambeya MM, Baker F, Momboua BR, Koumba Pambo AF, Hega M, Okouyi Okouyi VJ, Onanga M, Challender DWS, Ingram DJ, Wang H & Abernethy K (2018) The emergence of a commercial trade in pangolins from Gabon. African Journal of Ecology, 56 (3), pp. 601-609. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12507
Article
Bush ER, Bunnefeld N, Dimoto E, Dikangadissi J, Jeffery K, Tutin C, White L & Abernethy KA (2018) Towards effective monitoring of tropical phenology: maximizing returns and reducing uncertainty in long‐term studies. Biotropica, 50 (3), pp. 455-464. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12543
Article
Rethinking tropical phenology: insights from long‐term monitoring and novel analytical methods
Morellato LPC, Abernethy K & Mendoza I (2018) Rethinking tropical phenology: insights from long‐term monitoring and novel analytical methods. Biotropica, 50 (3), pp. 371-373. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12562
Article
Annual cycles are the most common reproductive strategy in African tropical tree communities
Adamescu GS, Plumptre AJ, Abernethy KA, Polansky L, Bush ER, Chapman CA, Shoo LP, Fayolle A, Janmaat KRL, Robbins MM, Ndangalasi HJ, Cordeiro NJ, Gilby IC, Jeffery K & White L (2018) Annual cycles are the most common reproductive strategy in African tropical tree communities. Biotropica, 50 (3), pp. 418-430. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12561
Article
Current issues in tropical phenology: a synthesis
Abernethy K, Bush ER, Forget P, Mendoza I & Morellato LPC (2018) Current issues in tropical phenology: a synthesis. Biotropica, 50 (3), pp. 477-482. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12558
Article
Assessing Africa-wide pangolin exploitation by scaling local data
Ingram DJ, Coad LM, Abernethy K, Maisels F, Stokes E, Bobo KS, Breuer T, Gandiwa E, Ghiurghi A, Greengrass E, Holmern T, Kamgaing TOW, Ndong Obiang AM, Poulsen JR & Schleicher J (2018) Assessing Africa-wide pangolin exploitation by scaling local data. Conservation Letters, 11 (2), Art. No.: e12389. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12389
Article
Single-nucleotide polymorphism discovery and panel characterization in the African forest elephant
Bourgeois S, Senn H, Kaden J, Taggart J, Ogden R, Jeffery KJ, Bunnefeld N, Abernethy K & McEwing R (2018) Single-nucleotide polymorphism discovery and panel characterization in the African forest elephant. Ecology and Evolution, 8 (4), pp. 2207-2217. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3854
Article
Fourier analysis to detect phenological cycles using long-term tropical field data and simulations
Bush E, Abernethy K, Jeffery KJ, Tutin CEG, White L, Dimoto E, Dikangadissi J, Jump A & Bunnefeld N (2017) Fourier analysis to detect phenological cycles using long-term tropical field data and simulations. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 8 (5), pp. 530-540. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12704
Conference Proceeding
Future perspectives from historical data; addressing the data-gap in Central Africa
Jeffery KJ, White L, Bush E, Moore S, Malhi Y, Lewis S, Dimoto E, Dikangadissi J, Evouna Ondo F, Edzang Ndong J, Ditoughou C, Lehmann D & Abernethy K (2016) Future perspectives from historical data; addressing the data-gap in Central Africa. In: Sist P, Carriere S, Parolin P & Forget P (eds.) 53rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Montpellier, France, 19.06.2016-23.06.2016. Paris, France: Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, p. 144. http://tropicalbiology.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Proceedings-ATBC2016.pdf
Article
Environmental issues in Central Africa
Abernethy K, Maisels F & White L (2016) Environmental issues in Central Africa. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 41 (1), pp. 1-33. http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/eprint/ThBqVdjzNh7Hz8Emx3ud/full/10.1146/annurev-environ-110615-085415; https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-110615-085415
