Spatiotemporal ecology of two Neotropical herbivorous mammals
| Autor: | Meyline de Oliveira Souza Almeida, Talita Guimarães Araújo-Piovezan, José Oliveira Dantas, Douglas de Matos Dias |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Herbivore
Activity patterns biology Ecology Ecology (disciplines) Semi-deciduous Biodiversity Seasonality biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Spatial distribution Sylvilagus brasiliensis Cuniculus paca Distribution patterns lcsh:Zoology Dry season medicine Agroforestry mosaic Animal Science and Zoology lcsh:QL1-991 Paca Taxonomy |
| Zdroj: | Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia; v. 59 (2019); e20195910 Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia; Vol. 59 (2019); e20195910 Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia Universidade de São Paulo (USP) instacron:USP Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Volume: 59, Article number: e20195910, Published: 20 MAY 2019 Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Vol 59, Iss 0 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 1807-0205 0031-1049 |
| DOI: | 10.11606/1807-0205/2019.59.10 |
| Popis: | On this study, we used camera traps in a Semi deciduous Seasonal Forest, northeast of Brazil, to estimate the frequencies of occurrence of two Neotropical herbivorous mammals: the spotted paca (Cuniculus paca) and the tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis), analyzing their seasonal variations of spatial distribution. We also characterized the activity pattern of the species and their seasonal variation. The herbivorous frequencies of occurrence were constant during all the seasons. In general, both species were mostly active at night. However, between the rainy and dry season, we identified differences in spotted paca activity peaks. Here we present one of the first studies on the tapeti, whose ecology is understudied. Our results also show a general view of the spotted paca and tapeti behavior strategies to seasonal variations. Due to the scarce food resource in the dry season, possibly these herbivorous need to search for different kinds of food available IFS around. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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