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Reyna-Hurtado R, Huerta-Rodríguez JO, Duarte-Morales A, Poot-Sarmiento I, Martínez-Martínez LV, Jiménez-Sánchez MA. Population Dynamics and Survival Strategies of Two Endangered Ungulates in a Low Water-Availability Site of the Maya Forest of Mexico. Animals (Basel) 2025; 15:1307. [PMID: 40362122 PMCID: PMC12071126 DOI: 10.3390/ani15091307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2024] [Revised: 04/11/2025] [Accepted: 04/22/2025] [Indexed: 05/15/2025] Open
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White-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) and Central American tapir (Tapirus bairdii) are two endangered ungulates that inhabit the Maya Forest in Southern Mexico. These species need water sources almost every day to fill their ecological and physiological needs. How have they survived in a landscape like the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve where the water is very scarce and temporal? We analyzed 10 years of data for both species, collected through the intensive use of camera traps located in 18 ephemeral ponds of the Mexican side of the Maya Forest. These data in combination with occasional data on individual movements of both species collected with radiotelemetry allowed us to describe changes in occupancy, abundance, and movements that show the different strategies these species must cope with during dry periods. The white-lipped peccary population passed through cycles and disappeared from periods of water scarcity, and later, they appeared and stayed close to a few sources of water while the tapir population remained constant and occupied almost all sources of water throughout the years. This contribution increases the ecological knowledge and survival strategies of two endangered tropical ungulates of Mesoamerican Forests that have been disappearing at alarming rates in other forests of the region.
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- Rafael Reyna-Hurtado
- Department of Biodiversity Conservation, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Campeche 24500, Mexico;
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- Centro de Estudios del Desarrollo Sustentable y Aprovechamiento de la Vida Silvestre, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Campeche 24500, Mexico;
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Campeche 24500, Mexico;
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Oliveira MLD, Peres PHDF, Grotta-Neto F, Vogliotti A, Passos FDC, Duarte JMB. Using niche modelling and human influence index to indicate conservation priorities for Atlantic forest deer species. J Nat Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Whitworth A, Beirne C, Basto A, Flatt E, Tobler M, Powell G, Terborgh J, Forsyth A. Disappearance of an ecosystem engineer, the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), leads to density compensation and ecological release. Oecologia 2022; 199:937-949. [PMID: 35963917 PMCID: PMC9464176 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-022-05233-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Given the rate of biodiversity loss, there is an urgent need to understand community-level responses to extirpation events, with two prevailing hypotheses. On one hand, the loss of an apex predator leads to an increase in primary prey species, triggering a trophic cascade of other changes within the community, while density compensation and ecological release can occur because of reduced competition for resources and absence of direct aggression. White-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari—WLP), a species that typically co-occurs with collared peccary (Pecari tajacu), undergo major population crashes—often taking 20 to 30-years for populations to recover. Using a temporally replicated camera trapping dataset, in both a pre- and post- WLP crash, we explore how WLP disappearance alters the structure of a Neotropical vertebrate community with findings indicative of density compensation. White-lipped peccary were the most frequently detected terrestrial mammal in the 2006–2007 pre-population crash period but were undetected during the 2019 post-crash survey. Panthera onca (jaguar) camera trap encounter rates declined by 63% following the WLP crash, while collared peccary, puma (Puma concolor), red-brocket deer (Mazama americana) and short-eared dog (Atelocynus microtis) all displayed greater encounter rates (490%, 150%, 280%, and 500% respectively), and increased in rank-abundance. Absence of WLP was correlated with ecological release changes in habitat-use for six species, with the greatest increase in use in the preferred floodplain habitat of the WLP. Surprisingly, community-weighted mean trait distributions (body size, feeding guild and nocturnality) did not change, suggesting functional redundancy in diverse tropical mammal assemblages.
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- Andrew Whitworth
- Osa Conservation, Washington, DC, USA. .,Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. .,Department of Biology, Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
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- Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Osa Conservation, Washington, DC, USA.,Conservación Amazónica, Lima, Perú.,Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Osa Conservation, Washington, DC, USA.,Andes Amazon Fund, Washington, DC, USA
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Mason DS, Baruzzi C, Lashley MA. Passive directed dispersal of plants by animals. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2022; 97:1908-1929. [PMID: 35770842 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Conceptual gaps and imprecise terms and definitions may obscure the breadth of plant-animal dispersal relationships involved in directed dispersal. The term 'directed' indicates predictable delivery to favourable microsites. However, directed dispersal was initially considered uncommon in diffuse mutualisms (i.e. those involving many species), partly because plants rarely influence post-removal propagule fate without specialized adaptations. This rationale implies that donor plants play an active role in directed dispersal by manipulating vector behaviour after propagule removal. However, even in most classic examples of directed dispersal, participating plants do not influence animal behaviour after propagule removal. Instead, such plants may take advantage of vector attraction to favourable plant microsites, indicating a need to expand upon current interpretations of directed dispersal. We contend that directed dispersal can emerge whenever propagules are disproportionately delivered to favourable microsites as a result of predictably skewed vector behaviour. Thus, we propose distinguishing active and passive forms of directed dispersal. In active directed dispersal, the donor plant achieves disproportionate arrival to favourable microsites by influencing vector behaviour after propagule removal. By contrast, passive directed dispersal occurs when the donor plant takes advantage of vector behaviour to arrive at favourable microsites. Whereas predictable post-removal vector behaviour is dictated by characteristics of the donor plant in active directed dispersal, characteristics of the destination dictate predictable post-removal vector behaviour in passive directed dispersal. Importantly, this passive form of directed dispersal may emerge in more plant-animal dispersal relationships because specialized adaptations in donor plants that influence post-removal vector behaviour are not required. We explore the occurrence and consequences of passive directed dispersal using the unifying generalized gravity model of dispersal. This model successfully describes vectored dispersal by incorporating the influence of the environment (i.e. attractiveness of microsites) on vector movement. When applying gravity models to dispersal, the three components of Newton's gravity equation (i.e. gravitational force, object mass, and distance between centres of mass) become analogous to propagules moving towards a location based on characteristics of the donor plant, the destination, and relocation processes. The generalized gravity model predicts passive directed dispersal in plant-animal dispersal relationships when (i) animal vectors are predictably attracted to specific destinations, (ii) animal vectors disproportionately disperse propagules to those destinations, and (iii) those destinations are also favourable microsites for the dispersed plants. Our literature search produced evidence for these three conditions broadly, and we identified 13 distinct scenarios where passive directed dispersal likely occurs because vector behaviour is predictably skewed towards favourable microsites. We discuss the wide applicability of passive directed dispersal to plant-animal mutualisms and provide new insights into the vulnerability of those mutualisms to global change.
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- David S Mason
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, PO Box 110430, 1745 McCarty Drive, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0410, USA
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- School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, University of Florida, PO Box 110410, 1745 McCarty Drive, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0410, USA
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- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, PO Box 110430, 1745 McCarty Drive, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0410, USA
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Jaramillo-Vivanco T, Balslev H, Montúfar R, Cámara RM, Giampieri F, Battino M, Cámara M, Alvarez-Suarez JM. Three Amazonian palms as underestimated and little-known sources of nutrients, bioactive compounds and edible insects. Food Chem 2022; 372:131273. [PMID: 34649030 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Revised: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Mauritia flexuosa, Bactris gasipaes, and Oenocarpus bataua are among the main palms in the Amazon used for food and medicinal purposes. The food most commonly derived from these are fruits, oil, and the larvae of the insect Rhynchophorus palmarum reared in their trunks. Palm fruits are used for oil extraction as they are rich in saturated fatty acids, fiber, pro-vitamin A, carotenoids, tocopherols, macro and microelements, and polyphenols. Furthermore, the larvae of R. palmarum are rich in lipids, vitamin E, and proteins. This review analyzes the chemical composition of the fruit and oil of these palm species, as well as the R. palmarum larvae that breed in them. Our aim is to present information that is not widely known in order to demonstrate the potential of these palms as sources of plant-based and animal food with high nutritional and functional values.
