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Ecology of Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus Patas) in Buffer Zone Ranges, Old Oyo National Park, Nigeria Journal of Bioresource Management Volume 8 Issue 2 Article 4 Ecology of Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus Patas) in Buffer Zone Ranges, Old Oyo National Park, Nigeria Shafiu Kilishi Halidu Federal College of Wildlife Management, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, P. M. B. 268, New-Bussa, Niger State, Nigeria Olaoluwa Ayodeji Adebayo Federal College of Wildlife Management, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, P. M. B. 268, New-Bussa, Niger State, Nigeria, [email protected] Jude Chikezie Federal College of Wildlife Management, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, P. M. B. 268, New-Bussa, Niger State, Nigeria Azeez Olalekan Ibrahim Federal College of Wildlife Management, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, P. M. B. 268, New-Bussa, Niger State, Nigeria Olushola Emmanuel Adedeji Federal College of Wildlife Management, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, P. M. B. 268, New-Bussa, Niger State, Nigeria Follow this and additional works at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/jbm Part of the Behavior and Ethology Commons, and the Biodiversity Commons Recommended Citation Halidu, S., Adebayo, O., Chikezie, J., Ibrahim, A., & Adedeji, O. (2021). Ecology of Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus Patas) in Buffer Zone Ranges, Old Oyo National Park, Nigeria, Journal of Bioresource Management, 8 (2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.35691/JBM.1202.0178 ISSN: 2309-3854 online (Received: Feb 8, 2021; Accepted: Mar 26, 2021; Published: Apr 23, 2021) This Article is brought to you for free and open access by CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Bioresource Management by an authorized editor of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Ecology of Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus Patas) in Buffer Zone Ranges, Old Oyo National Park, Nigeria Cover Page Footnote The authors are grateful to the Nigeria Parks Service, Old Oyo National Park, Nigeria for the permission, support given, and for providing an enabling environment to carry out this study successfully. We thank the Old Oyo National Park Game Guards for the invaluable suggestions, assistance, care, esprit de corps, and suave conduct of the field esearr ch during the sampling and data collection periods. © Copyrights of all the papers published in Journal of Bioresource Management are with its publisher, Center for Bioresource Research (CBR) Islamabad, Pakistan. This permits anyone to copy, redistribute, remix, transmit and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes provided the original work and source is appropriately cited. Journal of Bioresource Management does not grant you any other rights in relation to this website or the material on this website. In other words, all other rights are reserved. For the avoidance of doubt, you must not adapt, edit, change, transform, publish, republish, distribute, redistribute, broadcast, rebroadcast or show or play in public this website or the material on this website (in any form or media) without appropriately and conspicuously citing the original work and source or Journal of Bioresource Management’s prior written permission. This article is available in Journal of Bioresource Management: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/jbm/vol8/ iss2/4 Halidu et al. (2021). Ecology of Erythrocebus Patas in Buffer Zone Ranges, Nigeria. J Biores Manag., 8(2): 29-37 ECOLOGY OF PATAS MONKEY (ERYTHROCEBUS PATAS) IN BUFFER ZONE RANGES, OLD OYO NATIONAL PARK, NIGERIA SHAFIU KILISHI HALIDU, OLAOLUWA AYODEJI ADEBAYO*, JUDE CHIKEZIE, AZEEZ OLALEKAN IBRAHIM, OLUSHOLA EMMANUEL ADEDEJI Federal College of Wildlife Management, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, P. M. B. 268, New-Bussa, Niger State, Nigeria *Corresponding author: [email protected] ABSTRACT The buffer zones of Nigerian protected areas are poorly managed. Patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas) was studied in fact owing to its dearth of information on its ecology and existence in South-West Nigeria National Park. Therefore, it was necessary to examine E. patas spatial distribution and population structure in the Old Oyo National Park buffer zone ranges, situated in South-West Nigeria and as well know its dietary uptake alongside delineating its various activities. Observations were positioned on direct census methods. A total of 60 individuals of E. patas (23 female, 21 male, and 16 young individuals) were sighted within the study period (March to July). The results showed that the highest number of sighted E. patas (18 individuals) was recorded in the month of March while the Marguba range had the highest percentage of sighted E. patas (31.7%). Thirteen plant