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  • 1
    In: Ecology, Wiley, Vol. 101, No. 11 ( 2020-11)
    Abstract: Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non‐detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non‐governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer‐reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non‐detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio‐temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large‐scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data.
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    ISSN: 0012-9658 , 1939-9170
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    Publication Date: 2020
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    Wiley ; 2014
    In:  American Journal of Primatology Vol. 76, No. 3 ( 2014-03), p. 289-302
    In: American Journal of Primatology, Wiley, Vol. 76, No. 3 ( 2014-03), p. 289-302
    Abstract: Understanding the main drivers of species extinction in human‐modified landscapes has gained paramount importance in proposing sound conservation strategies. Primates play a crucial role in maintaining the integrity of forest ecosystem functions and represent the best studied order of tropical terrestrial vertebrates, yet primate species diverge widely in their responses to forest habitat disturbance and fragmentation. Here, we present a robust quantitative review on the synergistic effects of habitat fragmentation on Neotropical forest primates to pinpoint the drivers of species extinction across a wide range of forest patches from Mexico to Argentina. Presence‐absence data on 19 primate functional groups were compiled from 705 forest patches and 55 adjacent continuous forest sites, which were nested within 61 landscapes investigated by 96 studies. Forest patches were defined in terms of their size, surrounding matrix and level of hunting pressure on primates, and each functional group was classified according to seven life‐history traits. Generalized linear mixed models showed that patch size, forest cover, level of hunting pressure, home range size and trophic status were the main predictors of species persistence within forest isolates for all functional groups pooled together. However, patterns of local extinction varied greatly across taxa, with Alouatta and Callicebus moloch showing the highest occupancy rates even within tiny forest patches, whereas Brachyteles and Leontopithecus occupied fewer than 50% of sites, even in relatively large forest tracts. Our results uncover the main predictors of platyrrhine primate species extinction, highlighting the importance of considering the history of anthropogenic disturbances, the structure of landscapes, and species life‐history attributes in predicting primate persistence in Neotropical forest patches. We suggest that large‐scale conservation planning of fragmented forest landscapes should prioritize and set‐aside large, well‐connected and strictly protected forest reserves to maximize species persistence across the entire spectrum of primate life‐history. Am. J. Primatol. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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    ISSN: 0275-2565 , 1098-2345
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    Publisher: Wiley
    Publication Date: 2014
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    Springer Science and Business Media LLC ; 2017
    In:  Environmental Management Vol. 60, No. 3 ( 2017-9), p. 476-483
    In: Environmental Management, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 60, No. 3 ( 2017-9), p. 476-483
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    ISSN: 0364-152X , 1432-1009
    Language: English
    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2017
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    In: Insect Conservation and Diversity, Wiley, Vol. 13, No. 5 ( 2020-09), p. 432-444
    Abstract: Mega hydroelectric dams have become one of the main drivers of habitat loss in tropical forests, converting large tracts of pristine forests into isolated forest islands. Understanding how biodiversity cope with landscape modification in these archipelagic landscapes is of paramount importance to assess the environmental consequences of dam infrastructure and propose mitigation actions for biodiversity conservation. In this context, harvestmen (Opiliones, Arachnida) comprise an excellent indicator taxon of habitat quality, given their high sensitivity to desiccation and microclimatic change. We investigate the effects of landscape change induced by a mega hydropower dam on forest harvestmen species richness, abundance and composition within the Balbina Hydroelectric Dam, Central Brazilian Amazon. We sampled 20 islands and 5 mainland continuous forests, relating our biological response variables to local, patch and landscape scale metrics. Although unexpectedly species richness was unaffected by any local, patch and landscape variables, species composition and abundance were differentially affected by a set of predictor variables at different scales. Forest cover and fallen woody stems were significant predictors of species composition, whereas vegetation density, forest cover, island area, abundance of palm trees, and fallen woody stems best explained harvestmen abundance. Our results indicate that both islands embedded within greater and lower amount of forest cover are important to ensure high diversity of harvestmen. We recommend retaining large forest habitat patches surrounded by a large amount of forest cover to minimise forest disturbance effects and enhance long‐term persistence of harvestmen sensitive species in large hydroelectric dams.