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- Tatiana Jaramillo-Vivanco
- Grupo de Bio-quimio Informática, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador; Programa de Doctorado en Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Bioscience - Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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- Departamento Nutrición y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy; International Research Center for Food Nutrition and Safety, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Departamento Nutrición y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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- Ingeniería en Alimentos, Colegio de Ciencias e Ingenierías, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador; King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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Magioli M, Villar N, Jorge ML, Biondo C, Keuroghlian A, Bradham J, Pedrosa F, Costa V, Moreira MZ, Ferraz KMPMDB, Galetti M. Dietary expansion facilitates the persistence of a large frugivore in fragmented tropical forests. Anim Conserv 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/acv.12766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Marcelo Magioli
- Instituto Pró‐Carnívoros Atibaia São Paulo Brazil
- Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Mamíferos Carnívoros (CENAP) Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) Atibaia São Paulo Brazil
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- Instituto de Biociências Departamento de Biodiversidade Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Rio Claro São Paulo Brazil
- Department of Aquatic Ecology Netherlands Institute of Ecology Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Earth & Environmental Sciences Vanderbilt University Nashville TN USA
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- Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas (CCNH) Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC) São Bernardo do Campo São Paulo Brazil
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- Peccary Project/IUCN/SSC Peccary Specialist Group Fundação Neotrópica do Brasil Campo Grande Brazil
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- Department of Environmental Studies Wofford College Spartanburg SC USA
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- Mão na Mata – Manejo e Soluções Ambientais São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
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- Centro de Isótopos Estáveis Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista Botucatu São Paulo Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Isotópica Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura Universidade de São Paulo Piracicaba São Paulo Brazil
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- Instituto Pró‐Carnívoros Atibaia São Paulo Brazil
- Laboratório de Ecologia Manejo e Conservação de Fauna Silvestre (LEMaC) Departamento de Ciências Florestais Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ) Universidade de São Paulo (USP) Piracicaba São Paulo Brazil
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- Instituto de Biociências Departamento de Biodiversidade Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Rio Claro São Paulo Brazil
- Department of Biology University of Miami Coral Gables FL USA
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Delgado-Martínez CM, Mendoza E. Human disturbance modifies the identity and interaction strength of mammals that consume Attalea butyracea fruit in a neotropical forest. ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION 2021. [DOI: 10.32800/abc.2022.45.0013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Habitat loss and hunting are important drivers of mammal defaunation, affecting not only species presence but also their ecological roles. Frugivory is a key biotic interaction in the tropics due to its wide representation among mammals and its effects on forest dynamics. We assessed how human disturbance affects interactions between mammalian frugivores and Attalea butyracea fruit deposited on the forest floor by comparing visits to palms at two sites with contrasting levels of human disturbance (non–disturbed vs. disturbed sites) in the Lacandon rainforest in southern Mexico. Using camera traps, we recorded mammal species interacting with fruit and estimated their interaction strength. The frugivore ensemble was richer in the non–disturbed forest (nine species) than in the disturbed forest (four species), which lacked the largest body–sized mammals. Large–bodied mammals showed a stronger interaction with fruit in terms of the frequency and length of their visits. Our study highlights the need to undertake conservation actions not only to ensure that the species are maintained in disturbed forests but also to ensure that their biotic interactions remain unchanged.
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- C. M. Delgado-Martínez
- Instituto de Investigaciones sobre los Recursos Naturales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones sobre los Recursos Naturales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico
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Marques Dracxler C, Kissling WD. The mutualism-antagonism continuum in Neotropical palm-frugivore interactions: from interaction outcomes to ecosystem dynamics. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2021; 97:527-553. [PMID: 34725900 PMCID: PMC9297963 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Frugivory, that is feeding on fruits, pulp or seeds by animals, is usually considered a mutualism when interactions involve seed dispersal, and an antagonism when it results in the predation and destruction of seeds. Nevertheless, most frugivory interactions involve both benefits and disadvantages for plants, and the net interaction outcomes thus tend to vary along a continuum from mutualism to antagonism. Quantifying outcome variation is challenging and the ecological contribution of frugivorous animals to plant demography thus remains little explored. This is particularly true for interactions in which animals do not ingest entire fruits, that is in seed‐eating and pulp‐eating. Here, we provide a comprehensive review of Neotropical palm–frugivore interactions, with a focus on how frugivore consumption behaviour (i.e. digestive processing, fruit‐handling ability and caching behaviour) and feeding types (fruit‐eating, pulp‐eating and seed‐eating) influence interaction outcomes at different demographic stages of palms. We compiled a total of 1043 species‐level palm–frugivore interaction records that explicitly captured information on which parts of palm fruits are eaten by animals. These records showed consumption of fruits of 106 Neotropical palm species by 273 vertebrate species, especially birds (50%) and mammals (45%), but also fish (3%) and reptiles (2%). Fruit‐eating involved all four taxonomic vertebrate classes whereas seed‐eating and pulp‐eating were only recorded among birds and mammals. Most fruit‐eating interactions (77%) resulted in positive interaction outcomes for plants (e.g. gut‐passed seeds are viable or seeds are successfully dispersed), regardless of the digestive processing type of vertebrate consumers (seed defecation versus regurgitation). The majority of pulp‐eating interactions (91%) also resulted in positive interaction outcomes, for instance via pulp removal that promoted seed germination or via dispersal of intact palm seeds by external transport, especially if animals have a good fruit‐handling ability (e.g. primates, and some parrots). By contrast, seed‐eating interactions mostly resulted in dual outcomes (60%), where interactions had both negative effects on seed survival and positive outcomes through seed caching and external (non‐digestive) seed dispersal. A detailed synthesis of available field studies with qualitative and quantitative information provided evidence that 12 families and 27 species of mammals and birds are predominantly on the mutualistic side of the continuum whereas five mammalian families, six mammal and one reptile species are on the antagonistic side. The synthesis also revealed that most species can act as partial mutualists, even if they are typically considered antagonists. Our review demonstrates how different consumption behaviours and feeding types of vertebrate fruit consumers can influence seed dispersal and regeneration of palms, and thus ultimately affect the structure and functioning of tropical ecosystems. Variation in feeding types of animal consumers will influence ecosystem dynamics via effects on plant population dynamics and differences in long‐distance seed dispersal, and may subsequently affect ecosystem functions such as carbon storage. The quantification of intra‐ and inter‐specific variation in outcomes of plant–frugivore interactions – and their positive and negative effects on the seed‐to‐seedling transition of animal‐dispersed plants – should be a key research focus to understand better the mutualism–antagonism continuum and its importance for ecosystem dynamics.
