Table 4 Occupancy (\(\psi\)) and detection probabilities (.p) of mammal species in hunted (H) and non-hunted (NH) areas in Southern Cameroon.

From: Subsistence hunting impacts wildlife assemblages and functional ecology in tropical forests

Species

(\(\psi\))

.p

(\(\psi\)) model

p model

\(\psi\) C-hat

\(\psi\) model ΔAIC

Competing \(\psi\) model

African forest elephant

 H

[0]

      

 NH

0.63 (0.39–0.82)

0.15 (0.10–0.22)

     

African brush-tailed porcupine

0.88 (0.77–0.94)

0.46 (0.42–0.49)

NULL

NULL

 

0.60

Hu

Striped and sun squirrels

 H

0.93 (0.77–0.98)

0.47 (0.41–0.52)

Hu

Hu

1.25

51.4

 

 NH

0.06 (0.01–0.20)

0.01 (0.01–0.02)

     

African giant squirrel

  

Hu

Hu

2.11

4.09

 

 H

0.60 (0.42–0.76)

0.35 (0.29–0.42)

     

 NH

0.03 (0.01–0.18)

0.01 (0.01–0.03)

     

Emin’s pouched rat

 

0.50 (0.46–0.54)

Hu

NULL

1.21

0.87

NULL

 H

0.96 (0.80–0.99)

      

 NH

0.80 (0.64–0.90)

      

Mandrill

 

0.34 (0.29–0.40)

Hu

NULL

1.54

2.99

 

 H

0.9 (0.73–0.97)

      

 NH

0.03 (0.01–0.18)

      

Western lowland gorilla

  

Hu

Hu

0.62

2.26

 

 H

0.43 (0.09–0.85)

0.22 (0.15–0.31)

     

 NH

0.85 (0.01–0.99)

0.12 (0.08–0.18)

     

Central chimpanzee

  

Hu

Hu

1.75

2.15

 

 H

0.55 (0.37–0.72)

0.19 (0.13–0.26)

     

 NH

0.84 (0.65–0.94)

0.33 (0.03–0.27)

     

White-bellied pangolin

0.41 (0.29–0.55)

0.18 (0.13–0.24)

NULL

NULL

Giant pangolin

0.62 (0.31–0.85)

 

NULL

Hu

 

0.60

Hu

 H

 

0.04 (0.02–0.09)

     

 NH

 

0.09 (0.05–0.17)

     

African palm civet

0.60 (0.42–0.75)

0.14 (0.10–0.18)

NULL

NULL

 

1.16

Ha

Leopard

  

Hu

Hu

0.54

9.22

 

 H

0.05 (0.01–0.31)

0.01 (0.01–0.04)

     

 NH

0.57 (0.19–0.88)

0.08 (0.04–0.17)

     

African golden cat

 H

[0]

      

 NH

0.46 (0.22–0.73)

0.11 (0.06–0.20)

     

Servaline genet

0.75 (0.62–0.86)

0.29 (0.18–0.26)

NULL

NULL

 

0.80

Ha

Black-footed mongoose

  

Hu

Hu

1.84

3.26

 

 H

0.48 (0.31–0.66)

0.17 (0.12–0.25)

     

 NH

0.88 (0.67–0.96)

0.29 (0.24–0.34)

     

Marsh mongoose

0.19 (0.11 – 0.32)

0.19 (0.12–0.27)

NULL

NULL

Long-nosed mongoose

0.31 (0.21–0.44)

0.23 (0.18–0.30)

NULL

Ha

Cameroon cusimanse

0.45 (0.31–0.59)

 

NULL

Hu

 

0.54

Ha

 H

 

0.22 (0.15–0.31)

     

 NH

 

0.12 (0.08–0.18)

     

Red river hog

  

Hu

Hu

2.09

2.83

 

 H

0.17 (0.07–0.35)

0.02 (0.01–0.04)

     

 NH

0.90 (0.69–0.97)

0.29 (0.24–0.34)

     

Forest buffalo

 H

[0]

      

 NH

0.03 (0.01–0.19)

0.23 (0.04–0.65)

     

Bongo

 H

[0]

      

 NH

[0.06]

0.006 (0.001–0.026)

     

Sitatunga

 H

[0]

      

 NH

0.08 (0.02–0.31)

0.13 (0.02–0.47)

     

Bate’s pygmy antelope

  

Hu

Hu

0.14

7.93

 

 H

0.09 (0.01–0.51)

0.01 (0.01–0.03)

     

 NH

0.80 (0.01–0.99)

0.04 (0.01–0.15)

     

Blue duiker

1 (0)

0.73

NULL

NULL

Peter’s duiker

0.95 (0.87–0.99)

0.61 (0.57–0.64)

NULL

NULL

Bay duiker

0.86 (0.74–0.92)

0.38 (0.35–0.42)

NULL

NULL

 

2.13

 

White-bellied duiker

 H

[0]

      

 NH

0.72 (0.53–0.85)

0.28 (0.23–0.34)

     

Black-fronted duiker

0.20 (0.11–0.33)

0.16 (0.10–0.25)

NULL

NULL

Yellow-backed duiker

  

Hu

Hu

1.82

3.39

 

 H

0.52 (0.33–0.69)

0.08 (0.05–0.12)

     

 NH

0.90 (0.66–0.98)

0.33 (0.28–0.039)

     

Water chevrotain

  

Hu

Hu

0.99

3.20

 

 H

0.07 (0.02–0.23)

0.26 (0.11–0.49)

     

 NH

0.40 (0.25–0.57)

0.43 (0.35–0.51)

     
  1. [0] denotes species was not detected either in H = hunted; NH = non-hunted, occupancy and detection probabilities modelled for the area where species was detected. The scientific names of the species are listed in Table S1.