The relationship between the abundance of the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) and its habitat: a conservation concern in Mbam-Djerem National Park, Cameroon

Table 4 Nest types per sector with the mean nest height and the mean dbh of the nesting tree

Sector	Area (km²)	Tree nests	Ground nests	Mean nest height (m)	Mean dbh of the nesting tree
Overall dataset	1662.34	246	3	11.59 ± 7.83	10.3 ± 8.42
Dense forest	900.84	116	3	10.61 ± 6.05	9.84 ± 5.72
Forest-savannah mosaic	761.5	130	0	12.42 ± 6.56	10.68 ± 6.10

Nest encounter rates varied significantly with altitude (F_{1, 197} = 55.24, P < 0.001). A total of 189 nests (75.9%) was observed between 650 m and 800 m a.s.l

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