Community harvesting of trees used as dens and for food by the tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) in the Pirie forest, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorOpperman, Elizabeth J.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCherry, Michael I.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMakunga, Nokwanda P.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-28T06:23:14Z
dc.date.available2018-11-28T06:23:14Z
dc.date.issued2018-02-28
dc.descriptionCITATION: Opperman, E. J., Cherry, M. I. & Makunga, N. P. 2018. Community harvesting of trees used as dens and for food by the tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) in the Pirie forest, South Africa. Koedoe, 60(1):a1481, doi:10.4102/koedoe.v60i1.1481.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://koedoe.co.zaen_ZA
dc.descriptionPublication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractForests in South Africa are harvested by local communities for multiple purposes and this affects the animals that inhabit them. The tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) has a restricted distribution and utilises various tree species as dens and a source of food. In this article, we determined, through a series of interviews in the communities surrounding the Pirie forest, which plant species are harvested by local people and whether these overlap with those used by the tree hyrax. In addition, we determined the extent to which tree hyraxes are hunted by these communities. Of the trees used by the hyrax as dens in the Pirie forest, Afrocarpus falcatus, Schotia latifolia, Andrachne ovalis, Teclea natalensis and Apodytes dimidiata are important resources for local communities. But as these are harvested at relatively low levels, it is unlikely that current harvesting has a large impact on the tree hyrax. Opportunistic hunting occurs, but the hyrax is not targeted by hunters. Very limited commercial harvesting of A. falcatus has been taking place in the Pirie forest since 1975, but its impact on the hyrax population, although undetermined, is also unlikely to be high. We recommend that the Pirie forest tree hyrax population should be monitored by forest management in order to ascertain the impact of both commercial and community harvesting over the past quarter-century.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/view/1481
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent9 pages : illustrations, mapen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationOpperman, E. J., Cherry, M. I. & Makunga, N. P. 2018. Community harvesting of trees used as dens and for food by the tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) in the Pirie forest, South Africa. Koedoe, 60(1):a1481, doi:10.4102/koedoe.v60i1.1481en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2071-0771 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0075-6458 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.4102/koedoe.v60i1.1481
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/104739
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS Publishingen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectCommunity logging -- Managementen_ZA
dc.subjectTree hyrax populationsen_ZA
dc.subjectLogging -- South Africa -- Pirie foresten_ZA
dc.subjectTree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus)en_ZA
dc.subjectDeforestation -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleCommunity harvesting of trees used as dens and for food by the tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) in the Pirie forest, South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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