Volume 131(2), pp. 159-172
Belgian Journal of Zoology - Volume 131(2), pp. 159-172
Nicolas Manlius (email for reprint)
Laboratoire d'Ethnobiologie-Biogéographie du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris, 57, rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05, France
Biogéographie et Ecologie historique du bouquetin de Nubie en Egypte
Historical ecology and biogeography of the Nubian Ibex in Egypt
(Full article is in French)
Nicolas Manlius (email for reprint)
Laboratoire d'Ethnobiologie-Biogéographie du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris, 57, rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05, France
Biogéographie et Ecologie historique du bouquetin de Nubie en Egypte
Historical ecology and biogeography of the Nubian Ibex in Egypt
(Full article is in French)
Abstract:
Historical ecology and biogeography is a field of research that necessitates the compilation of data in relation to the presence of animals, in a country or in a specific region, in order to retrace their distribution over a long peric of time. This paper presents the historica1 ecology and biogeography of the Nubian Ibex in Egypt from 1800 up to today. Three maps showing the location of this animal in the Sinai and the Eastern Desert are established: the XIXth century, the first half of the XXth century, and the second half of the XXth century. It appears that man's hunting principally caused the disappearance of this caprinae from some part of its Egyptian area.
Key words:Nubian ibex, Capra ibex nubiana, Egypt, Historical ecology, Biogeography.
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