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    ISSN: 1752-458X , 1752-4598
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    Publisher: Wiley
    Publication Date: 2020
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    In: Ecosphere, Wiley, Vol. 12, No. 5 ( 2021-05)
    Abstract: Under habitat loss and fragmentation, the intensity of local ecological processes involving species interactions changes pervasively, accelerating local species extinctions, and disrupting essential ecosystem functions. We addressed this issue by examining the direct population drivers of apex predators (five felid species), armadillo mesopredators, leafcutter ants ( Atta sexdens and Atta cephalotes ), and the indirect effects mediated by their inter‐trophic relationships in a ~25‐yr‐old land‐bridge island system formed by a hydroelectric dam in the Central Amazon. These trophic groups and pioneer tree abundance were surveyed across 34 variable‐sized islands and three continuous forest sites. Leafcutter populations were characterized in relation to their occurrence, colony density, and proportion of inactive colonies, and for each leafcutter response, we considered the direct and/or indirect effects of forest area on each trophic group. Leafcutter occupancy was best explained by the direct model, colony density by either the direct or the indirect model, and proportion of inactive colonies by an indirect model via the effects of pioneer tree abundance. The direct forest area effects were positive for apex predators and leafcutter occupancy, but negative for armadillos and pioneer trees. Yet leafcutter colony density declined in increasingly larger forest areas. The absence or low abundance of apex predators on small islands released armadillo hyper‐abundance, which contrary to expectation from top‐down control, covaried positively with leafcutter colony density. Finally, the indirect model showed that leafcutter colonies were more active under higher pioneer tree abundances. That leafcutter density increases on smaller islands whenever present is likely attributed to the hyper‐abundance of pioneer plants and canopy gaps. Although apex predators apparently suppressed armadillos, the remaining fraction of the food web seems to be controlled by bottom‐up mechanisms most likely related the overall low foliage palatability typical of wet evergreen forests. Our findings can be used to inform the long‐term viability of forest ecosystems affected by hydropower development in lowland Amazonia.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2150-8925 , 2150-8925
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    Language: English
    Publisher: Wiley
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Elsevier BV ; 2023
    In:  Current Biology Vol. 33, No. 2 ( 2023-01), p. 389-396.e3
    In: Current Biology, Elsevier BV, Vol. 33, No. 2 ( 2023-01), p. 389-396.e3
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0960-9822
    Language: English
    Publisher: Elsevier BV
    Publication Date: 2023
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    In: Austral Ecology, Wiley, Vol. 46, No. 5 ( 2021-08), p. 792-801
    Abstract: Floodplain areas comprise some 30% of the area in the Amazon, but are currently under severe anthropogenic threat. Across the Amazon Basin, forest‐dwelling non‐volant mammals play crucial roles in maintaining the integrity of forest functionality, yet have been poorly studied in fluvial island forests. Mammal assemblages may be affected by edaphic characteristics that operate indirectly via food nutritional quality, by patch attributes, and/or can be modulated by anthropogenic disturbances. Here, we conducted systematic and quantitative mammal surveys across fluvial islands of an Amazonian archipelago, to assess the influence of edaphic factors (soil fertility), island attributes (island area and degree of isolation) and anthropogenic characteristics (distance from human settlement and logging) on the patterns of mammal species composition and richness. On 28 islands, we conducted spoor surveys and deployed 49 camera traps (total effort of 2940 camera trap‐days). Subsequently, we performed multiple regression analysis to investigate the influence of environmental and anthropogenic predictors on mammal species richness, while dbRDA (distance‐based redundancy analysis) was used for species composition. We found that mammal species richness was positively correlated with soil fertility, and in combination with anthropogenic characteristics, both variables affected the species assemblage composition. In particular, smaller species were found across a variety of levels of soil fertility and anthropogenic disturbances, while larger mammals were mostly recorded at sites with higher soil fertility and low levels of anthropogenic disturbances. Understanding the contribution of environmental and anthropogenic characteristics to the observed mammalian species richness and assemblage composition patterns will help optimise management and conservation efforts on Amazonian fluvial islands. In particular, we suggest enforcing hunting and logging restrictions within fluvial islands through surveillance activities, especially in more fertile islands.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1442-9985 , 1442-9993