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- Caroline Marques Dracxler
- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94240, Amsterdam, 1090 GE, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94240, Amsterdam, 1090 GE, The Netherlands
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Oshima JEDF, Jorge MLS, Sobral-Souza T, Börger L, Keuroghlian A, Peres CA, Vancine MH, Collen B, Ribeiro MC. Setting priority conservation management regions to reverse rapid range decline of a key neotropical forest ungulate. Glob Ecol Conserv 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Elusive deer occurrences at the Atlantic Forest: 20 years of surveys. MAMMAL RES 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s13364-021-00604-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Villar N, Rocha-Mendes F, Guevara R, Galetti M. Large herbivore-palm interactions modulate the spatial structure of seedling communities and productivity in Neotropical forests. Perspect Ecol Conserv 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2021.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Lasmar CJ, Rosa C, Queiroz ACM, Nunes CA, Imata MMG, Alves GP, Nascimento GB, Ázara LN, Vieira L, Louzada J, Feitosa RM, Brescovit AD, Passamani M, Ribas CR. Temperature and productivity distinctly affect the species richness of ectothermic and endothermic multitrophic guilds along a tropical elevational gradient. Oecologia 2021; 197:243-257. [PMID: 34370096 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-021-05011-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The diversity of endotherms and ectotherms may be differently affected by ambient temperature and net primary productivity (NPP). Additionally, little is known about how these drivers affect the diversity of guilds of different trophic levels. We assessed the relative role of temperature and NPP in multitrophic guilds of ectothermic (arthropods: ants, ground beetles, spiders, and harvestmen) and endothermic (large mammals) animals along a tropical elevational gradient. We sampled arthropods at eight elevation belts and large mammals at 14 elevation belts in Atlantic rainforest (ranging from 600 to 2450 m.a.s.l.) of Itatiaia National Park, Southeast Brazil. Overall arthropod species richness was more associated with temperature than overall large-mammal species richness, while the latter was more associated with NPP. When separated into trophic guilds, we found that the species richness associated with NPP increased across arthropod trophic levels from herbivores to predators. Conversely, although NPP influenced large-mammal herbivore species richness, its effects did not seem to accumulate across large-mammal trophic levels since the species richness of large-mammal omnivores was more associated with temperature and none of the variables we studied influenced large-mammal predators. We suggest that thermal physiological differences between ectotherms and endotherms are responsible for the way in which arthropods and large mammals interact with or are constrained by the environment. Furthermore, the inconsistency regarding the role of temperature and NPP on species richness across multitrophic guilds of ectotherms and endotherms could indicate that thermal physiological differences might also interfere with energy use and flux in the food web.
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- Chaim J Lasmar
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aplicada, Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Laboratório de Ecologia de Formigas, Universidade Federal de Lavras, PO Box 3037, Lavras, MG, 37200-900, Brazil.
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- Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Amazonas, 69067-375, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aplicada, Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Laboratório de Ecologia de Formigas, Universidade Federal de Lavras, PO Box 3037, Lavras, MG, 37200-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aplicada, Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aplicada, Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Laboratório de Ecologia de Formigas, Universidade Federal de Lavras, PO Box 3037, Lavras, MG, 37200-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aplicada, Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Laboratório de Ecologia de Formigas, Universidade Federal de Lavras, PO Box 3037, Lavras, MG, 37200-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aplicada, Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Laboratório de Ecologia de Formigas, Universidade Federal de Lavras, PO Box 3037, Lavras, MG, 37200-900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Aracnologia, Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 940-040, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Florestal, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG, 37200-000, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia de Invertebrados, Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG, 37200-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19020, Curitiba, PR, 81531-980, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, 05503-900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação de Mamíferos, Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG, 37200-000, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aplicada, Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Laboratório de Ecologia de Formigas, Universidade Federal de Lavras, PO Box 3037, Lavras, MG, 37200-900, Brazil
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Ouboter DA, Kadosoe VS, Ouboter PE. Impact of ecotourism on abundance, diversity and activity patterns of medium-large terrestrial mammals at Brownsberg Nature Park, Suriname. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0250390. [PMID: 34077471 PMCID: PMC8171955 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The impacts of ecotourism on biodiversity are poorly understood and the outcome of this type of research is often contradictory. On the one hand ecotourism could impact the occurrence, survival or behavior of species, on the other hand ecotourism is often mentioned as providing a "human shield" by deterring negative practices like gold mining, logging and hunting. Brownsberg Nature Park is easily the most visited protected area of Suriname, with a high number of ecotourists visiting from abroad. A four-year study on the impact of ecotourism on medium-large terrestrial mammals was carried out between 2013 and 2016 using 16 camera trap stations. The area has a clear gradient of tourism pressure, with the pressure decreasing further away from the lodging facilities. Evidently, the impacts of human presence on the mammal communities were more significant in the busiest areas. Most species avoided areas with many hikers or switched to a more nocturnal activity pattern. In these areas the impact was not reflected in species numbers, however it was causing a significant decrease in the diversity of mammals. On the other hand, vehicles had little impact on species avoidance or diversity, but did increase nocturnality, even more than hikers. A few species seemed to be "attracted" by hikers and/or traffic. Giant armadillos (Priodontes maximus) and spotted pacas (Cuniculus paca) used the pools in the road created by traffic. Ocelots (Leopardus pardalis), margays (Leopardus wiedii) and red-rumped agoutis (Dasyprocta leporina) seemed to favor human disturbance probably because of predator release. Some of the most impacted species were the jaguar (Panthera onca), puma (Puma concolor) and lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris), all three species with significant contribution to ecosystem balance. Management measures should focus on lowering the number of hikers in popular places and limiting the number of vehicles in recreational areas.
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- Dimitri A. Ouboter
- Institute for Neotropical Wildlife and Environmental Studies, Paramaribo, Suriname
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- Institute for Neotropical Wildlife and Environmental Studies, Paramaribo, Suriname
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- Institute for Neotropical Wildlife and Environmental Studies, Paramaribo, Suriname
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Costa HCM, Benchimol M, Peres CA. Wild ungulate responses to anthropogenic land use: a comparative Pantropical analysis. Mamm Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/mam.12252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Hugo C. M. Costa
- Programa de Pós‐graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz Rodovia Jorge Amado km 16 Ilhéus BA45662‐900Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Aplicada à Conservação ‐ LEAC Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz Rodovia Jorge Amado km 16, Base Ambiental Ilhéus BA45662‐900Brazil
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- School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia NorwichNR47TJUK
- Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia Universidade Federal da Paraíba Cidade Universitária João Pessoa Paraíba58051‐900Brazil
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Gasparini GM, Dutra RP, Perini FA, Croft DA, Cozzuol MA, Missagia RV, Lucas SG. On the Supposed Presence of Miocene Tayassuidae and Dromomerycinae (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla) in South America. AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES 2021. [DOI: 10.1206/3968.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Germán M. Gasparini
- CONICET, División Paleontología Vertebrados, Unidades de Investigación Anexo Museo de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires
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- PPG – Zoologia/Departamento de Zoologia, ICB, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- PPG – Zoologia/Departamento de Zoologia, ICB, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
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- PPG – Zoologia/Departamento de Zoologia, ICB, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- PPG – Zoologia/Departamento de Zoologia, ICB, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Glória CMD, Tozetti AM. Bird visits and resource use in Butia odorata (Arecaceae) palm groves in southern Brazil. IHERINGIA. SERIE ZOOLOGIA 2021. [DOI: 10.1590/1678-4766e2021032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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ABSTRACT We evaluated avian use of a palm grove of Butia odorata (Barb. Rodr.) Noblick in the Brazilian Pampa. We recorded bird species richness, frequency of visits, and feeding behavior in palms trees with different flower and fruit availability. From January 2018 to February 2019, we observed 1,094 bird visits in 347 palm trees and identified 53 species. The most frequent visitors were Sicalis flaveola (Linnaeus, 1766), Myiopsitta monachus (Boddaert, 1783) and Zonotrichia capensis (Statius Muller, 1776). Perching was the most frequent use of palm trees by the birds (79%). Our hypothesis that an increase in the availability of flowers and fruits will be followed by a larger number of visits by insectivorous and frugivorous birds was not corroborated. In addition, there was a higher number of species visiting palm trees with no resources. The species composition and the number of guilds of visiting birds varied seasonally, but independently from resources availability. Bird richness, number of visits, and time length of visits did not vary between flowering/fruiting and resourceless palm trees. Based on this we argue that the main contribution of Butia odorata to the establishment of bird assemblages in palm groves is their role in offering perching, sheltering, and nesting sites.
