Large mammal richness in Llanganates National Park, Ecuador
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Jaime Palacios
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Galo Zapata-Ríos
Abstract
Llanganates National Park (LNP) was created in the Andes of Ecuador with the goal of protecting the biodiverse biota of the Napo and Pastaza river watersheds. Data on richness and abundance of the mammal community in this park are scarce. From February to August 2016 we installed 58 camera-trap stations along an altitudinal gradient ranging from 2000 to 4000 m. With a sampling effort of 2320 trap-nights, we recorded 2034 pictures of 13 species of large native mammals, 10 of which are included in Ecuador’s Red List of Endangered Mammal Species. Relative abundance ranged from 0.17 to 3.58 photos/100 trap-nights. Our results are similar to those of other protected areas in the Ecuadorian Andes. During field work, we found evidence of uncontrolled and threating activities for conservation. There is an urgent need to strengthen patrol and law enforcement in the park to reduce human impacts on wildlife and habitat.
Acknowledgments
This research project was made possible thanks to the financial support provided by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. We thank Horacio Rodríguez, Ramiro Tamayo, Rodrigo Toscano, Claudio Rodríguez and Llanganates National Park staff for their assistance during fieldwork. We acknowledge Spencer Weitzel for improving the English.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Ecology
- Large mammal richness in Llanganates National Park, Ecuador
- Microhabitat structure and food availability modelling a small mammal assemblage in restored riparian forest remnants
- Determinants of home range size and spatial overlap of Gracilinanus agilis (Mammalia: Didelphidae) in central-western Brazil
- Autumn food habits of the brown bear Ursus arctos in the Golestan National Park: a pilot study in Iran
- Frugivory and potential seed dispersal by the exotic-invasive marmoset Callithrix jacchus (Primates, Callitrichidae) in an urban Atlantic Forest, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Trap type and positioning: how to trap Savi’s pine voles using the tunnel system
- Ethology
- Allosuckling in a captive group of wild cavies Cavia aperea
- Biogeography
- Biogeographic implications of small mammals from Northern Highlands in Tanzania with first data from the volcanic Mount Kitumbeine
- Phylogeography of a widespread sub-Saharan murid rodent Aethomys chrysophilus: the role of geographic barriers and paleoclimate in the Zambezian bioregion
- Taxonomy/phylogeny
- First record of Dermanura anderseni (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) for the Atlantic Forest
- Evolutionary biology
- A Quaternary record of the big-eyed bat Chiroderma villosum (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) with a revised lower molar terminology
- Conservation
- The Giant Tree Rat, Toromys grandis (Wagner, 1845): new record with range extension and comments on its morphology, biology and conservation
- Andersen’s leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros pomona) is still living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
- Long-term assessment of the success of a European badger reintroduction
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Ecology
- Large mammal richness in Llanganates National Park, Ecuador
- Microhabitat structure and food availability modelling a small mammal assemblage in restored riparian forest remnants
- Determinants of home range size and spatial overlap of Gracilinanus agilis (Mammalia: Didelphidae) in central-western Brazil
- Autumn food habits of the brown bear Ursus arctos in the Golestan National Park: a pilot study in Iran
- Frugivory and potential seed dispersal by the exotic-invasive marmoset Callithrix jacchus (Primates, Callitrichidae) in an urban Atlantic Forest, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Trap type and positioning: how to trap Savi’s pine voles using the tunnel system
- Ethology
- Allosuckling in a captive group of wild cavies Cavia aperea
- Biogeography
- Biogeographic implications of small mammals from Northern Highlands in Tanzania with first data from the volcanic Mount Kitumbeine
- Phylogeography of a widespread sub-Saharan murid rodent Aethomys chrysophilus: the role of geographic barriers and paleoclimate in the Zambezian bioregion
- Taxonomy/phylogeny
- First record of Dermanura anderseni (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) for the Atlantic Forest
- Evolutionary biology
- A Quaternary record of the big-eyed bat Chiroderma villosum (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) with a revised lower molar terminology
- Conservation
- The Giant Tree Rat, Toromys grandis (Wagner, 1845): new record with range extension and comments on its morphology, biology and conservation
- Andersen’s leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros pomona) is still living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
- Long-term assessment of the success of a European badger reintroduction
