There are errors in Table 1. The authors have provided a corrected Table 1 here.
Table 1. Previously recorded chimpanzee sleeping tree species preference by field site.
Site | Tree species | % | Reference |
West Africa | |||
Cantanhez, Guinea- Bissau | Elaeis guineensis | 92.0 | (34) |
German-Fort, Gashaka- Gumti, Nigeria | Khaya seneganensis (dry season), Craibia atlantica (wet season) | (35) | |
Yealeì, Nimba, Ivory Coast | Chidlowia sanguinea | (36) | |
Assirik, Senegal | Spondias mombin, Adansonia digitata | (13) | |
Central Africa | |||
Goualougo Triangle, Nouabaleì-Ndoki, Congo | Greenwayodendron suaveolens | 9.0 | (37) |
Ishasha, DRC | Cynometra alexandri | (23, 38) | |
Tishibati, Kahuzi-Biega, DRC | Syzygium parvifolium | 21.8 | (39) |
Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea | Spondias mombin, Adansonia digiata | (13) | |
Pongara, Gabon | Coula edulis | 22.8 | (40) |
Seringbara Nimba, Guinea | Amanoa bracteosa (two study periods), Childlowia sanguinea (one study period) | 11.9 10.7 | (14, 36) |
Wawba, DRC | Leonardoxa romii | 26.4 | (41) |
Yalosidi, DRC | Leonardoxa romii | 34.5 | (42) |
East Africa | |||
Gombe, Tanzania | Brachstegia bussei, Elaes grineensis | (1) | |
Issa, Tanzania | Brachystegia sp. | 36.1 | (43) |
Kasakati, Tanzania | Cynometra sp. | (44) | |
Lwazi, Tanzania | Trichilia dregeana , Pseudospondia microcarpa, Dichapetalum stuhlmannii | (45) | |
Ntakata/ Kakungu, Tanzania | Brachystegia bussei | 23.4 | (46) |
Ugalla , Tanzania | Monopetalanthus richardsiae | 39.5 | (47) |
Kwitanga, Tanzania | Brachstegia bussei | (48) | |
Budongo, Uganda | Cynometra alexandri | (24) | |
Bwindi, Uganda | Drypetes gerrardii | 21.0 | (19) |
Kalinzu, Uganda | Uvariopsis congensis | 41.1 | (48) |
Kibale Ngogo, Uganda | Uvariopsis congensis | 39.0 | (49) |
Semliki, Uganda | Cynometra alexandri | 73.6 | Current study, (25, 28) |
Field sites recording up to three preferred species, without statistical supporting data, were included; citations where greater than three species were recorded as “preferred” were not included. Percentages were included when presented.
Reference
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