Community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: data from a global camera trap network

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 standardiz...

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Main Authors: Ahumada, Jorge A., Gajapersad, F.K., Hallam, C., Hurtado, J., Martin, E., McWilliam, A., Mugerwa, B., O'Brien, T., Rovero, F., Sheil, Douglas, Spironello, W.R., Winarni, Nurul L., Andelman, Sandy J.
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Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20922
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author Ahumada, Jorge A.
Gajapersad, F.K.
Hallam, C.
Hurtado, J.
Martin, E.
McWilliam, A.
Mugerwa, B.
O'Brien, T.
Rovero, F.
Sheil, Douglas
Spironello, W.R.
Winarni, Nurul L.
Andelman, Sandy J.
author_browse Ahumada, Jorge A.
Andelman, Sandy J.
Gajapersad, F.K.
Hallam, C.
Hurtado, J.
Martin, E.
McWilliam, A.
Mugerwa, B.
O'Brien, T.
Rovero, F.
Sheil, Douglas
Spironello, W.R.
Winarni, Nurul L.
author_facet Ahumada, Jorge A.
Gajapersad, F.K.
Hallam, C.
Hurtado, J.
Martin, E.
McWilliam, A.
Mugerwa, B.
O'Brien, T.
Rovero, F.
Sheil, Douglas
Spironello, W.R.
Winarni, Nurul L.
Andelman, Sandy J.
author_sort Ahumada, Jorge A.
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description 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 that mammal 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.
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spelling CGSpace209222025-01-24T14:13:10Z Community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: data from a global camera trap network Ahumada, Jorge A. Gajapersad, F.K. Hallam, C. Hurtado, J. Martin, E. McWilliam, A. Mugerwa, B. O'Brien, T. Rovero, F. Sheil, Douglas Spironello, W.R. Winarni, Nurul L. Andelman, Sandy J. tropical forests mammals 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 that mammal 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 2012-06-04T09:15:19Z 2012-06-04T09:15:19Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20922 en Ahumada, J.A., Gajapersad, F.K., Hallam, C., Hurtado, J., Martin, E., McWilliam, A., Mugerwa, B., O'Brien, T., Rovero, F., Sheil, D., Spironello, W., Winarni, N., Andelman, S.J. 2011. Community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: data from a global camera trap network . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B. 366 (1578) :2703-2711. ISSN: 1471-2970.
spellingShingle tropical forests
mammals
Ahumada, Jorge A.
Gajapersad, F.K.
Hallam, C.
Hurtado, J.
Martin, E.
McWilliam, A.
Mugerwa, B.
O'Brien, T.
Rovero, F.
Sheil, Douglas
Spironello, W.R.
Winarni, Nurul L.
Andelman, Sandy J.
Community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: data from a global camera trap network
title Community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: data from a global camera trap network
title_full Community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: data from a global camera trap network
title_fullStr Community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: data from a global camera trap network
title_full_unstemmed Community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: data from a global camera trap network
title_short Community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: data from a global camera trap network
title_sort community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals data from a global camera trap network
topic tropical forests
mammals
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20922
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