NOCTURNAL PRIMATES OF KIBALE-FOREST - EFFECTS OF SELECTIVE LOGGING ONPROSIMIAN DENSITIES

To evaluate the potential impact of logging on nocturnal primates, den sities of Galago demidovii, G. inustus, and Perodictus potto were dete rmined in two areas of the Kibale Forest Reserve, Uganda. One of these areas had been logged at a moderate level in the late 1960's, while t he second area was relatively undisturbed. The density of the nocturna l primates was lower in the logged area than in the neighboring unlogg ed area. For the most frequently sighted nocturnal primate, G. demidov ii, sightings were spatially clustered both within a year and between years, suggesting that clumped resources and/or social factors were in fluencing space use.