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Marques FC, Bochio GM, Lima MR, Anjos LD. The selection of indicator species of birds and mammals for the monitoring of restoration areas in a highly fragmented forest landscape. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2023; 95:e20200922. [PMID: 37436196 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202320200922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 07/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Indicator species are frequently used to monitor restoration areas. However, species of conservation concern are usually absent in highly fragmented landscapes, making the selection of indicator species a challenging task. Here, we select indicator species of birds and mammals to be used for the evaluation of restoration sites in a highly fragmented landscape, the Capivara-Taquaruçu Dams region located in north Paraná, Brazil. By using the Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI), we show that the Capivara-Taquaruçu Dams landscape has low IBI values and bird richness when compared with two other landscapes in the north of Paraná. Therefore, we used the Individual Indicate Value to identify birds and mammals associated with forest fragments in the Capivara-Taquaruçu Dams landscape. Six bird and four mammal species were selected as indicators of forest fragments, none of which were of conservation concern. However, monitoring of these species could help evaluate the recovery of restoration sites in the Capivara-Taquaruçu Dams region. Lastly, several species of birds and mammals were frequently recorded in the restoration sites, including vulnerable species such as the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris). This is indicative that restoration sites can be important habitats in highly fragmented landscapes despite the loss of biodiversity.
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- Fernanda C Marques
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas - Biodiversidade e Conservação de Habitats Fragmentados, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Biologia Animal e Vegetal, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR-445, Km 380, Campus Universitário, 86051-970 Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas - Biodiversidade e Conservação de Habitats Fragmentados, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Biologia Animal e Vegetal, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR-445, Km 380, Campus Universitário, 86051-970 Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Biologia Animal e Vegetal, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR-445, Km 380, Campus Universitário, 86051-970 Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Biologia Animal e Vegetal, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR-445, Km 380, Campus Universitário, 86051-970 Londrina, PR, Brazil
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Mayer LB, Mellado B, Ruiz-Miranda CR, Nogueira MR, Monteiro LR. Diversity profiles of medium and large-size mammals in an Atlantic Forest remnant: seasonal and spatial patterns. STUDIES ON NEOTROPICAL FAUNA AND ENVIRONMENT 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/01650521.2023.2180198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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- Luana Burg Mayer
- Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Ruiz-García M, Cáceres AM, Luengas-Villamil K, Aliaga-Rossel E, Zeballos H, Singh MD, Shostell JM. Mitogenomic phylogenetics and population genetics of several taxa of agouties (Dasyprocta sp., Dasyproctidae, Rodentia): molecular nonexistence of some claimed endemic taxa. MAMMAL RES 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13364-022-00626-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mittelman P, Dracxler CM, Santos-Coutinho PRO, Pires AS. Sowing forests: a synthesis of seed dispersal and predation by agoutis and their influence on plant communities. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2021; 96:2425-2445. [PMID: 34156131 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Revised: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
Abstract
Granivorous rodents have been traditionally regarded as antagonistic seed predators. Agoutis (Dasyprocta spp.), however, have also been recognized as mutualistic dispersers of plants because of their role as scatter-hoarders of seeds, especially for large-seeded species. A closer look shows that such definitions are too simplistic for these Neotropical animals because agoutis can influence plant communities not only through seed dispersal of large seeds but also through predation of small seeds and seedlings, evidencing their dual role. Herein, we summarize the literature on plant-agouti interactions, decompose agouti seed dispersal into its quantitative and qualitative components, and discuss how environmental factors and plant traits determine whether these interactions result in mutualisms or antagonisms. We also look at the role of agoutis in a community context, assessing their effectiveness as substitutes for extinct megafaunal frugivores and comparing their ecological functions to those of other extant dispersers of large seeds. We also discuss how our conclusions can be extended to the single other genus in the Dasyproctidae family (Myoprocta). Finally, we examine agoutis' contribution to carbon stocks and summarize current conservation threats and efforts. We recorded 164 interactions between agoutis and plants, which were widespread across the plant phylogeny, confirming that agoutis are generalist frugivores. Seed mass was a main factor determining seed hoarding probability of plant species and agoutis were found to disperse larger seeds than other large-bodied frugivores. Agoutis positively contributed to carbon storage by preying upon seeds of plants with lower carbon biomass and by dispersing species with higher biomass. This synthesis of plant-agouti interactions shows that ecological services provided by agoutis to plant populations and communities go beyond seed dispersal and predation, and we identify still unanswered questions. We hope to emphasise the importance of agoutis in Neotropical forests.
