Major Anthropogenic Interactions Determining the Conservation Status of Endemic Mammals of Eastern Africa
Table 2
Multinomial logistic model shows determinant factors of the conservation status of endemic mammals from the EA, comparing all collectively threatened species, and near threatened species with the least concern species, and then comparing least concern and data deficient species with all threatened species to forecast future threats for unthreatened mammals.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Threats
Exp (β)
95% CI for exp (β) (LCI, UCI)
P value
Least concern (reference)
Near threatened
Hunting
5.439
(1.249,7.688)
0.024
Limited distribution
7.128
(5.348, 9.843)
≤0.001
Threatened (vulnerable, endangered, and critically endangered)
Agricultural expansion and deforestation
2.376
(1.287, 4.387)
0.006
Limited distribution
2.718
(2.064, 8.726)
0.004
Hunting
4.539
(3.798, 9.199)
≤0.001
Habitat loss
2.678
(1.451, 4.940)
0.002
Threatened (vulnerable, endangered, and critically endangered) (reference)
Least concern
Agricultural expansion and deforestation
0.351
(0.194, 0.636)
≤0.001
Hunting
0.171
(0.082, 0.355)
≤0.001
Habitat loss
0.373
(0.202,0.689)
≤0.001
Data deficient
Agricultural expansion and deforestation
0.033
(0.008, 0.141)
≤0.001
Habitat loss
0.080
(0.027, 0.235)
≤0.001
Significant at 0.05 alpha level. Exp (β), Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR); CI for exp (β), confidence interval for the Adjusted Odds Ratio; LCI, lower confidence interval; UCI, upper confidence interval.
