scholarly journals Cave paleozoology in the Judean Desert: assembling records of Holocene wild mammal communities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio A. Lazagabaster ◽  
Natalia Égüez ◽  
Micka Ullman ◽  
Roi Porat ◽  
Ido Wachtel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wild Mammal ◽  
Mammal Communities

SPACE-TIME EQUIVALENCE IN AUSTRALIAN QUATERNARY MAMMAL COMMUNITIES

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Louys ◽  
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Gilbert J. Price ◽  
Kenny J. Travouillon
Keyword(s):  
Space Time ◽  
Mammal Communities

scholarly journals Camera Trapping to Assess Status and Composition of Mammal Communities in a Biodiversity Hotspot in Myanmar

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 880
Author(s):  
Giacomo Cremonesi ◽  
Francesco Bisi ◽  
Lorenzo Gaffi ◽  
Thet Zaw ◽  
Hla Naing ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Disturbance ◽  
Habitat Degradation ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Wildlife Trade ◽  
Ecosystem Functions ◽  
Occupancy Models ◽  
Apex Predators ◽  
Disturbed Area ◽  
The Status ◽  
Mammal Communities

Tropical forests comprise a critically impacted habitat, and it is known that altered forests host a lower diversity of mammal communities. In this study, we investigated the mammal communities of two areas in Myanmar with similar environmental conditions but with great differences in habitat degradation and human disturbance. The main goal was to understand the status and composition of these communities in an understudied area like Myanmar at a broad scale. Using camera trap data from a three-year-long campaign and hierarchical occupancy models with a Bayesian formulation, we evaluated the biodiversity level (species richness) and different ecosystem functions (diet and body mass), as well as the occupancy values of single species as a proxy for population density. We found a lower mammal diversity in the disturbed area, with a significantly lower number of carnivores and herbivores species. Interestingly, the area did not show alteration in its functional composition. Almost all the specific roles in the community were present except for apex predators, thus suggesting that the effects of human disturbance are mainly effecting the communities highest levels. Furthermore, two species showed significantly lower occupancies in the disturbed area during all the monitoring campaigns: one with a strong pressure for bushmeat consumption and a vulnerable carnivore threatened by illegal wildlife trade.

Small mammal communities in forest ecosystems affected by urbanization

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 490-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. F. Chernousova ◽  
O. V. Tolkach ◽  
O. E. Dobrotvorskaya
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Mammal Communities

scholarly journals Fitness costs of parasites explain multiple life history tradeoffs in a wild mammal

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory F Albery ◽  
Alison Morris ◽  
Sean Morris ◽  
Fiona Kenyon ◽  
Daniel H Nussey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Fitness Costs ◽  
Wild Mammal ◽  
Life History Tradeoffs

Quaternary Mammal Communities: Relevance of the Individualistic Response and Non-Analogue Faunas

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 141-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell W. Graham
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Land Use Management ◽  
Change Analysis ◽  
Climate Fluctuations ◽  
Core Species ◽  
Mammal Communities

Frequent and repeated climate fluctuations of the late Quaternary serve as a “natural experiment” for the response of species to environmental change. Analysis of the FAUNMAP database documents individualistic shifts in the geographic distributions for late Quaternary mammals. However, because the individualistic response is not necessarily random and because many species share similar niche parameters, it is possible that some species appear to form coherent groups of core species. In reality their dispersals are individualistic with regard to rate and timing. The individualistic response of mammals, as well as that of other organisms, has created late Quaternary communities without modern analogues. This concept has profound implications for the design of biological reserves and for land use management with respect to future global climate change. However, the relevance of non-analogue mammal communities has been challenged by Alroy (1999), who claims that non-analogue associations were not common in the Quaternary and that they appeared to occur in both the Pleistocene and Holocene. Reexamination of his analysis shows that he employed a different definition for non-analogue faunas and that his methods of analyses created artificially low counts of non-analogue communities and consequently an underestimate of their importance.

scholarly journals Removal of livestock alters native plant and invasive mammal communities in a dry grassland–shrubland ecosystem

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 1105-1118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy L. Whitehead ◽  
Andrea E. Byrom ◽  
Richard I. Clayton ◽  
Roger P. Pech
Keyword(s):  
Native Plant ◽  
Dry Grassland ◽  
Mammal Communities

scholarly journals Context-Dependent Effects of Largewildlife Declines on Small-Mammal Communities in Central Kenya

2015 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-160
Author(s):  
Hillary S. Young ◽  
Douglas J. McCauley ◽  
Rodolfo Dirzo ◽  
Jacob R. Goheen ◽  
Bernard Agwanda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Context Dependent ◽  
Mammal Communities ◽  
Central Kenya

scholarly journals Lower Richness of Small Wild Mammal Species and Chagas Disease Risk

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. e1647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samanta Cristina das Chagas Xavier ◽  
André Luiz Rodrigues Roque ◽  
Valdirene dos Santos Lima ◽  
Kerla Joeline Lima Monteiro ◽  
Joel Carlos Rodrigues Otaviano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Wild Mammal ◽  
Mammal Species
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