Article
Bushmeat hunting and extinction risk to the world’s mammals
Ripple WJ, Abernethy K, Betts MG, Chapron G, Dirzo R, Galetti M, Levi T, Lindsey PA, Macdonald DW, Machovina B, Newsome TM, Peres CA, Wallach AD, Wolf C & Young H (2016) Bushmeat hunting and extinction risk to the world’s mammals. Royal Society Open Science, 3, Art. No.: 160498. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160498
Article
African Savanna-Forest Boundary Dynamics: A 20-Year Study
Cuni-Sanchez A, White L, Calders K, Jeffery KJ, Abernethy K, Burt A, Disney M, Gilpin M, Gomez-Dans JL & Lewis SL (2016) African Savanna-Forest Boundary Dynamics: A 20-Year Study. PLoS ONE, 11 (6), Art. No.: e0156934. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156934
Article
Protected Areas in Tropical Africa: Assessing Threats and Conservation Activities
Tranquilli S, Abedi-Lartey M, Abernethy K, Amsini F, Asamoah A, Balangtaa C, Blake S, Bouanga E, Breuer T, Brncic TM, Campbell G, Chancellor R, Chapman CA, Davenport TRB & Dunn A (2014) Protected Areas in Tropical Africa: Assessing Threats and Conservation Activities. PLoS ONE, 9 (12), Art. No.: e114154. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114154
Article
Fire management in a changing landscape: a case study from Lopé National Park, Gabon
Jeffery KJ, Korte L, Palla F, Walters GM, White L & Abernethy K (2014) Fire management in a changing landscape: a case study from Lopé National Park, Gabon. PARKS. The International Journal of Protected Areas and Conservation, 20 (1), pp. 39-52. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2014.PARKS-20-1.KJJ.en
Book Chapter
Abernethy K & White L (2013) Mandrillus Sphinx Mandrill [Mandrills]. In: Butynski T, Kingdon J & Kalina J (eds.) Mammals of Africa, Volume II: Primates. London: Bloomsbury, pp. 192-196. http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/mammals-of-africa-9781408122570/
Article
Abernethy K, Coad LM, Taylor G, Lee M & Maisels F (2013) Extent and ecological consequences of hunting in Central African rainforests in the twenty-first century. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 368 (1625), Art. No.: 20120303. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0303
Article
Notes on the distribution and status of small carnivores in Gabon
Bahaa-el-din L, Henschel P, Aba'a R, Abernethy K, Bohm T, Bout N, Coad LM, Head J, Inoue E, Lahm SA, Lee M, Maisels F, Rabanal L, Starkey M, Taylor G, Vanthomme H, Nakashima Y & Hunter LTB (2013) Notes on the distribution and status of small carnivores in Gabon. Small Carnivore Conservation, 48, pp. 19-29. http://www.smallcarnivoreconservation.org/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/SCC-48-2-Bahaa-el-din-et-al.pdf
Article
Social and Ecological Change over a Decade in a Village Hunting System, Central Gabon
Coad LM, Schleicher J, Milner-Gulland EJ, Marthews TR, Starkey M, Manica A, Balmford A, Mbombe W, Diop Bineni TR & Abernethy K (2013) Social and Ecological Change over a Decade in a Village Hunting System, Central Gabon. Conservation Biology, 27 (2), pp. 270-280. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12012
Article
Mitchard ETA, Saatchi SS, White L, Abernethy K, Jeffery KJ, Lewis SL, Collins M, Lefsky MA, Leal ME, Woodhouse IH & Meir P (2012) Mapping tropical forest biomass with radar and spaceborne LiDAR in Lope National Park, Gabon: overcoming problems of high biomass and persistent cloud. Biogeosciences, 9 (1), pp. 179-191. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-179-2012
Lecture
Bushmeat hunting: Extent and consequences
Abernethy K, Coad LM, Starkey M, Wilkie DS, Hymas O, White L, Ndong Obiang AM, Ndong K, Nsame Effa E, Noungou A, Mbazonga M, Van Vliet N, Milner-Gulland EJ, Kuempel N & Maisels F (2012) Bushmeat hunting: Extent and consequences (Presentation) Climate change, deforestation and the future of African forests, Oxford, UK, 04.01.2012-06.01.2012. http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/events/africa/downloads/session63.pdf
Book Chapter