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Villar N, Paz C, Zipparro V, Nazareth S, Bulascoschi L, Bakker ES, Galetti M. Frugivory underpins the nitrogen cycle. Funct Ecol 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Nacho Villar
- Departamento de Ecologia Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) São Paulo Brazil
- Department of Aquatic Ecology Netherlands Institute of Ecology Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Ecologia Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) São Paulo Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) São Paulo Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) São Paulo Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) São Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Aquatic Ecology Netherlands Institute of Ecology Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Ecologia Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) São Paulo Brazil
- Department of Biology University of Miami Coral Gables FL USA
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Valverde J, Carvalho CDS, Jordano P, Galetti M. Large herbivores regulate the spatial recruitment of a hyperdominant Neotropical palm. Biotropica 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Javier Valverde
- CIBIO‐InBIO Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos Universidade do Porto Vairão Portugal
- Departamento de Ecología Universidad de Granada Granada Spain
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- Departamento de Biodiversidade Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Rio Claro Brazil
- Departamento de Genética e Evolução Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) São Carlos Brazil
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- Integrative Ecology Group Estación Biológica de Doñana Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (EBD‐CSIC) Sevilla Spain
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- Departamento de Biodiversidade Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Rio Claro Brazil
- Department of Biology University of Miami Coral Gables FL USA
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Jorge MLSP, Bradham JL, Keuroghlian A, Oshima JEF, Ribeiro MC. Permeability of Neotropical agricultural lands to a key native ungulate—Are well‐connected forests important? Biotropica 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Peccary Project/IUCN/SSC Peccary Specialist Group Fundação Neotrópica do Brasil Campo Grande Brazil
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- Departamento de Biodiversidade Laboratório de Ecologia Espacial e Conservação (LEEC) Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Rio Claro Brazil13506‐900Brazil
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- Departamento de Biodiversidade Laboratório de Ecologia Espacial e Conservação (LEEC) Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Rio Claro Brazil13506‐900Brazil
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da Silva MM, de Faria CM, Sá FDS, Lovestain Costa DD, da Silva BC, de Deus GL, Young RJ, de Azevedo CS. Ethogram and time-activity budget of the collared peccary ( Pecari tajacu, Tayassuidae): implications for husbandry and welfare. J NAT HIST 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1819453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Mariane Mendes da Silva
- Departamento de Evolução, Biodiversidade e Meio Ambiente, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brasil
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- Departamento de Evolução, Biodiversidade e Meio Ambiente, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brasil
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- Departamento de Evolução, Biodiversidade e Meio Ambiente, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brasil
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- Departamento de Evolução, Biodiversidade e Meio Ambiente, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brasil
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- Departamento de Evolução, Biodiversidade e Meio Ambiente, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brasil
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- Departamento de Evolução, Biodiversidade e Meio Ambiente, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brasil
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- School of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Salford Manchester, Salford, UK
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- Departamento de Evolução, Biodiversidade e Meio Ambiente, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brasil
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Akkawi P, Villar N, Mendes CP, Galetti M. Dominance hierarchy on palm resource partitioning among Neotropical frugivorous mammals. J Mammal 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In tropical forests, the diets of many frugivorous mammals overlap, yet how hyper-diverse assemblages of consumers exploit resources and coexist remains poorly understood. We evaluated competitive interactions among three species of terrestrial frugivorous mammals, the ungulate Tayassu pecari (white-lipped peccary), its close relative Pecari tajacu (collared peccary), and a large rodent (Dasyprocta azarae, agouti), in their exploitation strategies of palm resources of different quality. We conducted the study in a large isolated fragment at the tropical Atlantic Forest of Brazil, where these mammal species show high spatial and temporal overlap. We evaluated if body mass and foraging group size define a hierarchy in exploitation of preferentially richer palm resources. We used camera traps and two-species occupancy models to examine patterns of co-occurrence and variable interaction strength between these consumers and three species of palms. Our analyses supported the hypothesis of partial resource overlap but no competition among frugivores, and a body mass dominance hierarchical exploitation of resources. The larger frugivore (white-lipped peccary) dominated patches of the lipid-rich palm Euterpe edulis, where the smallest frugivore (agouti) was absent. Instead, the smallest frugivore concentrated its foraging in areas with the poorest palm resource, Syagrus oleracea. Collared peccaries preferred areas of high abundance of Syagrus romanzoffiana when the other two mammal species were rarely detected or absent, strongly avoided patches of E. edulis, and showed higher average detection probabilities when agoutis were present. Our study highlights the important role of behavioral plasticity in promoting coexistence and indicates that through context-dependent interactions and hierarchical partitioning of resources, consumers can avoid strong competition, even under conditions of high spatial and temporal overlap and high levels of habitat fragmentation and isolation.
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- Paula Akkawi
- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
- Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
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Nascimento LFD, Guimarães PR, Onstein RE, Kissling WD, Pires MM. Associated evolution of fruit size, fruit colour and spines in Neotropical palms. J Evol Biol 2020; 33:858-868. [PMID: 32198956 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Understanding how ecological interactions have shaped the evolutionary dynamics of species traits remains a challenge in evolutionary ecology. Combining trait evolution models and phylogenies, we analysed the evolution of characters associated with seed dispersal (fruit size and colour) and herbivory (spines) in Neotropical palms to infer the role of these opposing animal-plant interactions in driving evolutionary patterns. We found that the evolution of fruit colour and fruit size was associated in Neotropical palms, supporting the adaptive interpretation of seed-dispersal syndromes and highlighting the role of frugivores in shaping plant evolution. Furthermore, we revealed a positive association between fruit size and the presence of spines on palm leaves, bracteas and stems. We hypothesize that interactions between palms and large-bodied frugivores/herbivores may explain the evolutionary relationship between fruit size and spines. Large-bodied frugivores, such as extinct megafauna, besides consuming the fruits and dispersing large seeds, may also have consumed the leaves or damaged the plants, thus simultaneously favouring the evolution of large fruits and defensive structures. Our findings show how current trait patterns can be understood as the result of the interplay between antagonistic and mutualistic interactions that have happened throughout the evolutionary history of a clade.
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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Blanco G, Tella JL, Díaz-Luque JA, Hiraldo F. Multiple External Seed Dispersers Challenge the Megafaunal Syndrome Anachronism and the Surrogate Ecological Function of Livestock. Front Ecol Evol 2019. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Giovas CM, Kamenov GD, Krigbaum J. 87Sr/86Sr and 14C evidence for peccary (Tayassuidae) introduction challenges accepted historical interpretation of the 1657 Ligon map of Barbados. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0216458. [PMID: 31086373 PMCID: PMC6516659 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Contemporary West Indian biodiversity has been shaped by two millennia of non-native species introductions. Understanding the dynamics of this process and its legacy across extended temporal and spatial scales requires accurate knowledge of introduction timing and the species involved. Richard Ligon’s 17th century account and celebrated map of early colonial Barbados records the translocation of several Old World species to the island in the post-contact era, including pigs (Sus scrofa) believed to have been released by passing sailors the century prior. Here we challenge this long-accepted historical narrative, presenting evidence that Ligon’s “pigs” were in fact peccaries, a New World continental mammal often confused with wild boars. We document the first recorded instance of non-native peccary (Tayassuidae) on Barbados based on a securely identified mandibular specimen from a historic archaeological context. Results of specimen 87Sr/86Sr and AMS radiocarbon assays, along with newly reported data from Sr isotope environmental analyses, indicate a local origin dating to AD 1645–1670/1780–1800. These data support the presence of living peccary on Barbados some time during the first 175 years of English settlement, which, based on review of historical and archaeological data, most likely arises from 16th century peccary introduction from the Guianas/Trinidad by the Spanish or Portuguese. We argue dimorphic representations of “pigs” on Ligon’s map reflect the co-occurrence of peccary and European domestic swine on historic Barbados. Our findings overturn conventional history and provide greater taxonomic and chronological resolution for Caribbean bioinvasion studies, helping to refine our understanding of potential ecological impacts. In addition, the new bioavailable 87Sr/86Sr data for Barbados reported here advance current efforts toward mapping the Caribbean Sr isoscape.
