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Voss RS. An Annotated Checklist of Recent Opossums (Mammalia: Didelphidae). BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2022. [DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.455.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Robert S. Voss
- Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Mammalogy) American Museum of Natural History
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Ruiz Barlett T, Martin GM, Laguna MF, Abramson G, Monjeau A. Climatic constraints and the distribution of Patagonian mice. J Mammal 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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We generated potential distribution models for 14 sigmodontine rodent species that inhabit the Andean–Patagonian forest region and adjacent areas, and retrieved the main climatic variables responsible for these models. Our main objective was to compare these climatic variables and the distribution patterns generated for each species, and explore the effects of the physical environment in shaping the composition of rodent communities in the area. We retrieved a total of 1,215 records of species presence from 580 sites. Maxent was used to generate potential distribution models for the 14 rodent species studied. We used a total of 20 variables obtained from the WorldClim database, including elevation and 19 bioclimatic variables, in addition to normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and enhanced vegetation index (EVI). Our results showed a clear discrimination between two groups of rodents, one concentrated in the western part of our study area, with more humid climate and a rugged mountainous and discontinuous habitat, and another inhabiting the eastern, drier part of our study area, which appears to be more uniform in habitat characteristics. These groups showed a mosaic of phylogenetically non-related species from different tribes, that probably arrived or expanded into Patagonia during the last millennia. The overlap of all models showed the forest-steppe ecotone east of Nahuel Huapi Lake and south to −43° latitude as the area with the highest species richness (8–11 species). All species showed a high correspondence with temperature and precipitation that define patterns at a landscape scale, with little to very little information contained in the typical vegetation variables that would define local conditions.
En este trabajo generamos modelos de distribución potencial para cada especie de roedor sigmodontino que habita la región de los bosques andino-patagónicos y áreas adyacentes, identificando las principales variables climáticas que influyen en dichas distribuciones. Nuestro principal objetivo fue comparar las variables climáticas y los patrones de distribución generados para cada especie, y explorar los efectos del entorno físico en la composición de los ensambles de especies. Recopilamos un total de 1215 registros de presencia de especies de 580 sitios. Se utilizó MaxEnt para generar los modelos de distribución potencial de las 14 especies de roedores estudiadas, con 20 variables obtenidas de la base de datos WorldClim, incluida la elevación, 19 variables bioclimáticas, además del NDVI y EVI. Nuestros resultados muestran una clara discriminación entre dos grupos de roedores, uno concentrado en el área occidental, con un clima más húmedo y montañoso, y otro que habita en el área más seca del este. Curiosamente, estos grupos muestran un mosaico de especies, filogenéticamente no relacionadas y de diferentes tribus, que probablemente llegaron o se expandieron en la Patagonia durante los últimos milenios. La superposición de todos los modelos muestra el ecotono bosque-estepa, al este del lago Nahuel Huapi y hacia el sur hasta los -43°, como la zona más rica en especies (8 a 11 especies). Todas las especies muestran una alta correspondencia con las variables ambientales (temperatura y precipitación) que definen patrones a escala del paisaje, con muy poca información contenida en las variables típicas de la vegetación que definirían las condiciones locales.