Van Vliet N, Nasi R, Abernethy K, Fargeot C, Kuempel N, Ndong Obiang AM & Ringuet S (2012) Le rôle de la faune dans le cadre de la sécurité alimentaire en Afrique centrale: Une menace pour la Biodiversité? [The role of wildlife for food security in Central Africa: a threat to biodiversity?]. In: de Wasseige C, de Marcken P, Bayol N, Hiol F, Mayaux P, Desclée B B, Nasi R, Billand A, Defourny P P & Eba’a R (eds.) L’Etat des Forêts 2010. Luxembourg: Office des publications de l’Union Européenne, pp. 123-135. http://www.observatoire-comifac.net/docs/edf2010/FR/Etat-des-forets_2010.pdf
Article
Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas
Laurance W, Useche C, Rendeiro J, Kalka M, Bradshaw C, Sloan S, Laurance S, Campbell M, Abernethy K, Alvarez P, Arroyo-Rodriguez V, Ashton P, Benitez-Malvido J, Blom A & Maisels F (2012) Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas. Nature, 489 (7415), pp. 290-294. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11318
Article
Anthony NM, Mickala P, Abernethy K, Atteke C, Bissiengou P, Bruford MW, Dallmeier F, Decaens T, Dudu A, Freedman A, Gonder MK, Hardy OJ, Hart J, Jeffery KJ & Johnson M (2012) Biodiversity and conservation genetics research in Central Africa: new approaches and avenues for international collaboration. Conservation Genetics Resources, 4 (2), pp. 523-525. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-011-9554-9
Article
Palla F, Picard N, Abernethy K, Ukizintambara T, White EC, Riera B, Rudant J & White L (2011) Structural and floristic typology of the forests in the forest-savanna mosaic of the Lopé National Park, Gabon. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 144 (3), pp. 255-266. https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2011.478
Article
Henschel P, Hunter LTB, Coad LM, Abernethy K & Muhlenberg M (2011) Leopard prey choice in the Congo Basin rainforest suggests exploitative competition with human bushmeat hunters. Journal of Zoology, 285 (1), pp. 11-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00826.x
Article
New range limits of the sun-tailed monkey, Cercopithecus solatus, in Central Gabon
Coad LM, Tanga J, Maisels F, Abernethy K, Bout N, Fay M, Henschel P, Lenglet G, Mihindou Y, Puit M, Starkey M, White L & Pauwels OSG (2010) New range limits of the sun-tailed monkey, Cercopithecus solatus, in Central Gabon. Primate Conservation, 25 (1), pp. 33-41. https://doi.org/10.1896/052.025.0108
Article
Distribution and Use of Income from Bushmeat in a Rural Village, Central Gabon
Coad LM, Abernethy K, Balmford A, Manica A, Airey L & Milner-Gulland EJ (2010) Distribution and Use of Income from Bushmeat in a Rural Village, Central Gabon. Conservation Biology, 24 (6), pp. 1510-1518. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01525.x
Technical Report
Abernethy K & Ndong Obiang AM (2010) Bushmeat in Gabon. Ministry of Water and Forests, Government of Gabon.
Article
Home-range Use by a Large Horde of Wild Mandrillus sphinx
White EC, Dikangadissi J, Dimoto E, Karesh WB, Kock MD, Abiaga NO, Starkey R, Ukizintambara T, White L & Abernethy K (2010) Home-range Use by a Large Horde of Wild Mandrillus sphinx. International Journal of Primatology, 31 (4), pp. 627-645. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-010-9417-3
Article
Senn HV, Barton NH, Goodman SJ, Swanson G, Abernethy K & Pemberton JM (2010) Investigating temporal changes in hybridization and introgression in a predominantly bimodal hybridizing population of invasive sika (Cervus nippon) and native red deer (C-elaphus) on the Kintyre Peninsula, Scotland. Molecular Ecology, 19 (5), pp. 910-924. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04497.x
Article
List of Plant species of the Lopé Reserve, Gabon, with emphasis on the northern half
White L, McPherson G, Tutin CEG, Williamson EA, Abernethy K, Reitsma JM, Wieringa JJ, Blom A & Harrison MJS (2009) List of Plant species of the Lopé Reserve, Gabon, with emphasis on the northern half. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 96.
