Table 5 N-mixture relative abundance models and detection probabilities of mammal species in hunted (H) and non-hunted (N) areas in Southern Cameroon.

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

Species

Relative abundance

Relative abundance model

.p

p model

Count distribution

RAM c-hat

ΔAIC RAM

Competing model

African brush-tailed porcupine

 

Hu

0.04 (0.03–0.05)

NULL

NB

1.97

2.53

 

 H

37.61 (24.12–58.61)

       

 NH

20.00 (13.04–30.68)

       

Marsh mongoose

 

Hu

0.08 (0.02–0.04)

NULL

NB

1.17

0

NULL

 H

11.07 (1.99–61.53)

       

 NH

1.09 (0.15–8.2)

       

Black-footed mongoose

 

Hu

 

Hu

NB

1.48

1.5

NULL

 H

12.66 (5.33–30.04)

 

0.02 (0.01–0.04)

     

 NH

29.92 (12.98–68.94)

 

0.03 (0.02–0.05)

     

Peter’s duiker

 

Hu

 

Hu

NB

1.98

44.18

 

 H

4.98 (3.38–7.36)

 

0.02 (0.02–0.32)

     

 NH

45.94 (33.36–63.14)

 

0.15 (0.14–0.16)

     

Bay duiker

24.5 (16.03–37.35)

NULL

0.04 (0.02–0.04)

NULL

NB

 

1.9

Hu

Yellow-backed duiker

 

Hu

 

Hu

NB

1.39

26.37

 

 H

4.06 (1.99–8.27)

 

0.01 (0.01–0.05)

     

 NH

27.69 (15.69–48.58)

 

0.02 (0.01–0.03)

     

Black-fronted duiker

4.33 (0.75–24.93)

NULL

0.01 (0.01–0.05)

NULL

NB

 

1.94

Hu

Emin’s pouched rat

 

Hu

0.07 (0.06–0.09)

NULL

NB

2.01

6.22

 

 H

34.51 (22.27–53.46)

       

 NH

10.15 (6.66–15.48)

       

Cameroon cusimanse

 

Hu

0.07 (0.06–0.09)

NULL

NB

1.63

0.5

NULL

 H

17.06 (7.74–41.54)

       

 NH

7.12 (2.75–18.49)

       

Servaline genet

24.3 (5.86–101.06)

NULL

0.08 (0.02–0.3)

NULL

NB

 

2.27

 

Western lowland gorilla

 

NULL

< 0.01

     

Long-nosed mongoose

8.96 (3.46–23.16)

NULL

0.01 (0.006–0.03)

NULL

NB

 

0.85

Hu

Water chevrotain

 

Hu

0.03 (0.02–0.05)

NULL

NB

1.46

5.46

 

 H

0.53 (0.19–14.50)

       

 NH

14.99 (5.27–42.63)

       

Mandrill

 

Hu

0.05 (0.04–0.05)

NULL

NB

2.01*

81.65

 

 H

67.40 (48.02–94.60)

       

 NH

0.08 (0.01–0.59)

       

African palm civet

18.9 (4.67–76.61)

NULL

0.05 (0.01–0.20)

NULL

NB

   

Central chimpanzee

21.7 (12.70–33.87)

NULL

0.02 (0.01–0.03)

NULL

NB

 

0.76

Hu

White-bellied pangolin

  

< 0.01

     

Blue duiker

44.8 (35.79–56.15)

NULL

0.08 (0.07–0.09)

NULL

NB

 

1.71

Hu

Red river hog

 

Hu

 

Hu

NB

1.47

38.63

 

 H

0.56 (0.20–1.59)

 

0.002 (0.001–0.004)

     

 NH

17.12 (9.67–30.31)

 

0.03 (0.01–0.03)

     

Giant pangolin

  

< 0.01

     

Striped and sun squirrels

 

Hu

 

Hu

NB

1.69

60.23

 

 H

28.68 (18.09–45.47)

 

0.04 (0.03–0.05)

     

 NH

0.25 (0.14–0.82)

 

0.004 (0.001–0.02)

     

African giant squirrel

 

Hu

 

Hu

NB

1.37

23.79

 

 H

14.24 (6.20–32.76)

 

0.03 (0.02–0.05)

     

 NH

0.21 (0.04–1.02)

 

0.004 (0.001–0.01)

     

Leopard

 H

0.44 (0.04–4.55)

Hu

0.007 (0.004–0.02)

Hu

NB

1.95

10.12

 

 NH

12.70 (3.63–44.44)

 

0.01 (0.001–0.02)

     

Bate’s pygmy antelope

  

< 0.01

     

African golden cat

 H

[0]

       

 NH

0.69 (0.02–19.76)

 

0.04 (0.001–0.58)

     

African forest elephant

 H

[0]

       

 NH

7.37 (2.84–19.08)

 

0.01 (0.006–0.03)

     

Forest buffalo

 H

[0]

       

 NH

0.02 (0.002–0.119)

 

0.23 (0.05–0.65)

     

White-bellied duiker

 H

[0]

       

 NH

9.93 (4.34–22.76)

 

0.02 (0.01–0.04)

     

Sitatunga

 H

[0]

       

 NH

0.08 (0.02–0.41)

 

0.01 (0.02–0.48)

     

Bongo

  

< 0.01

     
  1. Goodness of fit (c-hat) and ΔAIC given for relative abundance models. Where c-hat > 2 NULL model accepted and c-hat and ΔAIC are marked as ‘–’. H = hunted; NH = non-hunted. The scientific names of the species are listed in Table S1.
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