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- Christina M. Giovas
- Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Barros CH, Machado WM, Vieira RL, Allaman IB, Nogueira-Filho SL, Bittencourt RF, Snoeck PP. Use of the ACP® and BTS extenders for cooling at 15°C white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) semen. PESQUISA VETERINÁRIA BRASILEIRA 2019. [DOI: 10.1590/1678-5150-pvb-6053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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ABSTRACT: Knowledge about reproduction of white-lipped peccary is of great importance to assist with the conservation of this species and enable its rational use in captivity. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of ACP-103®, ACP-116® and BTS semen extenders on sperm viability during cooling of Tayassu pecari semen. Five ejaculates from four adult males were chilled. The animals were submitted to the protocols of sedation and anesthesia for semen collection by the electroejaculation method. After collection, the semen was macro- and microscopically assessed and diluted to reach 35x106 spermatozoa/mL in each of the three different extenders tested. The fresh-extended semen was packed in a BotuFLEX® thermal box to keep samples at 15°C for 24 hours. After cooling, the following semen parameters were analyzed: sperm motility, functional and structural integrity of sperm membranes, mitochondrial activity, chromatin condensation, and the thermoresistance test was performed. The parameters sperm motility, structural and functional integrity of sperm membranes, mitochondrial activity, and chromatin condensation were preserved after use of the extenders tested, and were similar to those of in natura semen (p>0.05). Curvilinear velocity (VCL) (p<0.05) was the only parameter with reduced values after cooling regardless of the extender used. The percentage of sperm with normal morphology was greater in samples cooled using the BTS extender (p<0.05). The ACP-103®, ACP-116® and BTS extenders can be used for the cooling and preservation of white-lipped peccary semen at 15°C for 24 hours.
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Hendges CD, Patterson BD, Cáceres NC, Gasparini GM, Ross CF. Skull shape and the demands of feeding: a biomechanical study of peccaries (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla). J Mammal 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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- Carla D Hendges
- Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade Animal, CCNE, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Av. Roraima, Santa Maria 97105-900, Brazil
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- Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Evolução, CCNE, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Av. Roraima, Santa Maria 97105-900, Brazil
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- División Paleontología Vertebrados, Unidades de Investigación Anexo Museo de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, calle 122 y 60, CP 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Bradham J, Jorge MLSP, Pedrosa F, Keuroghlian A, Costa VE, Bercê W, Galetti M. Spatial isotopic dietary plasticity of a Neotropical forest ungulate: the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari). J Mammal 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Jennifer Bradham
- Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Department of Ecology, Rio Claro, Brazil
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- Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Stable Isotope Center, Botucatu-SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Department of Ecology, Rio Claro, Brazil
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- Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Department of Ecology, Rio Claro, Brazil
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Sampaio RA, Moreira DO, de Assis AM, Mendes SL, Gatti A. Interaction between frugivorous vertebrates and two plant species of the genus Spondias. ANIM BIOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1163/15707563-18000003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Most plant species in the Atlantic Forest invest in zoochory as a dispersal mechanism and many depend on vertebrates to fulfill that role. The sizes of fruits and seeds are limiting factors in interactions between vertebrates and plant species. For example, plants that produce fruits with large seeds are more dependent on large frugivorous vertebrates for dispersal. We used camera traps to observe the interactions between frugivorous vertebrates and two large seed-producing plants of the genus Spondias in the Tableland of the Atlantic Forest of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Between 2015 and 2016 (622 camera days), we recorded 17 species of frugivorous vertebrates potentially ingesting fruit at the studied sites. Among the species recorded, only the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) was observed interacting directly with S. venulosa and S. macrocarpa. Our analysis indicates that the type of interaction depends on the body size of the vertebrate species, meaning that direct interaction with fruits of Spondias is commonly performed by medium and large vertebrates, such as spotted pacas, agoutis, and tapirs. Our study highlights the importance of these vertebrates in the forest remnants of the Atlantic Forest Tableland, such as the Linhares-Sooretama forest complex, for conservation and regeneration of plant communities.
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- Rebeca A.P. Sampaio
- 1Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Centro de Ciências Humanas e Naturais, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Avenida Fernando Ferrari, 514, Goiabeiras, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brasil. CEP: 29075-910
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- 2Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal (PPGBAN), Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Centro de Ciências Humanas e Naturais, Avenida Fernando Ferrari, 514, Goiabeiras, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brasil. CEP: 29075-910
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- 3Rede de Ensino Doctum, Rua 1D, 80, Civit II, Serra, Espírito Santo, Brasil. CEP: 29168-064
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- 2Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal (PPGBAN), Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Centro de Ciências Humanas e Naturais, Avenida Fernando Ferrari, 514, Goiabeiras, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brasil. CEP: 29075-910
- 4Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica/INMA, Av. José Ruschi, 4, Centro, Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brasil. CEP: 29650-000
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- 1Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Centro de Ciências Humanas e Naturais, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Avenida Fernando Ferrari, 514, Goiabeiras, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brasil. CEP: 29075-910
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Antonelli A, Ariza M, Albert J, Andermann T, Azevedo J, Bacon C, Faurby S, Guedes T, Hoorn C, Lohmann LG, Matos-Maraví P, Ritter CD, Sanmartín I, Silvestro D, Tejedor M, ter Steege H, Tuomisto H, Werneck FP, Zizka A, Edwards SV. Conceptual and empirical advances in Neotropical biodiversity research. PeerJ 2018; 6:e5644. [PMID: 30310740 PMCID: PMC6174874 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The unparalleled biodiversity found in the American tropics (the Neotropics) has attracted the attention of naturalists for centuries. Despite major advances in recent years in our understanding of the origin and diversification of many Neotropical taxa and biotic regions, many questions remain to be answered. Additional biological and geological data are still needed, as well as methodological advances that are capable of bridging these research fields. In this review, aimed primarily at advanced students and early-career scientists, we introduce the concept of "trans-disciplinary biogeography," which refers to the integration of data from multiple areas of research in biology (e.g., community ecology, phylogeography, systematics, historical biogeography) and Earth and the physical sciences (e.g., geology, climatology, palaeontology), as a means to reconstruct the giant puzzle of Neotropical biodiversity and evolution in space and time. We caution against extrapolating results derived from the study of one or a few taxa to convey general scenarios of Neotropical evolution and landscape formation. We urge more coordination and integration of data and ideas among disciplines, transcending their traditional boundaries, as a basis for advancing tomorrow's ground-breaking research. Our review highlights the great opportunities for studying the Neotropical biota to understand the evolution of life.
