Table 4. Great ape nest density (Nests/km2) and individual density (Inds/km2), 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) and percent coefficient of variation (%CV) for each survey stratum and for the landscape.
Survey stratum | L (km) | Ape sp. | No. nests | Nests/km2 [95% CI] | Inds/km2 [95% CI] | %CV1 |
NNNP | 40.0 | Apes | 283 | 265.7 [174.0–405.7] | 2.90 [1.90–4.44] | 20.6 |
Gorilla | 81 | 93.2 [53.9–161.3] | 1.02 [0.59–1.77] | 26.8 | ||
Chimp | 202 | 102.3 [61.7–169.8] | 1.03 [0.61–1.71] | 25.1 | ||
Kabo FMU | 30.0 | Apes | 175 | 232.2 [134.3–401.5] | 2.54 [1.47–4.39] | 26.2 |
Gorilla | 119 | 197.6 [93.5–417.4] | 2.16 [1.02–4.56] | 36.1 | ||
Chimp | 56 | 39.3 [23.7–65.2] | 0.39 [0.24–0.66] | 24.5 | ||
Pokola FMU | 41.0 | Apes | 371 | 361.1 [214.9–606.7] | 3.95 [2.35–6.64] | 25.5 |
Gorilla | 305 | 373.6 [207.4–672.8] | 4.08 [2.27–7.36] | 28.9 | ||
Chimp | 66 | 34.0 [14.2–81.5] | 0.34 [0.14–0.82] | 44.2 | ||
Loundougou FMU | 35.7 | Apes | 131 | 147.1 [89.2–242.4] | 1.61 [0.97–2.65] | 24.3 |
Gorilla | 51 | 71.2 [31.3–161.9] | 0.78 [0.34–1.77] | 40.7 | ||
Chimp | 80 | 47.8 [25.6–89.4] | 0.48 [0.25–0.90] | 30.9 | ||
Mokabi | 29.0 | Apes | 15 | 20.8 [8.0–54.2] | 0.23 [0.09–0.59] | 47.0 |
Gorilla | 8 | 14.1 [4.8–41.3] | 0.15 [0.05–0.45] | 53.5 | ||
Chimp | 7 | 5.2 [2.1–13.0] | 0.05 [0.02–0.13] | 45.5 | ||
Bailly | 48.0 | Apes | 157 | 131.7 [80.7–214.8] | 1.44 [0.88–2.35] | 24.2 |
Gorilla | 75 | 78.8 [39.0–159.2] | 0.86 [0.43–1.74] | 35.1 | ||
Chimp | 82 | 36.6 [19.6–68.3] | 0.37 [0.2–0.69] | 31.2 | ||
LTCR2 | 106.0 | Apes | 521 | 190.0 [126.5–285.3] | 2.08 [1.38–3.12] | 21.0 |
Gorilla | 451 | 207.8 [152.1–283.9] | 2.27 [1.66–3.11] | 16.1 | ||
Chimp | 70 | 12.95 [6.6 –25.5] | 0.13 [0.07–0.26] | 35.9 | ||
Ndoki-Likouala Landscape | 329.7 | Apes | 1,653 | 197.9 [158.7–246.8] | 2.16 [1.73–2.70] | 11.3 |
Gorilla | 1,090 | 151.3 [113.5–201.9] | 1.65 [1.24–2.21] | 14.5 | ||
Chimp | 563 | 41.2 [31.4–54.0] | 0.41 [0.31–0.55] | 14.6 |
Also shown is the total survey effort (L), the ape species (Ape sp.) and the total number of nests counted before truncation (No. nests).
% CV calculated for individual density incorporates variance of dung decay and defecation rates.
See Table 3 for methods used to estimate abundance, density and confidence intervals for the whole LTCR.