A New and Simple Method to Capture Small Arboreal Mammals: The Suspended Pitfall
| Autor: | Helder José, Iasmin Macedo, Mateus Cruz Loss |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0106 biological sciences
Arboreal locomotion Murina biology Ecology Caluromys philander Gracilinanus microtarsus Understory biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Surfaces Coatings and Films 03 medical and health sciences Marmosa 0302 clinical medicine High forest 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Rhipidomys mastacalis |
| Zdroj: | Revista Brasileira de Zoociências. 20:1-14 |
| ISSN: | 2596-3325 1517-6770 |
| DOI: | 10.34019/2596-3325.2019.v20.24790 |
| Popis: | The suspended pitfall demonstrates a new and simple mechanism to capture small arboreal and scansorial mammals. It is an arboreal version of the pitfalls traditionally used to capture terrestrial amphibians and reptiles. Buckets with bait inside are raised by a rope until they reach a tree branch at the desired height. Tests were performed in the Atlantic Forest at three different sites at the mouth of Doce River in Linhares, southeastern Brazil. In one of them suspended pitfalls were set up in the understory of a shaded cacao plantation (cabruca agroforest) in the branches of cacao trees between 2 and 3 m in height, and in the other they were placed in a native forest between 5 to 15 m in height. At the third site, suspended pitfalls were tested together with the other live traps used hitherto in the understory of other cabruca agroforest. The marsupials Didelphis aurita, Caluromys philander, Marmosa (Micoureus) paraguayana, Gracilinanus microtarsus, Marmosa murina and the rodent Rhipidomys mastacalis were captured by suspended pitfall. This live trap was capable of catching all sizes of small arboreal mammals, including juvenile individuals. This method proved to be functional for the capture of some small arboreal mammals and may be a complementary alternative for sampling in high forest strata. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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