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- Alexandre Antonelli
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Botanical Garden, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Organismic Biology and Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Laboratory Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions, Team “Ecologie, Evolution, Symbiose”, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, USA
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Federal University of São Paulo, Diadema, Brazil
- Museum of Zoology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Universidad Regional Amazonica IKIAM, Napo, Ecuador
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- Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Computational Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Instituto Patagónico de Geología y Paleontología, Puerto Madryn, Guatemala
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands
- Systems Ecology, Free University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Organismic Biology and Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Gothenburg Centre for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Molina E, Espelta JM, Pino J, Bagaria G, Armenteras D. Influence of clay licks on the diversity and structure of an Amazonian forest. Biotropica 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Eduardo Molina
- Laboratorio de Ecología de Paisaje y Modelación de Ecosistemas (ECOLMOD); Departamento de Biología; Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Carrera 30 # 45-03, Edificio 421 Bogotá Colombia
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- CREAF; Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193 Catalonia Spain
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- Laboratorio de Ecología de Paisaje y Modelación de Ecosistemas (ECOLMOD); Departamento de Biología; Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Carrera 30 # 45-03, Edificio 421 Bogotá Colombia
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Bodmer R, Mayor P, Antunez M, Chota K, Fang T, Puertas P, Pittet M, Kirkland M, Walkey M, Rios C, Perez-Peña P, Henderson P, Bodmer W, Bicerra A, Zegarra J, Docherty E. Major shifts in Amazon wildlife populations from recent intensification of floods and drought. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY : THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2018; 32:333-344. [PMID: 28766738 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2016] [Revised: 07/09/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In the western Amazon Basin, recent intensification of river-level cycles has increased flooding during the wet seasons and decreased precipitation during the dry season. Greater than normal floods occurred in 2009 and in all years from 2011 to 2015 during high-water seasons, and a drought occurred during the 2010 low-water season. During these years, we surveyed populations of terrestrial, arboreal, and aquatic wildlife in a seasonally flooded Amazonian forest in the Loreto region of Peru (99,780 km2 ) to study the effects of intensification of natural climatic fluctuations on wildlife populations and in turn effects on resource use by local people. Shifts in fish and terrestrial mammal populations occurred during consecutive years of high floods and the drought of 2010. As floods intensified, terrestrial mammal populations decreased by 95%. Fish, waterfowl, and otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) abundances increased during years of intensive floods, whereas river dolphin and caiman populations had stable abundances. Arboreal species, including, macaws, game birds, primates, felids, and other arboreal mammals had stable populations and were not affected directly by high floods. The drought of 2010 had the opposite effect: fish, waterfowl, and dolphin populations decreased, and populations of terrestrial and arboreal species remained stable. Ungulates and large rodents are important sources of food and income for local people, and large declines in these animals has shifted resource use of people living in the flooded forests away from hunting to a greater reliance on fish.
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- Richard Bodmer
- Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NS, United Kingdom
- FundAmazonia, Museum of Amazonian Indigenous Cultures, 332 Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru
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- FundAmazonia, Museum of Amazonian Indigenous Cultures, 332 Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru
- Departament de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- FundAmazonia, Museum of Amazonian Indigenous Cultures, 332 Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru
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- FundAmazonia, Museum of Amazonian Indigenous Cultures, 332 Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru
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- FundAmazonia, Museum of Amazonian Indigenous Cultures, 332 Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru
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- FundAmazonia, Museum of Amazonian Indigenous Cultures, 332 Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru
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- Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NS, United Kingdom
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- FundAmazonia, Museum of Amazonian Indigenous Cultures, 332 Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru
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- Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NS, United Kingdom
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- Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Jorge Chávez No. 930-942 - Iquitos, Peru
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- Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana, Av. José A. Quiñones km 2.5, Iquitos, Loreto, Perú
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- PISCES Conservation Ltd., IRC House, Pennington, Hants SO41 8GN, United Kingdom
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- FundAmazonia, Museum of Amazonian Indigenous Cultures, 332 Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru
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- FundAmazonia, Museum of Amazonian Indigenous Cultures, 332 Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru
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- FundAmazonia, Museum of Amazonian Indigenous Cultures, 332 Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru
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- FundAmazonia, Museum of Amazonian Indigenous Cultures, 332 Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru
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Coggan NV, Hayward MW, Gibb H. A global database and "state of the field" review of research into ecosystem engineering by land animals. J Anim Ecol 2018; 87:974-994. [PMID: 29488217 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Ecosystem engineers have been widely studied for terrestrial systems, but global trends in research encompassing the range of taxa and functions have not previously been synthesised. We reviewed contemporary understanding of engineer fauna in terrestrial habitats and assessed the methods used to document patterns and processes, asking: (a) which species act as ecosystem engineers and with whom do they interact? (b) What are the impacts of ecosystem engineers in terrestrial habitats and how are they distributed? (c) What are the primary methods used to examine engineer effects and how have these developed over time? We considered the strengths, weaknesses and gaps in knowledge related to each of these questions and suggested a conceptual framework to delineate "significant impacts" of engineering interactions for all terrestrial animals. We collected peer-reviewed publications examining ecosystem engineer impacts and created a database of engineer species to assess experimental approaches and any additional covariates that influenced the magnitude of engineer impacts. One hundred and twenty-two species from 28 orders were identified as ecosystem engineers, performing five ecological functions. Burrowing mammals were the most researched group (27%). Half of all studies occurred in dry/arid habitats. Mensurative studies comparing sites with and without engineers (80%) were more common than manipulative studies (20%). These provided a broad framework for predicting engineer impacts upon abundance and species diversity. However, the roles of confounding factors, processes driving these patterns and the consequences of experimentally adjusting variables, such as engineer density, have been neglected. True spatial and temporal replication has also been limited, particularly for emerging studies of engineer reintroductions. Climate change and habitat modification will challenge the roles that engineers play in regulating ecosystems, and these will become important avenues for future research. We recommend future studies include simulation of engineer effects and experimental manipulation of engineer densities to determine the potential for ecological cascades through trophic and engineering pathways due to functional decline. We also recommend improving knowledge of long-term engineering effects and replication of engineer reintroductions across landscapes to better understand how large-scale ecological gradients alter the magnitude of engineering impacts.
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- Nicole V Coggan
- Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC., Australia
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- Australian Wildlife Conservancy, Subiaco East, W.A., Australia.,School of the Environment, Bangor University, Wales, UK
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- Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC., Australia
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de Lima NE, Carvalho AA, Meerow AW, Manfrin MH. A review of the palm genus Acrocomia: Neotropical green gold. ORG DIVERS EVOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s13127-018-0362-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Virapongse A, Endress BA, Gilmore MP, Horn C, Romulo C. Ecology, livelihoods, and management of the Mauritia flexuosa palm in South America. Glob Ecol Conserv 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2016.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Galetti M, Brocardo CR, Begotti RA, Hortenci L, Rocha-Mendes F, Bernardo CSS, Bueno RS, Nobre R, Bovendorp RS, Marques RM, Meirelles F, Gobbo SK, Beca G, Schmaedecke G, Siqueira T. Defaunation and biomass collapse of mammals in the largest Atlantic forest remnant. Anim Conserv 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/acv.12311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- M. Galetti
- Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Rio Claro Brazil
- Section for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity; Department of Bioscience; Aarhus University; Ny Munkegade 114 DK-8000 Aarhus C Denmark
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- Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Rio Claro Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Rio Claro Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Rio Claro Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Rio Claro Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Rio Claro Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Rio Claro Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Rio Claro Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Rio Claro Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Rio Claro Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Rio Claro Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Rio Claro Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Rio Claro Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Rio Claro Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Rio Claro Brazil
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Antunes AP, Fewster RM, Venticinque EM, Peres CA, Levi T, Rohe F, Shepard GH. Empty forest or empty rivers? A century of commercial hunting in Amazonia. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2016; 2:e1600936. [PMID: 27757421 PMCID: PMC5061472 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 08/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The Amazon basin is the largest and most species-rich tropical forest and river system in the world, playing a pivotal role in global climate regulation and harboring hundreds of traditional and indigenous cultures. It is a matter of intense debate whether the ecosystem is threatened by hunting practices, whereby an "empty forest" loses critical ecological functions. Strikingly, no previous study has examined Amazonian ecosystem resilience through the perspective of the massive 20th century international trade in furs and skins. We present the first historical account of the scale and impacts of this trade and show that whereas aquatic species suffered basin-wide population collapse, terrestrial species did not. We link this differential resilience to the persistence of adequate spatial refuges for terrestrial species, enabling populations to be sustained through source-sink dynamics, contrasting with unremitting hunting pressure on more accessible aquatic habitats. Our findings attest the high vulnerability of aquatic fauna to unregulated hunting, particularly during years of severe drought. We propose that the relative resilience of terrestrial species suggests a marked opportunity for managing, rather than criminalizing, contemporary traditional subsistence hunting in Amazonia, through both the engagement of local people in community-based comanagement programs and science-led conservation governance.
