Banca de DEFESA: ELLEN CRISTINA MÕES OLIVEIRA

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STUDENT : ELLEN CRISTINA MÕES OLIVEIRA
DATE: 27/07/2020
TIME: 09:30
LOCAL: https://conferenciaweb.rnp.br/webconf/webconf-pop-rn-sala-a
TITLE:

PATTERNS OF HABITAT USE OF TATUS IN BRAZILIAN CENTRAL AMAZON FLOOD PLAINS

KEY WORDS:

flood pulse; water cycle; dry land; floodplain; camera trap

PAGES: 46
BIG AREA: Ciências Biológicas
AREA: Ecologia
SUMMARY:

The distribution of mammals in the environment is modulated by habitat complexity and changes in resource availability. They respond to landscape components which direct how they will use the habitat. Far from being a homogeneous forest, the Amazon is formed by different types of vegetation due to the flood pulse that occurs throughout the hydrological cycle. This phenomenon dictates habitat use patterns for many species and explains the great diversity of mammals found in the biome. Tatus (Dasypodidae: Cingulata) are the main group of excavating mammals of the Amazon rainforests. In this study, our objective was to identify which areas tatus are occupying related to the hydrological cycle and which environmental characteristics are influencing the patterns in habitat use. Data were collected from the Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve and Abufari Biological Reserve, located in the central-western portion of the Brazilian Amazon through photographic trapping. 72 cameras were installed in non-flooded areas (solid ground), adjacent to wetlands (floodplains), with a total sampling effort of 23080 days, where three tatus species were detected.From this, we used occupation models, taking imperfect detection into account, to estimate the detection and occupation for each species between the phases of the hydrological cycle (flood and drought), and the influence of environmental variables (relief roughness, Altitude in relation to river level, Predator Density, Wetland boundary distance and Forest Biomass) and anthropogenic (Distance from human communities) at each sampling point. We obtained 700 records independently of the three tatus species. The main results of the occupation models was that Dasypus Novemcinctus and Priodontes Maximus showed a higher occupancy in the solid ground areas during the drought when flooded areas became available (Ѱ = 0.69 ± 0.02 and Ѱ = 0.95 ± 0.12 ), than during the Flood (When flooded areas are full, therefore unavailable for terrestrial species to occupy). For Dasypus Kappleri, the occupation was higher during the Flood phase of the river (Ѱ = 0.98 ± 0.10). Relief roughness and altitude in relation to the river level were the most important variables for Dasypus Novemcinctus occupation when the weight of all models was added. For Priodontes Maximus the distance from the limit of the flooded area was more important for its occupation. For Dasypus Kappleri, the most important variables were the distance from the human community and the roughness of the relief.

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