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- Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagónica (CIEMEP), CONICET – Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia, Roca 780 CP 9200, Esquel, Chubut, Argentina
- Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Evolución y Biodiversidad (LIEB), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Ciencias de la Salud, CP9200, Esquel, Chubut, Argentina
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche and CONICET, R8402AGP San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche and CONICET, R8402AGP San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
- Instituto Balseiro, R8402AGP San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
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- Fundacion Bariloche and CONICET, R8402AGP, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
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Formoso AE, Martin GM, Teta P, Carbajo AE, Sauthier DEU, Pardiñas UFJ. Regional Extinctions and Quaternary Shifts in the Geographic Range of Lestodelphys halli, the Southernmost Living Marsupial: Clues for Its Conservation. PLoS One 2015. [PMID: 26203650 PMCID: PMC4512715 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The Patagonian opossum (Lestodelphys halli), the southernmost living marsupial, inhabits dry and open environments, mainly in the Patagonian steppe (between ~32°S and ~49°S). Its rich fossil record shows its occurrence further north in Central Argentina during the Quaternary. The paleoenvironmental meaning of the past distribution of L. halli has been mostly addressed in a subjective framework without an explicit connection with the climatic “space” currently occupied by this animal. Here, we assessed the potential distribution of this species and the changes occurred in its geographic range during late Pleistocene-Holocene times and linked the results obtained with conservation issues. To this end, we generated three potential distribution models with fossil records and three with current ones, using MaxEnt software. These models showed a decrease in the suitable habitat conditions for the species, highlighting a range shift from Central-Eastern to South-Western Argentina. Our results support that the presence of L. halli in the Pampean region during the Pleistocene-Holocene can be related to precipitation and temperature variables and that its current presence in Patagonia is more related to temperature and dominant soils. The models obtained suggest that the species has been experiencing a reduction in its geographic range since the middle Holocene, a process that is in accordance with a general increase in moisture and temperature in Central Argentina. Considering the findings of our work and the future scenario of global warming projected for Patagonia, we might expect a harsh impact on the distribution range of this opossum in the near future.
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- Anahí E. Formoso
- Instituto de Diversidad y Evolución Austral (CONICET), Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Evolución y Biodiversidad, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, sede Esquel, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco, Esquel, Chubut, Argentina
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- División Mastozoología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Avenida Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Ecología de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vectores, Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Patagónico Para el Estudio de Ecosistemas Continentales (IPEEC) and Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, sede Puerto Madryn, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia “San Juan Bosco”, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
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- Instituto de Diversidad y Evolución Austral (CONICET), Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
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Stellatelli OA, Baladrón AV. Nuevo registro y ampliación de la distribución del género Thylamys (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) en la región pampeana de Argentina. REV MEX BIODIVERS 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2015.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Palma RE, Boric-Bargetto D, Jayat JP, Flores DA, Zeballos H, Pacheco V, Cancino RA, Alfaro FD, Rodríguez-Serrano E, Pardiñas UFJ. Molecular phylogenetics of mouse opossums: new findings on the phylogeny ofThylamys(Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae). ZOOL SCR 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- R. Eduardo Palma
- Departamento de Ecología; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Alameda 340 Santiago 6513677 Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas; Departamento de Zoología; Universidad de Concepción; Barrio Universitario s/n Concepción Santiago Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo; Instituto de Ecología Regional (IER); Universidad Nacional de Tucumán; Casilla de Correo 34 4107 Yerba Buena Tucumán Argentina
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- CONICET; División Mastozoología; Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia; Av. Angel Gallardo 470 C1405DJR Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación para la Promoción de los Pueblos; Cooperativa Víctor Andrés Belaúnde I-8 Yanahuara Arequipa Perú
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- Museo de Historia Natural; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Lima Lima 14 Peru
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- Departamento de Ecología; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Alameda 340 Santiago 6513677 Chile
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- Departamento de Ecología; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Alameda 340 Santiago 6513677 Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas; Departamento de Zoología; Universidad de Concepción; Barrio Universitario s/n Concepción Santiago Chile
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- Centro Nacional Patagónico; Casilla de Correo 128, 9120 Puerto Madryn Chubut Argentina
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Teta P, Pardiñas UFJ, Sauthier DEU, Gallardo MH. A new species of the tetraploid vizcacha ratTympanoctomys(Caviomorpha, Octodontidae) from central Patagonia, Argentina. J Mammal 2014. [DOI: 10.1644/13-mamm-a-160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Sánchez-Villagra MR. Why are There Fewer Marsupials than Placentals? On the Relevance of Geography and Physiology to Evolutionary Patterns of Mammalian Diversity and Disparity. J MAMM EVOL 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s10914-012-9220-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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