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- André P. Antunes
- Department of Ecology, National Institute of Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil
- Wildlife Conservation Society Brasil, Manaus, Brazil
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- Department of Statistics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Department of Ecology, National Institute of Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil
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- Department of Anthropology, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, Brazil
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Camargo-Sanabria AA, Mendoza E. Interactions between terrestrial mammals and the fruits of two neotropical rainforest tree species. ACTA OECOLOGICA 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2016.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Reyna-Hurtado R, Beck H, Altrichter M, Chapman CA, Bonnell TR, Keuroghlian A, Desbiez AL, Moreira-Ramírez JF, O'Farrill G, Fragoso J, Naranjo EJ. What Ecological and Anthropogenic Factors Affect Group Size in White-lipped Peccaries (Tayassu pecari)? Biotropica 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Rafael Reyna-Hurtado
- El Colegio de la Frontera Sur; Av. Rancho Polígono 2A Lerma Campeche 24500 Mexico
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Towson Univeristy; 8000 York Road Towson MD 21239 U.S.A
- Prescott College; 220 Grove Avenue Prescott AZ 86301 U.S.A
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- Department of Anthropology; McGill School of Environment; McGill University; 855 Sherbrooke street West Montreal QC H3A 2T7 Canada
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- Department of Anthropology; McGill School of Environment; McGill University; 855 Sherbrooke street West Montreal QC H3A 2T7 Canada
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- Wildlife Conservation Society Brazil; R. Spipe Calarge 2355 Campo Grande MS Brazil
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- Conservation and Research Department; Royal Zoological Society of Scotland; Murrayfield Edinburgh EH12 6TS U.K
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- El Colegio de la Frontera Sur; Av. Rancho Polígono 2A Lerma Campeche 24500 Mexico
- Laboratório de Biologia da Conservação; Departamento de Ecologia; Universidade Estadual Paulista; Caixa Postal 199 13506-900 Rio Claro SP Brazil
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department; Universidad de Toronto; Toronto ON M5S 3G5 Canada
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- Department of Biology; Stanford University; Stanford CA 94305 U.S.A
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- El Colegio de la Frontera Sur; Unidad San Cristobal de la Casas; Chiapas Mexico
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Michel NL, Carson WP, Sherry TW. Do Collared Peccaries Negatively Impact Understory Insectivorous Rain Forest Birds Indirectly Via Lianas and Vines? Biotropica 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Nicole L. Michel
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department Tulane University 400 Boggs Hall New Orleans LA 70115 U.S.A
- Department of Animal and Poultry Science University of Saskatchewan 6D34 Agriculture Building 51 Campus Drive Saskatoon SK S7N 5A6 Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Pittsburgh 154A Crawford Hall Pittsburgh PA 15260 U.S.A
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department Tulane University 400 Boggs Hall New Orleans LA 70115 U.S.A
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Boyle SA, Thompson CL, Deluycker A, Alvarez SJ, Alvim THG, Aquino R, Bezerra BM, Boubli JP, Bowler M, Caselli CB, Chagas RRD, Ferrari SF, Fontes IP, Gregory T, Haugaasen T, Heiduck S, Hores R, Lehman S, Melo FRD, Moreira LS, Moura VS, Nagy-Reis MB, Palacios E, Palminteri S, Peres CA, Pinto L, Port-Carvalho M, Rodríguez A, Santos RRD, Setz EZF, Shaffer CA, Silva FE, Silva RFSD, Souza-Alves JP, Trevelin LC, Veiga LM, Vieira TM, DuBose ME, Barnett AA. Geographic comparison of plant genera used in frugivory among the pitheciids Cacajao, Callicebus, Chiropotes, and Pithecia. Am J Primatol 2015; 78:493-506. [PMID: 26031411 DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2014] [Revised: 04/14/2015] [Accepted: 04/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Pitheciids are known for their frugivorous diets, but there has been no broad-scale comparison of fruit genera used by these primates that range across five geographic regions in South America. We compiled 31 fruit lists from data collected from 18 species (three Cacajao, six Callicebus, five Chiropotes, and four Pithecia) at 26 study sites in six countries. Together, these lists contained 455 plant genera from 96 families. We predicted that 1) closely related Chiropotes and Cacajao would demonstrate the greatest similarity in fruit lists; 2) pitheciids living in closer geographic proximity would have greater similarities in fruit lists; and 3) fruit genus richness would be lower in lists from forest fragments than continuous forests. Fruit genus richness was greatest for the composite Chiropotes list, even though Pithecia had the greatest overall sampling effort. We also found that the Callicebus composite fruit list had lower similarity scores in comparison with the composite food lists of the other three genera (both within and between geographic areas). Chiropotes and Pithecia showed strongest similarities in fruit lists, followed by sister taxa Chiropotes and Cacajao. Overall, pitheciids in closer proximity had more similarities in their fruit list, and this pattern was evident in the fruit lists for both Callicebus and Chiropotes. There was no difference in the number of fruit genera used by pitheciids in habitat fragments and continuous forest. Our findings demonstrate that pitheciids use a variety of fruit genera, but phylogenetic and geographic patterns in fruit use are not consistent across all pitheciid genera. This study represents the most extensive examination of pitheciid fruit consumption to date, but future research is needed to investigate the extent to which the trends in fruit genus richness noted here are attributable to habitat differences among study sites, differences in feeding ecology, or a combination of both.
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- Sarah A Boyle
- Department of Biology, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
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- Research Support Foundation, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Jataí, Goiás, Brazil
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- Department of Zoology, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- San Diego Zoo Global Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego, California
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- Department of Systematics and Ecology, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil
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- Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC
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- Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Department of Anthropology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Biological Sciences Program, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Jataí, Goiás, Brazil
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- Center of Ecological and Environmental Education Studies, Carangola, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Program in Ecology and Conservation, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil
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- Biology Institute, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Conservation International Colombia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- National Center for Amazonian Biodiversity Research and Conservation, Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Centre for Agrarian and Environmental Sciences, Universidade Federal de Maranhão, Chapadinha, Maranhão, Brazil.,Center for Geospatial Research, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
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- Biology Institute, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Systematics and Ecology, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
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- Department of Zoology, Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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- Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development, Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Biodiversity Unit, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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Espinosa S, Branch LC, Cueva R. Road development and the geography of hunting by an Amazonian indigenous group: consequences for wildlife conservation. PLoS One 2014; 9:e114916. [PMID: 25489954 PMCID: PMC4260950 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2014] [Accepted: 11/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Protected areas are essential for conservation of wildlife populations. However, in the tropics there are two important factors that may interact to threaten this objective: 1) road development associated with large-scale resource extraction near or within protected areas; and 2) historical occupancy by traditional or indigenous groups that depend on wildlife for their survival. To manage wildlife populations in the tropics, it is critical to understand the effects of roads on the spatial extent of hunting and how wildlife is used. A geographical analysis can help us answer questions such as: How do roads affect spatial extent of hunting? How does market vicinity relate to local consumption and trade of bushmeat? How does vicinity to markets influence choice of game? A geographical analysis also can help evaluate the consequences of increased accessibility in landscapes that function as source-sink systems. We applied spatial analyses to evaluate the effects of increased landscape and market accessibility by road development on spatial extent of harvested areas and wildlife use by indigenous hunters. Our study was conducted in Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, Ecuador, which is impacted by road development for oil extraction, and inhabited by the Waorani indigenous group. Hunting activities were self-reported for 12-14 months and each kill was georeferenced. Presence of roads was associated with a two-fold increase of the extraction area. Rates of bushmeat extraction and trade were higher closer to markets than further away. Hunters located closer to markets concentrated their effort on large-bodied species. Our results clearly demonstrate that placing roads within protected areas can seriously reduce their capacity to sustain wildlife populations and potentially threaten livelihoods of indigenous groups who depend on these resources for their survival. Our results critically inform current policy debates regarding resource extraction and road building near or within protected areas.
