Diversity of medium and large sized mammals in a Cerrado fragment of central Brazil

Campos, Felipe S.; Lage, Alexandre Ramos Bastos; Ribeiro, Paulo

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“…Studies conducted in different countries revealed that the medium and large‐sized mammals recorded were higher than the result obtained from the present study. Some of the studies among others include, Alves, Junior, and Brites (), Njoroge et al (), Cortés‐Marcial, Ayón, and Briones‐Sala (), Brncic, Amarasekaran, McKenna, Mundry, and Kuhl (), Andrade Melo, Gadelha, Silva, Silva Júnior, and Pontes (), Campos, Lage, and Ribeiro (), Oliveira and Hannibal (), and Botelho et al () which recorded 18, 23, 18, 35, 33, 23, 22, and 27, respectively. Alves et al () recorded 18 in a fragment of Cerrado in the Triângulo Mineiro region, southeastern Brazil.…”

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“…However, their study was conducted throughout Sierra Leone to make inferences about species persistence and counted 35 large mammal species. Andrade Melo et al () recorded 33 mammal species; Campos et al () recorded 23 species mammals in Brazil; Oliveira and Hannibal () recorded 22 species in fragmented, semi‐deciduous forest of Brazil and Botelho et al () recorded 27 species of large to medium‐sized mammals in Humaitá Forest Reserve, southwestern Amazonia, and State of Acre, Brazil. These variations might account for variations in climatic condition, census effort spent, variation in vegetation physiognomies, and other environmental characteristics.…”

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A preliminary survey of medium and large‐sized mammals from Lebu Natural Protected Forest, Southwest Showa, Ethiopia

Qufa

Bekele

2019

Ecology and Evolution

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This study was conducted to determine the species composition and diversity of medium and large‐sized mammals from Lebu Natural Protected Forest, Ethiopia. Surveys were conducted to record mammals through direct observation and indirect evidence from three habitat types, namely: natural forest, bushland, and riverine forest. A total of 15 mammalian species were recorded. The species recorded were Papio anubis, Chlorocebus aethiops, Tragelaphus scriptus, Canis aureus, Crocuta crocuta, Panthera pardus, Procavia capensis, Colobus guereza, Sylvicapra grimmia, Orycteropus afer, Helogale parvula, Hystrix cristata, Lepus fagani, Potamochoerus larvatus, and Phacochoeus africanus. A total of 223 records of observations were compiled. About 74% of these records (N = 167) were obtained from direct sight, whereas the rest was recorded through indirect evidence. The dominant order recorded was order Primates (57.4%) followed by order Artiodactyla (17.5%) while the least record was order Lagomorpha (1.34%). The species richness varied across the stratified habitat types. However, there is no significant difference in Shannon–Wiener Index values between the habitat types. The species diversity of the study area was H′ = 2.119. The present study area is of great potential area for the conservation of the species. Long‐term detailed studies should be carried out for effective conservation and management initiatives in the study area.

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A preliminary survey of medium and large‐sized mammals from Lebu Natural Protected Forest, Southwest Showa, Ethiopia

Qufa

Bekele

2019

Ecology and Evolution

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“…Indirect evidence is very useful when surveying animals such as carnivores that are naturally rare, elusive, found at low densities and difficult to capture repeatedly. So the presence of medium and large mammals were also been precisely indicated using indirect evidences, using sounds, spines, burrows and faecal droppings (Campos et al, 2013;Borges et al, 2014;Dereje et al, 2015). The collected data were tabulated and analyzed with appropriate statistical methods.…”

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Species composition and relative abundance of medium and large mammals in Mengaza communal forest, East Gojjam, Ethiopia

Atnafu¹,

Yihune²

2018

J. Ecol. Nat. Environ.

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Studies on the species composition, relative abundance and distribution of medium and large mammals were carried out from August 2015 to July 2016 in Mengaza communal forest. Data were collected using line transect technique. A total of twelve species of medium and large mammals were identified and recorded in the study area. Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis), porcupine (Hystrix cristata), honey badger (Mellivera capensis), vervet monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops), Abyssinian hare (Lepus habessinicus), black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas), klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus), olive baboon (Papio anubis), were among the medium mammals but Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), aardvark (Oryctropus afer), bohor reed buck (Redunca redunca) and common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia) were among the large mammals identified in the study area. Olive baboon (32.7%) was the most abundant species during dry and wet seasons. Mammalian species composition between the two habitats (natural forest and plantation) was not significant ( χ2 = 0.47, df =1, P > 0.05). However, there was seasonal variation in the abundance of individuals of medium and large mammals ( χ2 = 3.89, df = 1, P < 0.05). The area is facing severe degradation due to human population pressure. Therefore, there should be proper conservation of the forest to sustain the wildlife species living there.

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“…This study showed a similar species richness compared to other inventories in the Cerrado and the presence of endangered species (i.e., nine species) is also noteworthy. In Goiás, other studies with medium and large sized mammals had previously recorded 23 species from the Silvânia National Forest (Campos et al, 2013) and 28 species in Emas National Park (Silveira et al, 2003), both in protected areas.…”

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Medium- and large-sized mammal composition in the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park and adjacent areas, state of Goiás, Brazil

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The Cerrado is the second largest Brazilian biome and only 2.8% is represented by protected areas. Considering the relevance of the Cerrado and Conservation Units in preserving the mammalian diversity, we provided the first assessment of the diversity of medium- and large-sized mammal species in the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park (CVNP) and surroundings. We tested the effectiveness of the CVNP by assessing the difference in species composition within the park and its surroundings. We sampled CVNP in the rainy (October-December 2013) and dry seasons (March-June 2014) in order to characterize the seasonality within the community. We selected 36 sampling sites to evaluate the composition of the medium and large mammals in the CVNP and its surroundings, 18 in the CVNP and 18 in the park surroundings. We ordered mammalian composition and frequency of individuals data by using a Non-metric Multidimensional Scaling analysis (NMDS). We assessed the effect of season (dry and rainy seasons) and locality (within the CVNP and surroundings) on mammalian species richness with a two-way analysis of variance (Two-way ANOVA). We recorded 23 species, 13 within the CVNP and 17 species in its surroundings. Composition and frequency of records differed between dry and rainy seasons, with higher richness in the rainy season. Species’ composition and the frequency of records were also different between within the CVNP and its surroundings, with higher richness in the surroundings. These results provide information for the increase of the knowledge of mammalian ecology but also is useful as a tool for future strategies to the conservation of these species. More attention should be given to the monitoring of these species in the long term because this area still harbor some viable populations.

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Diversity of medium and large sized mammals in a Cerrado fragment of central Brazil

Abstract: Diversity of mammals in Cerrado FragmentCampos et al.Image 7. Cerdocyon thous (Linnaeus, 1766).

Cited by 11 publications

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A preliminary survey of medium and large‐sized mammals from Lebu Natural Protected Forest, Southwest Showa, Ethiopia

A preliminary survey of medium and large‐sized mammals from Lebu Natural Protected Forest, Southwest Showa, Ethiopia

Species composition and relative abundance of medium and large mammals in Mengaza communal forest, East Gojjam, Ethiopia

Medium- and large-sized mammal composition in the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park and adjacent areas, state of Goiás, Brazil

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