ADDITIONAL RECORDS OF WILD MAMMALS IN THE FOREST MANAGEMENT AREA: LOS OCOTONES, CHIAPAS, MEXICO
Forest exploitation is an anthropic activity that directly affects the presence of plants and animals. Los Ocotones is a forest management zone, located 36 km from Cintalapa, Chiapas, Mexico. In this zone, forest management with native vegetation and conservation of the forested cover are promoted. The aim of this study was to update the information and document the presence of wild mammals in the “Los Ocotones” (LOSOCO) forest management area. During 2010 and 2011, 15 camera traps were placed (nine single stations with one camera trap and three stations with two camera traps), separated between 500 and 1000 m, on the paths used to extract the wood and in the zones of tree stands where forest exploitation of the pine-oak forest was not practiced in LOSOCO. The total sampling effort was 5850 trap-days, with additional records of the following wild mammal species in the forest management unit: Canis latrans, Eira barbara, Galictis vittata, Leopardus pardalis, Leopardus wiedii, Panthera onca, Puma concolor, Puma yagouaroundi, and Tapirus bairdii. Seven of these are included in the NOM059-SEMARNAT-2010 in some category of risk. The cameras allowed updating the information about terrestrial mammals. Because of its conditions, the LOSOCO management unit houses priority terrestrial mammal species for their conservation in the region.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
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Colegio de Postgraduados
2018
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| Online Access: | https://www.agrociencia-colpos.org/index.php/agrociencia/article/view/1688 |
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