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    Language: English
    Publisher: Wiley
    Publication Date: 2021
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    In: Journal of Applied Ecology, Wiley, Vol. 56, No. 3 ( 2019-03), p. 779-791
    Abstract: As mega hidrelétricas formam arquipélagos altamente fragmentados, que afetam a biodiversidade e o funcionamento dos ecossistemas em remanescentes florestais isolados. Este estudo avaliou o impacto a longo prazo da fragmentação induzida por barragens em comunidades de árvores insulares tropicais, a fim de gerar recomendações robustas que mitiguem parte dos impactos negativos sobre a biodiversidade associada ao desenvolvimento de futuras barragens. Nós inventariamos árvores adultas e jovens em 89 parcelas permanentes, localizadas em 36 ilhas e em três áreas de floresta contínua na Hidrelétrica de Balbina, Amazônia Brasileira. Examinamos as diferenças no recrutamento, estrutura e composição das comunidades de árvores jovens e adultas, em relação a distintas variáveis em escala de parcela, mancha e paisagem, incluindo área, isolamento e severidade do fogo. As ilhas abrigaram menores densidades de jovens (média ± 95% IC: 48.6 ± 3.8) e adultos (5 ± 0.2) por 0.01 ha, do que as florestas contínuas (jovens, 65.7 ± 7.5; adultos, 5.6 ± 0.3). As comunidades de árvores jovens e adultas nas ilhas foram mais dissimilares do que nas florestas contínuas, com as composições das espécies apresentando um afastamento direcional em relação às florestas contínuas, induzidas pela severidade do fogo, área da ilha e isolamento. O recrutamento de jovens nas ilhas diminuiu com o aumento da severidade do fogo; comunidades com maior densidade média de madeira apresentaram os maiores declínios de recrutamento. Nossos resultados sugerem que as comunidades de árvores insulares são instáveis, com espécies raras tornando‐se propensas à extinção devido à redução do recrutamento e da densidade de árvores nas ilhas, levando potencialmente a perdas futuras na biodiversidade e no funcionamento do ecossistema nas ~3500 ilhas de Balbina. Implicações políticas Em Balbina, o fogo e redução da área e da conectividade foram os propulsores do decaimento da comunidade de árvores após apenas 28 anos de insularização, apesar da rigorosa proteção fornecida pela ~ 940.000 ha da Reserva Biológica do Uatumã. Considerando que muitas barragens estão planejadas em terras baixas e com moderada vazão na Amazônia, recomendamos que as estratégias futuras de desenvolvimento considerem explicitamente i) a localização da barragem, com o objetivo de minimizar a formação de ilhas pequenas ( 〈 10 ha) e isoladas, ii) a manutenção dos níveis de água do reservatório durante as secas, para reduzir o risco de incêndio, e iii) a inclusão da área insular agregada no impacto ambiental e nos cálculos de compensação. Idealmente, recomendamos que alternativas ao desenvolvimento de energia hidrelétrica devam ser buscadas nas regiões tropicais de terras baixas, devido às elevadas perdas de biodiversidade e à ruptura dos ecossistemas causada pelo represamento do rio.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0021-8901 , 1365-2664
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    Language: English
    Publisher: Wiley
    Publication Date: 2019
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    Oxford University Press (OUP) ; 2016
    In:  Behavioral Ecology Vol. 27, No. 5 ( 2016), p. 1480-1490
    In: Behavioral Ecology, Oxford University Press (OUP), Vol. 27, No. 5 ( 2016), p. 1480-1490
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    ISSN: 1045-2249 , 1465-7279
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    Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
    Publication Date: 2016
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    Elsevier BV ; 2021
    In:  Forest Ecology and Management Vol. 495 ( 2021-09), p. 119338-
    In: Forest Ecology and Management, Elsevier BV, Vol. 495 ( 2021-09), p. 119338-
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0378-1127
    Language: English
    Publisher: Elsevier BV
    Publication Date: 2021
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