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- Santiago Espinosa
- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Wildlife Conservation Society - Ecuador Program, Quito, Ecuador
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Nogueira-Filho SLG, Borges RM, Mendes A, Dias CTS. Nitrogen requirements of white-lipped peccary (Mammalia, Tayassuidae). Zoo Biol 2014; 33:320-6. [DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2013] [Revised: 05/07/2014] [Accepted: 05/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Sérgio L. G. Nogueira-Filho
- Laboratório de Nutrição de Animais Neo-tropicais, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais; Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz; Ilhéus Bahia Brazil
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- Laboratório de Nutrição de Animais Neo-tropicais, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais; Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz; Ilhéus Bahia Brazil
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- Laboratório de Nutrição de Animais Neo-tropicais, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais; Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz; Ilhéus Bahia Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Exatas; Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz; Universidade de São Paulo; Piracicaba São Paulo Brazil
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Briceño-Méndez M, Reyna-Hurtado R, Calmé S, García-Gil G. Preferenciasde hábitat y abundancia relativa de Tayassu pecari en un área con cacería en la región de Calakmul, Campeche, México. REV MEX BIODIVERS 2014. [DOI: 10.7550/rmb.31937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Romero A, O'Neill BJ, Timm RM, Gerow KG, McClearn D. Group dynamics, behavior, and current and historical abundance of peccaries in Costa Rica's Caribbean lowlands. J Mammal 2013. [DOI: 10.1644/12-mamm-a-266.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Gilmore MP, Endress BA, Horn CM. The socio-cultural importance of Mauritia flexuosa palm swamps (aguajales) and implications for multi-use management in two Maijuna communities of the Peruvian Amazon. JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE 2013; 9:29. [PMID: 23607601 PMCID: PMC3733440 DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-9-29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2012] [Accepted: 04/04/2013] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Fruit from the palm Mauritia flexuosa (aguaje) is harvested throughout the Peruvian Amazon for subsistence and commercial purposes. Recent estimates suggest that residents of Iquitos, the largest city in the region, consume approximately 148.8 metric tons of aguaje fruit per month, the vast majority of which is harvested by felling and killing adult female trees. In this study, we sought to better understand and document the importance of M. flexuosa palm swamps (aguajales) in two Maijuna indigenous communities to inform the sustainable management of this habitat and species. METHODS Semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and household surveys were carried out to assess the significance of aguajales and their associated plant and animal resources as well as to determine how the relationship that the Maijuna have with aguajales has changed over time. RESULTS Aguajales and their associated resources are culturally significant and useful to the Maijuna in a wide variety of ways. In addition to M. flexuosa, the Maijuna use over 60 different species of plants from aguajales. When M. flexuosa is in fruit, aguajales are important hunting areas with a total of 20 different animal species hunted. The Maijuna also have traditional beliefs about aguajales, believing that malevolent supernatural beings reside in them. Notably, the relationship that the Maijuna have with aguajales has changed considerably over the years as aguaje fruit went from a subsistence item collected opportunistically from the ground to a market good destructively harvested beginning in the early 1990s. The Maijuna are concerned not only about how this has affected the future commercial harvest of aguaje but also about its effects on game animals given the importance of hunting to Maijuna cultural identity, subsistence, and income generation. CONCLUSIONS In order to meet the multiple socio-cultural and economic needs of the Maijuna, sustainable management efforts must be expanded to not only focus on the commercial harvest of aguaje but also other facets of their relationship with this habitat. Our study suggests that the research and development of multi-use forest management plans must not be restricted to commercial forest products and ecosystem services given that many communities rely on tropical forests for a wide range of non-market cultural, economic, and subsistence goods and services.
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- Michael P Gilmore
- New Century College, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, MS 5D3,
Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
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- Division of Applied Plant Ecology, Institute for Conservation Research, San
Diego Zoo Global, 15600 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA, 92027,
USA
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- Division of Applied Plant Ecology, Institute for Conservation Research, San
Diego Zoo Global, 15600 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA, 92027,
USA
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Bueno RS, Guevara R, Ribeiro MC, Culot L, Bufalo FS, Galetti M. Functional redundancy and complementarities of seed dispersal by the last neotropical megafrugivores. PLoS One 2013; 8:e56252. [PMID: 23409161 PMCID: PMC3567037 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2012] [Accepted: 01/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Functional redundancy has been debated largely in ecology and conservation, yet we lack detailed empirical studies on the roles of functionally similar species in ecosystem function. Large bodied frugivores may disperse similar plant species and have strong impact on plant recruitment in tropical forests. The two largest frugivores in the neotropics, tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) and muriquis (Brachyteles arachnoides) are potential candidates for functional redundancy on seed dispersal effectiveness. Here we provide a comparison of the quantitative, qualitative and spatial effects on seed dispersal by these megafrugivores in a continuous Brazilian Atlantic forest. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We found a low overlap of plant species dispersed by both muriquis and tapirs. A group of 35 muriquis occupied an area of 850 ha and dispersed 5 times more plant species, and 13 times more seeds than 22 tapirs living in the same area. Muriquis dispersed 2.4 times more seeds in any random position than tapirs. This can be explained mainly because seed deposition by muriquis leaves less empty space than tapirs. However, tapirs are able to disperse larger seeds than muriquis and move them into sites not reached by primates, such as large forest gaps, open areas and fragments nearby. Based on published information we found 302 plant species that are dispersed by at least one of these megafrugivores in the Brazilian Atlantic forest. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Our study showed that both megafrugivores play complementary rather than redundant roles as seed dispersers. Although tapirs disperse fewer seeds and species than muriquis, they disperse larger-seeded species and in places not used by primates. The selective extinction of these megafrugivores will change the spatial seed rain they generate and may have negative effects on the recruitment of several plant species, particularly those with large seeds that have muriquis and tapirs as the last living seed dispersers.
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- Rafael S. Bueno
- Laboratório de Biologia da Conservação, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Departamento de Biología Evolutiva, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Espacial e Conservação, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia da Conservação, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia da Conservação, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia da Conservação, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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de Almeida Jácomo AT, Furtado MM, Kashivakura CK, Marinho-Filho J, Sollmann R, Tôrres NM, Silveira L. White-lipped peccary home-range size in a protected area and farmland in the central Brazilian grasslands. J Mammal 2013. [DOI: 10.1644/11-mamm-a-411.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Kuprewicz EK. Mammal Abundances and Seed Traits Control the Seed Dispersal and Predation Roles of Terrestrial Mammals in a Costa Rican Forest. Biotropica 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Erin K. Kuprewicz
- Department of Biology; University of Miami; 1301 Memorial Drive; Coral Gables; FL; 33146; U.S.A
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Gilmore MP, Young JC. The Use of Participatory Mapping in Ethnobiological Research, Biocultural Conservation, and Community Empowerment: A Case Study From the Peruvian Amazon. J ETHNOBIOL 2012. [DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-32.1.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Reyna-Hurtado R, Chapman CA, Calme S, Pedersen EJ. Searching in heterogeneous and limiting environments: foraging strategies of white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari). J Mammal 2012. [DOI: 10.1644/10-mamm-a-384.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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