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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: Data from a global camera trap network
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 366, No. 1578, Year 2011
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Terrestrial mammals are a key component of tropical forest communities as indicators of ecosystem health and providers of important ecosystem services. However, there is little quantitative information about how they change with local, regional and global threats. In this paper, the first standardized pantropical forest terrestrial mammal community study, we examine several aspects of terrestrial mammal species and community diversity (species richness, species diversity, evenness, dominance, functional diversity and community structure) at seven sites around the globe using a single standardized camera trapping methodology approach. The sites-located in Uganda, Tanzania, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Suriname, Brazil and Costa Rica-are surrounded by different landscape configurations, from continuous forests to highly fragmented forests. We obtained more than 51 000 images and detected 105 species of mammals with a total sampling effort of 12 687 camera trap days. We find thatmammal communities from highly fragmented sites have lower species richness, species diversity, functional diversity and higher dominance when compared with sites in partially fragmented and continuous forest. We emphasize the importance of standardized camera trapping approaches for obtaining baselines for monitoring forest mammal communities so as to adequately understand the effect of global, regional and local threats and appropriately inform conservation actions. © 2011 The Royal Society.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ahumada, Jorge A.
United States, Arlington
Conservation International
Silva, Carlos E.F.
Brazil, Manaus
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia
Gajapersad, Krisna
Suriname, Paramaribo
Conservation International Suriname
Hallam, Chris
Democratic Republic Congo, Kisangani
Wildlife Conservation Society
Hurtado, Johanna
Costa Rica, San Pedro de Poas
Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica
Martin, Emanuel H.
Tanzania
Udzungwa Ecological Monitoring Centre
McWilliam, Alex
Democratic Republic Congo, Kisangani
Wildlife Conservation Society
Mugerwa, Badru
Uganda, Mbarara
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
O'Brien, Timothy G.
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Rovero, Francesco
Tanzania
Udzungwa Ecological Monitoring Centre
Italy, Trento
Mudeo Tridentino Di Scienze Naturali
Sheil, Douglas
Uganda, Mbarara
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Indonesia, Bogor
Center for International Forestry Research, West Java
Spironello, Wilson Roberto
Brazil, Manaus
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia
Winarni, Nurul
Indonesia, Java
Wildlife Conservation Society
Andelman, Sandy J.
United States, Arlington
Conservation International
Statistics
Citations: 323
Authors: 14
Affiliations: 11
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1098/rstb.2011.0115
ISSN:
09628436
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Tanzania
Uganda