Book Chapter
Genetic studies of western gorillas
Clifford SL, Abernethy K, White L, Tutin CEG, Bruford MW & Wickings EJ (2008) Genetic studies of western gorillas. In: Taylor A & Goldsmith M (eds.) Gorilla Biology. A multidisciplinary perspective. Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 269-293. http://www.cambridge.org/ve/academic/subjects/life-sciences/biological-anthropology-and-primatology/gorilla-biology-multidisciplinary-perspective
Article
Ukizintambara T, White L, Abernethy K & Thebaud C (2007) Gallery forests versus bosquets: conservation of natural fragments at Lope National Park in central Gabon. African Journal of Ecology, 45 (4), pp. 476-482. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00757.x
Article
The role of Pleistocene refugia and rivers in shaping gorilla genetic diversity in central Africa
Anthony NM, Johnson-Bawe M, Jeffery KJ, Clifford SL, Abernethy K, Tutin CEG, Lahm SA, White L, Utley JF, Wickings EJ & Bruford MW (2007) The role of Pleistocene refugia and rivers in shaping gorilla genetic diversity in central Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104 (51), pp. 20432-20436. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0704816105
Article
Who killed Porthos? Genetic tracking of a gorilla death
Jeffery KJ, Abernethy K, Tutin CEG, Anthony NM & Bruford MW (2007) Who killed Porthos? Genetic tracking of a gorilla death. Integrative Zoology, 2 (2), pp. 111-119. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-4877.2007.00050.x
Article
Biological and environmental degradation of gorilla hair and microsatellite amplification success
Jeffery KJ, Abernethy K, Tutin CEG & Bruford MW (2007) Biological and environmental degradation of gorilla hair and microsatellite amplification success. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 91 (2), pp. 281-294. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00792.x
Article
Anthony NM, Clifford SL, Johnson-Bawe M, Abernethy K, Bruford MW & Wickings EJ (2007) Distinguishing gorilla mitochondrial sequences from nuclear integrations and PCR recombinants: Guidelines for their diagnosis in complex sequence databases. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 43 (2), pp. 553-566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2006.09.013
Article
Wilkie DS, Starkey M, Bennett EL, Abernethy K, Fotso R, Maisels F & Elkan P (2006) Can Taxation contribute to sustainable management of the bushmeat trade? Evidence from Gabon and Cameroon. Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, 9 (4), pp. 335-349. https://doi.org/10.1080/13880290601039287
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Wickings EJ, Anthony NM, Johnson-Bawe M, Clifford SL, Abernethy K, Maisels F & Bruford MW Population trends and distribution of genetic variation in western lowland gorillas: implications for conservation. Symposium on Molecular primatology, March 2006, New York, NY.
Article
Why people eat bushmeat: Results from two-choice, taste tests in Gabon, Central Africa
Schenk M, Nsame Effa E, Starkey M, Wilkie DS, Abernethy K, Telfer P, Godoy R & Treves A (2006) Why people eat bushmeat: Results from two-choice, taste tests in Gabon, Central Africa. Human Ecology, 34 (3), pp. 433-445. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-006-9025-1
Article
Leopard food habits in the Lope National Park, Gabon, Central Africa
Henschel P, Abernethy K & White L (2005) Leopard food habits in the Lope National Park, Gabon, Central Africa. African Journal of Ecology, 43 (1), pp. 21-28. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2004.00518.x
Article
Role of prices and wealth in consumer demand for bushmeat in Gabon, central Africa
Wilkie DS, Starkey M, Abernethy K, Nsame Effa E, Telfer P & Godoy R (2005) Role of prices and wealth in consumer demand for bushmeat in Gabon, central Africa. Conservation Biology, 19 (1), pp. 268-274. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00372.x
Article
Gorilla mtDNA - Sequences Unravelled and Secrets Revealed
Wickings EJ, Clifford SL, Anthony NM, Johnson-Bawe M, Abernethy K & Bruford MW (2004) Gorilla mtDNA - Sequences Unravelled and Secrets Revealed. Gorilla Journal: Journal of Berggorilla and Regenwald Direkthilfe, (29), pp. 21-26. http://www.berggorilla.de/fileadmin/gorilla-journal/gorilla-journal-29-english.pdf
Article
Logging speeds little red fire ant invasion of Africa
Walsh PD, Henschel P, Abernethy K, Tutin CEG, Telfer P & Lahm SA (2004) Logging speeds little red fire ant invasion of Africa. Biotropica, 36 (4), pp. 637-640. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00358.x
Meeting Abstract
Anthony NM, Clifford SL, Jeffery KJ, Johnson-Bawe M, Abernethy K, White L, Tutin CEG, Wickings EJ & Bruford MW (2004) Molecular phylogeography of western lowland gorillas: Inferences from mitochondrial and nuclear Microsatellite data. Folia Primatologica, 75 (Supplement 1), pp. 232-232.
