Factors outside privately protected areas determine mammal assemblages in a global biodiversity hotspot in the Andes

Privately protected areas with voluntary forest protection are promoted as an innovative solution for biodiversity conservation across the globe, particularly in regions where high biological diversity is threatened by agricultural expansion and human disturbance such as the tropical Andes. Colombia...

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Autores principales:	María Juliana Bedoya-Durán, Oscar E. Murillo-García, Lyn C. Branch
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Connectivity Conservation evidence Fragmentation Mammal conservation Multi-species occupancy Source-sinks Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:774020a0e05d4f8c98179d6c874a47452021-11-20T05:06:50ZFactors outside privately protected areas determine mammal assemblages in a global biodiversity hotspot in the Andes2351-989410.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01921https://doaj.org/article/774020a0e05d4f8c98179d6c874a47452021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989421004716https://doaj.org/toc/2351-9894Privately protected areas with voluntary forest protection are promoted as an innovative solution for biodiversity conservation across the globe, particularly in regions where high biological diversity is threatened by agricultural expansion and human disturbance such as the tropical Andes. Colombia alone has over 2000 privately protected areas, but how well private reserves achieve conservation goals is largely unknown. To understand the attributes of reserves that determine success and the types of species conserved, we evaluated regional diversity of medium and large mammals with camera trapping over two years in the western Andes of Colombia. We examined how mammal occupancy was influenced by the size and land use of privately protected areas, landscape-scale variables, and anthropogenic disturbance. We used a multi-species hierarchical framework to assess responses of species and functional groups to environmental covariates. We found that forest in this reserve network retains a diverse mammal assemblage, but low occurrence and restricted species distributions suggest high vulnerability. Forest-restricted species and large species had higher occupancy in larger sites and sites with a higher proportion of forest, regardless of whether a site was designated as a reserve. However, landscape-level measures of connectivity and human disturbance were the strongest predictors of occupancy. Our research indicates that conservation of biodiversity within reserve networks in the Andes will be effective only if these efforts are linked to landscape-level conservation initiatives that conserve large areas of native forest and limit human disturbance across the landscape.María Juliana Bedoya-DuránOscar E. Murillo-GarcíaLyn C. BranchElsevierarticleConnectivityConservation evidenceFragmentationMammal conservationMulti-species occupancySource-sinksEcologyQH540-549.5ENGlobal Ecology and Conservation, Vol 32, Iss , Pp e01921- (2021)
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topic	Connectivity Conservation evidence Fragmentation Mammal conservation Multi-species occupancy Source-sinks Ecology QH540-549.5
spellingShingle	Connectivity Conservation evidence Fragmentation Mammal conservation Multi-species occupancy Source-sinks Ecology QH540-549.5 María Juliana Bedoya-Durán Oscar E. Murillo-García Lyn C. Branch Factors outside privately protected areas determine mammal assemblages in a global biodiversity hotspot in the Andes
description	Privately protected areas with voluntary forest protection are promoted as an innovative solution for biodiversity conservation across the globe, particularly in regions where high biological diversity is threatened by agricultural expansion and human disturbance such as the tropical Andes. Colombia alone has over 2000 privately protected areas, but how well private reserves achieve conservation goals is largely unknown. To understand the attributes of reserves that determine success and the types of species conserved, we evaluated regional diversity of medium and large mammals with camera trapping over two years in the western Andes of Colombia. We examined how mammal occupancy was influenced by the size and land use of privately protected areas, landscape-scale variables, and anthropogenic disturbance. We used a multi-species hierarchical framework to assess responses of species and functional groups to environmental covariates. We found that forest in this reserve network retains a diverse mammal assemblage, but low occurrence and restricted species distributions suggest high vulnerability. Forest-restricted species and large species had higher occupancy in larger sites and sites with a higher proportion of forest, regardless of whether a site was designated as a reserve. However, landscape-level measures of connectivity and human disturbance were the strongest predictors of occupancy. Our research indicates that conservation of biodiversity within reserve networks in the Andes will be effective only if these efforts are linked to landscape-level conservation initiatives that conserve large areas of native forest and limit human disturbance across the landscape.
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author	María Juliana Bedoya-Durán Oscar E. Murillo-García Lyn C. Branch
author_facet	María Juliana Bedoya-Durán Oscar E. Murillo-García Lyn C. Branch
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title	Factors outside privately protected areas determine mammal assemblages in a global biodiversity hotspot in the Andes
title_short	Factors outside privately protected areas determine mammal assemblages in a global biodiversity hotspot in the Andes
title_full	Factors outside privately protected areas determine mammal assemblages in a global biodiversity hotspot in the Andes
title_fullStr	Factors outside privately protected areas determine mammal assemblages in a global biodiversity hotspot in the Andes
title_full_unstemmed	Factors outside privately protected areas determine mammal assemblages in a global biodiversity hotspot in the Andes
title_sort	factors outside privately protected areas determine mammal assemblages in a global biodiversity hotspot in the andes
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2021
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Factors outside privately protected areas determine mammal assemblages in a global biodiversity hotspot in the Andes

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