Mammal survey at a ranch of the Brazilian Cerrado

Autor:	Mogens Trolle, Helbert Medeiros Prado, Marcos César Bissaro Jr.
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Ecology Agroforestry Ecology (disciplines) Fauna Biodiversity Wildlife Geography Habitat destruction Agricultural land Threatened species Mammal Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation
Zdroj:	Biodiversity and Conservation. 16:1205-1211
ISSN:	1572-9710 0960-3115
DOI:	10.1007/s10531-006-9106-x
Popis:	The wildlife of the Brazilian Cerrado is threatened by large-scale habitat loss, in particular due to conversion to agricultural land. It is essential to study how the mammal fauna copes with the highly fragmented, human-influenced, non-protected landscape. The paper presents the results of a survey of the large to medium-sized mammals of a typical cattle ranch with a mixture of human-created and natural vegetation types. We recorded 18 species. Surprisingly, several species were found to still thrive in the area, however, many species are rare or have become extinct. We conclude the paper with comments relevant for the conservation of mammals in the Cerrado as a whole.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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