Meeting Abstract
Molecular diversity and biogeography of the genus Mandrillus (Primates: Papionini)
Telfer P, Souquiere S, Clifford SL, Abernethy K, Bruford MW, Disotell TR, Sterner KN, Preston PR & Wickings EJ (2004) Molecular diversity and biogeography of the genus Mandrillus (Primates: Papionini). Folia Primatologica, 75 (Supplement 1), pp. 57-58.
Meeting Abstract
Genetic relatedness of western lowland gorillas at Lope, Gabon
Jeffery KJ, Abernethy K, Tutin CEG, Anthony NM & Bruford MW (2004) Genetic relatedness of western lowland gorillas at Lope, Gabon. Folia Primatologica, 75 (Supplement 1), pp. 284-285. http://www.karger.com/Journal/Issue/230274
Article
Western gorilla diet: A synthesis from six sites
Rogers ME, Abernethy K, Bermejo M, Cipolletta C, Doran D, McFarland K, Nishihara T, Remis M & Tutin CEG (2004) Western gorilla diet: A synthesis from six sites. American Journal of Primatology, 64 (2), pp. 173-192. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20071
Article
Makuwa M, Souquiere S, Clifford SL, Telfer PT, Salle B, Bourry O, Onanga R, Mouinga-Ondeme A, Wickings EJ, Abernethy K, Rouquet P, Simon F & Roques P (2004) Two distinct STLV-1 subtypes infecting Mandrillus sphinx follow the geographic distribution of their hosts. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 20 (10), pp. 1137-1143. https://doi.org/10.1089/aid.2004.20.1137
Article
Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Clifford SL, Anthony NM, Johnson-Bawe M, Abernethy K, Tutin CEG, White L, Bermejo M, Goldsmith ML, McFarland K, Jeffery KJ, Bruford MW & Wickings EJ (2004) Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Molecular Ecology, 13 (6), pp. 1551-1565. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02140.x
Article
High levels of SIVmnd-1 replication in chronically infected Mandrillus sphinx
Pandrea I, Onanga R, Kornfeld C, Rouquet P, Bourry O, Clifford SL, Telfer PT, Abernethy K, White L, Ngari P, Muller-Trutwin M, Roques P, Marx PA, Simon F & Apetrei C (2003) High levels of SIVmnd-1 replication in chronically infected Mandrillus sphinx. Virology, 317 (1), pp. 119-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2003.08.015
Article
Milner-Gulland EJ, Bennett EL, Abernethy K, Bakarr M, Bodmer R, Brashares J, Cowlishaw G, Elkan P, Eves H, Fa J, Peres CA, Roberts C, Robinson JG, Rowcliffe M & Wilkie DS (2003) Wild meat: the bigger picture. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 18 (7), pp. 351-357. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-5347%2803%2900123-X
Article
Molecular evidence for deep phylogenetic divergence in Mandrillus sphinx
Telfer P, Souquiere S, Clifford SL, Abernethy K, Bruford MW, Disotell TR, Sterner KN, Roques P, Marx PA & Wickings EJ (2003) Molecular evidence for deep phylogenetic divergence in Mandrillus sphinx. Molecular Ecology, 12 (7), pp. 2019-2024. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01877.x
Article
Catastrophic ape decline in western equatorial Africa
Walsh P, Abernethy K, Bermejo M, Beyers R, De Wachter P, Akou ME, Huijbregts B, Mambounga DI, Toham AK, Kilbourn AM, Lahm SA, Latour S, Maisels F, Mbina C & White L (2003) Catastrophic ape decline in western equatorial Africa. Nature, 422 (6932), pp. 611-614. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01566
Article
Hordes of mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx): extreme group size and seasonal male presence
Abernethy K, White L & Wickings EJ (2002) Hordes of mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx): extreme group size and seasonal male presence. Journal of Zoology, 258 (1), pp. 131-137. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0952836902001267
Article
Distribution of allozyme variation in a tropical tree (Aucoumea klaineana, Burseraceae)
Muloko-Ntoutoume N, White L, Linhart Y & Abernethy K (2001) Distribution of allozyme variation in a tropical tree (Aucoumea klaineana, Burseraceae). Molecular Ecology, 10, pp. 122-129.
