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SUBMITTER: Tranquilli S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4254933 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tranquilli Sandra S Abedi-Lartey Michael M Abernethy Katharine K Amsini Fidèle F Asamoah Augustus A Balangtaa Cletus C Blake Stephen S Bouanga Estelle E Breuer Thomas T Brncic Terry M TM Campbell Geneviève G Chancellor Rebecca R Chapman Colin A CA Davenport Tim R B TR Dunn Andrew A Dupain Jef J Ekobo Atanga A Eno-Nku Manasseh M Etoga Gilles G Furuichi Takeshi T Gatti Sylvain S Ghiurghi Andrea A Hashimoto Chie C Hart John A JA Head Josephine J Hega Martin M Herbinger Ilka I Hicks Thurston C TC Holbech Lars H LH Huijbregts Bas B Kühl Hjalmar S HS Imong Inaoyom I Yeno Stephane Le-Duc SL Linder Joshua J Marshall Phil P Lero Peter Minasoma PM Morgan David D Mubalama Leonard L N'Goran Paul K PK Nicholas Aaron A Nixon Stuart S Normand Emmanuelle E Nziguyimpa Leonidas L Nzooh-Dongmo Zacharie Z Ofori-Amanfo Richard R Ogunjemite Babafemi G BG Petre Charles-Albert CA Rainey Hugo J HJ Regnaut Sebastien S Robinson Orume O Rundus Aaron A Sanz Crickette M CM Okon David Tiku DT Todd Angelique A Warren Ymke Y Sommer Volker V
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Numerous protected areas (PAs) have been created in Africa to safeguard wildlife and other natural resources. However, significant threats from anthropogenic activities and decline of wildlife populations persist, while conservation efforts in most PAs are still minimal. We assessed the impact level of the most common threats to wildlife within PAs in tropical Africa and the relationship of conservation activities with threat impact level. We collated data on 98 PAs with tropical forest cover fr ...[more]