species were identified as food matters of E. patas while the major activity observed by the majority of E. patas was found feeding on the identified food matters. The food matters consumed were plant parts which included the leaves, flowers, gum, enflamed spikes, and fruits. Actions to uphold and guard the remaining populace of E. patas in the Park and buffer zones should be adequately fortified. Keywords: Erythrocebus patas, Patas Monkey, wildlife ecology, buffer zone, National Park INTRODUCTION ecotourism protocol. In other words, a systematic register will likewise provide Wild animals together with information about the population of the primates are becoming endangered. Its animals in the wild. process of their threat is tending towards The conservation status of wildlife their extinction at an alarming speed. This species talked about the populace of the has called for a consistent account of all wild animals in their natural environment species. Adequate information on the (Ajayi and Hall, 1975) mainly in the resources of the park is based on the protected and conserved areas Chism et al. management’s work plan of its park. (1983), for instance, the game reserves, Similarly, statistics on the checklist of national parks and strict nature reserves. It flora and fauna in the wild and the existing provides the extant state of richness and evaluations of their protection status is tolerability for facsimile. The motive for always of major significance to the tourists ordered inventories is to attain data on the visiting the park. By this means, Ayodele recent estimations of the level of (1989) and Nakagawa (2000) emphasized conservation and preservation of the wild the need for an unvarying catalogue of animals due to the harms triggered by wild creatures in protected areas. Thus, alteration in their surroundings (Barbara et this will form the foundation for a al., 1987). comprehensive management and 29 Halidu et al. (2021). Ecology of Erythrocebus Patas in Buffer Zone Ranges, Nigeria. J Biores Manag., 8(2): 29-37 An indispensable notion in the noises of its offspring (Rowe, 1996). The management of game and range utilization animal is a semi-land-dwelling primate control is the distribution of animals vis-à- (Groves, 2018). Characteristically, it lives vis their environment. Afolayan et al., in multi-feminine or single-masculine 1983 and Bond and Keeley (2005) social clusters comprising of seventy-five reported that the dispersal and actions of individuals (Shefferly, 2004). Wolfheim wild animals are commonly la-di-da by the (1983) indicated that E. patas are not disposal of water, diet, shelter and bush controversial animals. burning predominantly for the period of E. patas is identified to show a the dry season. Bond and Keeley (2005) twofold character to mankind either disclosed that over eighty percent of the positively through medical research and flora of the park is burnt arbitrarily each ecotourism or negatively through their year. The consequence of misapplication invasion as well as the destruction of of fire in the park by poachers has farmland Ayodele (1989). There is not occasioned in soil erosion and total enough information on its distribution, elimination of forage grasses. This has led population structure, diet and activities on to a certain portion of the park to E. patas. As a consequence, this may vegetation alterations that are found to perhaps be a key stumbling block to sway the wildlife population and managing methods for its safeguarding distribution inside the park. (Orimaye, 2019). In doing so, the necessity Primate population has of having a piece of updated information momentously decreased in the wild for the with respects to its distribution, population reason that their habitation has stood structure, diet and activities and in this beneath the burden for the mining of manner, making a worthwhile submission minerals (Bond and Keeley, 2005), clear- on their conservation efforts (Onadeko et felling of timbers (Cooke et al., 2001), al., 1998). However, this study is intense agricultural activities (van correspondingly imperative for a better Langevelde et al., 2003), construction of understanding, knowledge, behaviours and roads and other human undertakings the conservation of the E. patas species (Williams et al., 1999). Onadeko et al., requirements and offers an extrapolative (1998) annotations disclosed that habitat base for the game viewing plan and park damage is the utmost imperative factor development. intimidating the presence of wild animals The E. patas is an enormous and primates. Russel and Dorothy (1987) primate and a consumer of resin (Nash, concluded that these and other issues make 1986) with the mature females weigh up the population status of wild animals between four kilogramme and eight including the primates in specific kilogramme while the full-grown males unbalanced. weighs between seven kilogramme and Adedoyin et
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