Peter D Walsh
Biographic Data
| ID | 1573263 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter D Walsh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter D |
| FAMILY NAME | Walsh |
| SIGNATURE | WALSH P D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Pandemic Human Viruses Cause Decline of Endangered Great Apes
A rant on infectious disease and ape research priorities
Using Dung to Estimate Gorilla Density: Modeling Dung Production Rate
There is an urgent need for information on western gorilla population sizes and distribution to improve present and plan future conservation actions. Researchers traditionally have estimated gorilla densities on the basis of nest counts despite demonstrated variation in nest production and decay rates. The variation may lead to large biases in estimates of gorilla abundance. We investigated the use of an alternate index of gorilla abundance, via …
Can Logging in Equatorial Africa Affect Adjacent Parks
Tropical deforestation can cause fundamental regional-scale shifts in vegetation structure and diversity. This is particularly true in Africa. Although national parks are being established to protect areas from deforestation and to conserve biodiversity, these parks are not immune to disturbances outside their boundaries. We used regional-scale atmospheric simulation experiments to investigate how deforestation in timber concessions might affect …
Accelerating Deforestation in the Congo Basin Can Pose Climate Risks
In Baidya Roy et al. (2005), we found that extensive logging in the recently opened timber concessions of Gabon and the Republic of Congo may affect the meteorology of adjacent protected areas. Nasi (2005) raised concerns about two aspects of our analysis: first, that post-logging forests convert not to grassland, but to secondary forest, and second, that our assumption of total forest loss in concessions does not reflect the selective nature of …
Catastrophic ape decline in western equatorial Africa
Using Dung to Estimate Gorilla Density: Modeling Dung Production Rate
There is an urgent need for information on western gorilla population sizes and distribution to improve present and plan future conservation actions. Researchers traditionally have estimated gorilla densities on the basis of nest counts despite demonstrated variation in nest production and decay rates. The variation may lead to large biases in estimates of gorilla abundance. We investigated the use of an alternate index of gorilla abundance, via …
Catastrophic ape decline in western equatorial Africa
Can Logging in Equatorial Africa Affect Adjacent Parks
Tropical deforestation can cause fundamental regional-scale shifts in vegetation structure and diversity. This is particularly true in Africa. Although national parks are being established to protect areas from deforestation and to conserve biodiversity, these parks are not immune to disturbances outside their boundaries. We used regional-scale atmospheric simulation experiments to investigate how deforestation in timber concessions might affect …
Accelerating Deforestation in the Congo Basin Can Pose Climate Risks
In Baidya Roy et al. (2005), we found that extensive logging in the recently opened timber concessions of Gabon and the Republic of Congo may affect the meteorology of adjacent protected areas. Nasi (2005) raised concerns about two aspects of our analysis: first, that post-logging forests convert not to grassland, but to secondary forest, and second, that our assumption of total forest loss in concessions does not reflect the selective nature of …
Pandemic Human Viruses Cause Decline of Endangered Great Apes
A rant on infectious disease and ape research priorities
Using Dung to Estimate Gorilla Density: Modeling Dung Production Rate
There is an urgent need for information on western gorilla population sizes and distribution to improve present and plan future conservation actions. Researchers traditionally have estimated gorilla densities on the basis of nest counts despite demonstrated variation in nest production and decay rates. The variation may lead to large biases in estimates of gorilla abundance. We investigated the use of an alternate index of gorilla abundance, via …
Biology (5 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Agroforestry (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Endangered species (2 works) · Environmental protection (2 works) · Environmental Science (2 works) · Forestry (2 works)