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- Title
Mastofauna no Planalto das Araucárias, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
- Authors
Marques, Rosane Vera; Cademartori, Cristina Vargas; Pacheco, Susi Missel
- Abstract
(Mammals from Araucaria’s Plateau, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil).Wild small (including flying), medium and large mammals long term surveys were carried out in Protected areas in Araucarias Plateau in state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Studies were done in native pine forests (Araucaria angustifolia), Araucaria plantation, recuperation stage of native vegetation after deforestation and around urban areas. Study methods included the use of Tomahawk traps, pitffal traps, mist nets, camera traps, footprints, direct observations of animals and dead animals in roads. Sixty six species of native mammals and one exotic species (hare – Lepus europaeus) were detected. Araucaria’s Plateau is important for conservation of mammals because has natural environments that support endangered species.
- Subjects
RIO Grande (Brazil); BRAZIL; MAMMALS; BRAZILIAN pine; DEFORESTATION; WILDLIFE conservation; ENDANGERED species
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Biociencias, 2011, Vol 9, Issue 3, p278
- ISSN
1679-2343
- Publication type
Article