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Andrew J. Plumptre

Head, Key Biodiversity Areas Secretariat
Verified email at keybiodiversityareas.org
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The biodiversity of the Albertine Rift

AJ Plumptre, TRB Davenport, M Behangana… - Biological …, 2007 - Elsevier
The Albertine Rift is one of the most important regions for conservation in Africa. It contains
more vertebrate species than any other region on the continent and contains more endemic …

Monitoring mammal populations with line transect techniques in African forests

AJ Plumptre - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Line transect survey techniques have been used to estimate population density for a variety
of mammal species in tropical forests. In many cases indirect methods, surveying signs of …

Effects of war and civil strife on wildlife and wildlife habitats

JP Dudley, JR Ginsberg, AJ Plumptre… - Conservation …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Historically, the no‐man's land created by human warfare often protected wildlife and habitats
by limiting human incursions and human population densities within disputed territories. …

Design and analysis of line transect surveys for primates

ST Buckland, AJ Plumptre, L Thomas… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Springer
Line transect surveys are widely used for estimating abundance of primate populations. The
method relies on a small number of key assumptions, and if these are not met, substantial …

The effect of selective logging on the primate populations in the Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda

AJ Plumptre, V Reynolds - Journal of Applied Ecology, 1994 - JSTOR
1. The Budongo Forest Reserve has been logged selectively for over 60 years. Most compartments
in the Reserve have records of the volume of timber removed, the date of harvesting, …

Counting primates for conservation: primate surveys in Uganda

AJ Plumptre, D Cox - Primates, 2006 - Springer
Primate census techniques have been developed over the past 35–40 years yet there is still
some confusion and great variation in the methods used. This precludes comparisons …

[HTML][HTML] Where might we find ecologically intact communities?

AJ Plumptre, D Baisero, RT Belote… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Conservation efforts should target the few remaining areas of the world that represent
outstanding examples of ecological integrity and aim to restore ecological integrity to a much …

Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations

…, C Packer, D Panchenko, L Pedrotti, AJ Plumptre… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Migration of ungulates (hooved mammals) is a fundamental ecological process that promotes
abundant herds, whose effects cascade up and down terrestrial food webs. Migratory …

More than $1 billion needed annually to secure Africa's protected areas with lions

…, S Nazerali, AJ Plumptre… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Protected areas (PAs) play an important role in conserving biodiversity and providing
ecosystem services, yet their effectiveness is undermined by funding shortfalls. Using lions (…

A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets

…, LM Navarro, E Nic Lughadha, AJ Plumptre… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
The Convention on Biological Diversity’s post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework will
probably include a goal to stabilize and restore the status of species. Its delivery would be …