Article
Wild Mandrillus sphinx are carriers of two types of lentivirus
Souquiere S, Bibollet-Ruche F, Robertson DL, Makuwa M, Apetrei C, Onanga R, Kornfeld C, Plantier J, Gao F, Abernethy K, White L, Karesh WB, Telfer PT, Wickings EJ & Mauclere P (2001) Wild Mandrillus sphinx are carriers of two types of lentivirus. Journal of Virology, 75 (15), pp. 7086-7096. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.75.15.7086-7096.2001
Book Chapter
Behavioural ecology data and its relevance for management
Abernethy K (2000) Behavioural ecology data and its relevance for management. In: White L & Edwards A (eds.) Conservation research in the African rain forests: a technical handbook. New York: Wildlife Conservation Society, pp. 269-321.
Book Chapter
White L, Oslisly R, Abernethy K & Maley J (2000) L'Okoumé (Aucoumea klaineana) : expansion et déclin d'un arbre pionnier en Afrique centrale au cours de l'Holocène. In: Servant M & Servant-Vildary S (eds.) Dynamique à long terme des écosystèmes forestier intertropicaux. Collection L'homme et la biosphère (MAB). Paris: UNESCO, pp. 399-411. http://publishing.unesco.org/details.aspx?Code_Livre=3277
Article
Chloroplast DNA variation in a rainforest tree (Aucoumea klaineana, Burseraceae) in Gabon
Muloko-Ntoutoume N, Petit RJ, White L & Abernethy K (2000) Chloroplast DNA variation in a rainforest tree (Aucoumea klaineana, Burseraceae) in Gabon. Molecular Ecology, 9 (3), pp. 359-363.
Article
White L, McPherson G & Abernethy K (1999) Dacryodes buettneri. Flowering Plants of Africa, 56, pp. 57-59.
Article
Goodman SJ, Barton NH, Swanson G, Abernethy K & Pemberton JM (1999) Introgression through rare hybridization: A genetic study of a hybrid zone between red and sika deer (genus Cervus) in Argyll, Scotland. Genetics, 152 (1), pp. 355-371. http://www.genetics.org/content/152/1/355.short
Book Chapter
Muloko-Ntoutoume N, Abernethy K, White L, Petit RJ & Maley J (1998) Utilisation des marqueurs moléculaires dans la reconstruction de l'histoire de la forêt tropicale humide gabonaise : le modèle Aucoumea klaineana. In: Nasi R, Amsallem I & Drouineau S (eds.) La gestion des forêts denses africaines aujourd'hui : compte rendu du séminaire FORAFRI. Montpellier: CIRAD.
Authored Book
Guide de la Végétation de la Réserve de la Lopé
White L & Abernethy K (1997) Guide de la Végétation de la Réserve de la Lopé [A Guide to the Vegetation of the Lopé Reserve, Gabon]. 2nd ed. Libreville, Gabon: ECOFAC.
Article
Chadwick AH, Ratcliffe PR & Abernethy K (1996) Sika deer in Scotland: density, population size, habitat use and fertility - some comparisons with red deer. Scottish Forestry, 50 (1), pp. 8-16.
Article
Ten days in the life of a mandrill horde in the Lope Reserve, Gabon
Rogers ME, Abernethy K, Fontaine B, Wickings EJ, White L & Tutin CEG (1996) Ten days in the life of a mandrill horde in the Lope Reserve, Gabon. American Journal of Primatology, 40 (4), pp. 297-313. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28SICI%291098-2345%281996%2940%3A4%3C297%3A%3AAID-AJP1%3E3.0.CO%3B2-T
Article
The establishment of a hybrid zone between red and sika deer (genus Cervus)
Abernethy K (1994) The establishment of a hybrid zone between red and sika deer (genus Cervus). Molecular Ecology, 3 (6), pp. 551-562. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.1994.tb00086.x