I’ve contributed to delineating birds and mammals distribution in SE Senegal, a region with a lack of biodiversity inventories, therefore improving knowledge about species’ conservation status and adding natural value to the territory.
Fruits of the vine Saba senegalensis is a sought-after resource by people, but also by chimpanzees. Sometimes conflict arises, and chimpanzees have to avoid humans by changing their favourite areas or shifting to alternative food.
Extensive camera trapping has been very helpful to complete mammal inventories in remote areas. But for birds, which appear frequently in the videos, cameras have also shown unexpected behaviours and even species unnoticed with conventional ornithological methods. Camera trapping is not usually acknowledged as a bird-research tool, but in some circumstances it can provide interesting insights into communities and species’ ecology.
