Precipitous decline of white-lipped peccary populations in Mesoamerica

Large mammalian herbivores are experiencing population reductions and range declines. However, we lack regional knowledge of population status for many herbivores, particularly in developing countries. Addressing this knowledge gap is key to implementing tailored conservation strategies forspecies whose population declines are highly variable across their range. White-lipped peccaries (Tayassupecari) are important ecosystem engineers in Neotropical forests and are highly sensitive to human disturbance. Despite maintaining a wide distributional range, white-lipped peccaries are experiencing substantial population declines in some portions of their range.We examined the regional distribution and population status of the species in Mesoamerica. We used a combination of techniques, including expert-based mapping and assessment of population status, and data-driven distribution modelling techniques to determine the status and range limits of white-lipped peccaries. Our analysis revealed declining and highly isolated populations of peccaries across Mesoamerica, with a range reduction of 87% from historic distribution and 63% from current IUCN range estimates for the region. White-lipped peccary distribution is affected by indices of human influence and forest cover, and more restricted than other sympatric large herbivores, with their largest populations confined to transboundary reserves. To conserve white-lipped peccaries in Mesoamerica, transboundary efforts will be needed that focus on both forest conservation and hunting management, increased cross-border coordination, and reconsideration of country and regional conservation priorities. Our methodology to detail regional white-lipped peccary status could be employed on other poorly-known large mammals.

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Main Authors:	Thornton, Daniel autor, Reyna Hurtado, Rafael Ángel Doctor autor 10474, Perera Romero, Lucy autora, Radachowsky, Jeremy autor, Hidalgo Mihart, Mircea Gabriel autor 14766, García Anleu, Rony autor 14367, McNab, Roan autor, Mcloughlin, Lee autor, Foster, Rebecca autora, Harmsen, Bart autor, Moreira Ramírez, José Fernando autor 13860, Diaz Santos, Fabricio autor, Jordan, Christopher A. autor 14474, Salom Pérez, Roberto autor, Meyer, Ninon France Victoire Doctora autor 15092, Castañeda, Franklin autor, Elvir Valle, Fausto Antonio autor, Ponce Santizo, Gabriela autora 15760, Amit, Ronit autora, Arroyo Arce, Stephanny autora, Thomson, Ian autor, Moreno, Ricardo Maestro autor 22555, Schank, Cody J. autor 14470, Arroyo Gerala, Paulina autora, Bárcenas, Horacio V. autor, Brenes Mora, Esteban autor, Calderón, Ana Patricia autora, Cove, Michael V. autor 14471, Gómez Hoyos, Diego autor, González Maya, José F. autor 14475, Guy, Danny autor, Hernández Jiménez, Gerobuam autor, Hofman, Maarten autor, Kays, Roland autor, King, Travis autor, Martinez Menjivar, Marcio Arnoldo autor, De la Maza Elvira, Javier autor, León Pérez, Rodrigo autor, Ramos, Víctor Hugo autor, Rivero Hernández, Crysia Marina Maestra autora 14466, Romo Asunción, Sergio autor, Juárez López, Rugieri autor, Jesús de la Cruz, Alejandro autor 22509, De la Torre, Jesús Antonio autor 14478, Towns, Valeria autora, Schipper, Jan autor, Portillo Reyes, Hector Orlando autor, Artavia, Adolfo autor, Hernández Pérez, Edwin Luis Oswaldo Maestro autor 13281, Martínez, Wilber autor, Urquhart, Gerald R. autor, Quigley, Howard autor, Pardo, Lain E. autor, Sáenz, Joel C. autor, Sanchez, Khiavett autora, Polisar, John autor
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Tayassu pecari, Mamíferos terrestres, Composición de la población, Zoogeografía, Hábitat (Ecología), Artfrosur,
Online Access:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320719316040?via%3Dihub
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