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- Pedro Mittelman
- Wildlife Sciences, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Buesgenweg 3, 37077, Germany.,Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-590, Brazil
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- Department of Theoretical and Computational Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, 94240, Amsterdam, 1090 GE, The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ, 23890-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ, 23890-000, Brazil
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Rostant L, Nelson H, Devenish-Nelson E, Beddoe LA, Nathai-Gyan N, Agard J. Abundance of the exploited red-rumped agouti ( Dasyprocta leporina Rodentia: Dasyproctidae) on the island of Trinidad. MAMMALIA 2021. [DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2020-0093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Despite their economic, ecological and cultural importance, few studies have examined the population size, distribution and trends of the red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina) on the island of Trinidad. This study reports densities of agouti on Trinidad during a three-year period, including two years of a moratorium on hunting. Diurnal transect surveys were conducted and density estimates were calculated using the DISTANCE programme and King’s Estimator. Density varied between 7 and 44 individuals/km2 between different sites, 19–28 individuals/km2 island-wide, and with two of four sites showing a potential decline in estimated density in the final year of sampling after hunting resumed.
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- Luke Rostant
- Department of Life Sciences , The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus , St. Augustine , Trinidad
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- Fauna and Flora International , The David Attenborough Building , Pembroke Street , Cambridge CB2 3QZ , UK
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- Department of Life Sciences , The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus , St. Augustine , Trinidad
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- Environmental Management Authority , Elizabeth Street , St. Clair , Port of Spain , Trinidad
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- Department of Life Sciences , The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus , St. Augustine , Trinidad
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Costa CA, Borges AA, Nascimento MB, Aquino LV, Silva AR, Oliveira MF, Pereira AF. Effects of Vitrification Techniques on the Somatic Tissue Preservation of Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina Linnaeus, 1758). Biopreserv Biobank 2020; 18:165-170. [DOI: 10.1089/bio.2019.0109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Cibelle A.S. Costa
- Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Federal Rural University of Semi-Arid, Mossoró, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Federal Rural University of Semi-Arid, Mossoró, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Federal Rural University of Semi-Arid, Mossoró, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Federal Rural University of Semi-Arid, Mossoró, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Federal Rural University of Semi-Arid, Mossoró, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Federal Rural University of Semi-Arid, Mossoró, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Federal Rural University of Semi-Arid, Mossoró, Brazil
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Mittelman P, Kreischer C, Pires AS, Fernandez FAS. Agouti reintroduction recovers seed dispersal of a large‐seeded tropical tree. Biotropica 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Pedro Mittelman
- Departamento de Ecologia Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Ambientais Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro Seropédica Brazil
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Marjakangas EL, Genes L, Pires MM, Fernandez FAS, de Lima RAF, de Oliveira AA, Ovaskainen O, Pires AS, Prado PI, Galetti M. Estimating interaction credit for trophic rewilding in tropical forests. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2018; 373:rstb.2017.0435. [PMID: 30348879 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Trophic rewilding has been suggested as a restoration tool to restore ecological interactions and reverse defaunation and its cascading effects on ecosystem functioning. One of the ecological processes that has been jeopardized by defaunation is animal-mediated seed dispersal. Here, we propose an approach that combines joint species distribution models with occurrence data and species interaction records to quantify the potential to restore seed-dispersal interactions through rewilding and apply it to the Atlantic Forest, a global biodiversity hotspot. Using this approach, we identify areas that should benefit the most from trophic rewilding and candidate species that could contribute to cash the credit of seed-dispersal interactions in a given site. We found that sites within large fragments bearing a great diversity of trees may have about 20 times as many interactions to be cashed through rewilding as small fragments in regions where deforestation has been pervasive. We also ranked mammal and bird species according to their potential to restore seed-dispersal interactions if reintroduced while considering the biome as a whole and at finer scales. The suggested approach can aid future conservation efforts in rewilding projects in defaunated tropical rainforests.This article is part of the theme issue 'Trophic rewilding: consequences for ecosystems under global change'.
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- Emma-Liina Marjakangas
- Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CP 68020, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-590, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP CEP 13.083-862, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CP 68020, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-590, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP CEP 05508-090, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP CEP 05508-090, Brazil
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- Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway.,Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 65, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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- Departamento de Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ 23890-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP CEP 05508-090, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), CP 199, Rio Claro, SP 13506-900, Brazil
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Silva KVKDA, Kenup CF, Kreischer C, Fernandez FA, Pires AS. Who let the dogs out? Occurrence, population size and daily activity of domestic dogs in an urban Atlantic Forest reserve. Perspect Ecol Conserv 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2018.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Fernandez FA, Rheingantz ML, Genes L, Kenup CF, Galliez M, Cezimbra T, Cid B, Macedo L, Araujo BB, Moraes BS, Monjeau A, Pires AS. Rewilding the Atlantic Forest: Restoring the fauna and ecological interactions of a protected area. Perspect Ecol Conserv 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2017.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Root-Bernstein M, Galetti M, Ladle RJ. Rewilding South America: Ten key questions. Perspect Ecol Conserv 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2017.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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