Research

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Peer-reviewed science from our field programs in Cameroon's forest–savannah mosaic.

First page of the article: High Mammal Diversity and Flagship Species Persist Under Community Conservation in a Forest-Savannah Transition Zone in Central Cameroon

Africans Journal of Ecology · 26 November 2025

High Mammal Diversity and Flagship Species Persist Under Community Conservation in a Forest-Savannah Transition Zone in Central Cameroon

Gertruide D. Massoh, Ernest D. B. Fotsing, Sévilor Kekeunou, Franklin T. Simo, Ghislain F. Difouo, Iris Kirsten, Alain C. Wandji, Thomas Breuer, Didier Bastin, Serge A. Kamgang, André Mvéimané, Joseph L. Tamesse, Hans Bauer

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First page of the article: Modelling a Suitable Habitat for Nigeria–Cameroon Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes ellioti, Matschie, 1914) in Mpem and Djim National Park, Central Cameroon

African Journal of Ecology · 05 June 2026

Modelling a Suitable Habitat for Nigeria–Cameroon Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes ellioti, Matschie, 1914) in Mpem and Djim National Park, Central Cameroon

Ernest D. B. Fotsing, Meigang M. F. Kamkeng, Ogenrwot Ronald

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First page of the article: A Multi-Species Occupancy Modelling Approach to Access the Impacts of Ecological Covariates on Terrestrial Vertebrates in a Tropical Hotspot in Central, Cameroon

African Journal of Ecology · 24 April 2025

A Multi-Species Occupancy Modelling Approach to Access the Impacts of Ecological Covariates on Terrestrial Vertebrates in a Tropical Hotspot in Central, Cameroon

Ernest D. B. Fotsing, Meigang M. F. Kamkeng

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African Journal of Ecology · 15 January 2025

Camera Trapping to Assess Diversity, Habitat Use and Activity Patterns of Mammals in a Tropical Hotspot Area

Ernest D. B. Fotsing, Meigang M. F. Kamkeng, M. Salah Senge

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First page of the article: Diversity, habitat and activity patterns of mesocarnivore assemblages in an Afrotropical protected forest savannah mosaic of Central Cameroon

African Journal of Ecology · 10 June 2024

Diversity, habitat and activity patterns of mesocarnivore assemblages in an Afrotropical protected forest savannah mosaic of Central Cameroon

Ernest D. B. Fotsing, Meigang M. F. Kamkeng, Salah Marcel Senge, Dietmar Zinner

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First page of the article: Opinions, attitudes and perceptions of local people towards the conservation of Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees in Mpem-Djim National Park, central Cameroon

People and Nature · 28 February 2024

Opinions, attitudes and perceptions of local people towards the conservation of Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees in Mpem-Djim National Park, central Cameroon

Ernest D. B. Fotsing, Meigang M. F. Kamkeng, Dietmar Zinner

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. BMC Ecology and Evolution · 2024

Great ape abundance and per capita carbon storage in their habitats

Prince Degny Vale1,2*†, Ernest Dadis Bush Fotsing3,4*†, Samedi Jean Pierre Mucyo5*†, Williams Danladi Abwage6, Serge Ely Dibakou7, Kouame Paul N’Goran8, Tenekwetche Sop9,10, Yntze van der Hoek5, Stefanie Heinicke11, Lars Kulik9, Inza Kone2,12 and Hjalmar Kuehl9,13

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First page of the article: Assessing the effects of survey-inherent disturbance on primate detectability: Recommendations for line transect distance sampling

PRIMATES · 09 December 2022

Assessing the effects of survey-inherent disturbance on primate detectability: Recommendations for line transect distance sampling

Mattia Bessone, Hjalmar S. Kühl, Gottfried Hohmann, Ilka Herbinger, K. Paul N’Goran, Papy Asanzi, Pedro B. Da Costa, Violette Dérozier, D. B. Ernest Fotsing, B. Beka Ikembelo, D. Mpongo Iyomi, B. Iyomi Iyatshi, Pierre Kafando, A. Mbangi Kambere, B. Dissondet Moundzoho, L. Kako Musubaho & Barbara Fruth

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First page of the article: Bonobo (Pan paniscus) Density and Distribution in Central Africa's Largest Rainforest Reserve: Long-term Survey Data Show Pitfalls in Methodological Approaches and Call for Vigilance

International Journal of Primatology · 02 December 2024

Bonobo (Pan paniscus) Density and Distribution in Central Africa's Largest Rainforest Reserve: Long-term Survey Data Show Pitfalls in Methodological Approaches and Call for Vigilance

Mattia Bessone, Hjalmar S. Kühl, Ilka Herbinger, Gottfried Hohmann, Kouamé Paul N’Goran, Papy Asanzi, Stephen Blake, Michel Basele, Martin Bofeko, Nono Bondjengo, Pitshou Wangongo Bondo, Rigobert Booto, Pedro Barros da Costa, Violette Dérozier, Maurice Emetshu, Ernest Dadis Bush Fotsing, Falk Grossmann, Patrick Guislain, John Hart, Bernard Beka Ikembelo, Mpongo Dieumerci Iyomi, Bila-Isia Inogwabini, Oke Intamba, Iyomi Bernard Iyatshi, Pierre Kafando, Mbangi Augustin Kambere, Jean-Léon Kambale Katembo, Janvier Katembo Kukumanga, Innocent Liengola, Fiona Maisels, Florence Maliva, Maurice Manala, Samy Matungila, Menard Mbende, Jean A. D. Mbenga, Dissondet Baudelaire Moundzoho, Pamus Paluku Musenzi, Steven Mwanduko, Pascal Naky, Mozart Ngomo, Pele M. Nkumu, Robert Ratsina, Gay Edwards Reinartz, Tenekwetche Sop, Samantha Strindberg, Ashley Vosper, Loving Kako Wanzalire Musubaho & Barbara Fruth

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Journal of Applied Ecology · 30 March 2020

Drawn out of the shadows: Surveying secretive forest species with camera trap distance sampling

Mattia Bessone, Hjalmar S. Kühl, Gottfried Hohmann, Ilka Herbinger, Kouame Paul N'Goran, Papy Asanzi, Pedro B. Da Costa, Violette Dérozier, Ernest D. B. Fotsing, Bernard Ikembelo Beka, Mpongo D. Iyomi, Iyomi B. Iyatshi, Pierre Kafando, Mbangi A. Kambere, Dissondet B. Moundzoho, Musubaho L. K. Wanzalire, Barbara Fruth

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