| Author | dc.contributor.author | Fontúrbel, Francisco E. | |
| Admission date | dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-08T19:52:41Z | |
| Available date | dc.date.available | 2011-09-08T19:52:41Z | |
| Publication date | dc.date.issued | 2009-03-19 | |
| Cita de ítem | dc.identifier.citation | MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY, Volume: 75, Issue: 4, Pages: 294-301, 2010 | es_CL |
| Identifier | dc.identifier.issn | 1616-5047 | |
| Identifier | dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/119288 | |
| General note | dc.description | Artículo de publicación ISI | es_CL |
| Abstract | dc.description.abstract | Assessingsmallmammaldiversityisacommonprocedure,whichusuallyemployswidespreadstandardtechniques,
for gatheringinformationforawiderangeofstudies.Traditionalmethods,however,maybebiasedagainstcapturing
arborealmarsupials,suchas Dromiciopsgliroides, anendemicmarsupialcurrentlyconsideredararespeciesinthe
Patagoniantemperaterainforestduetothelowabundancesreportedpreviously.Itestedanewcapturingmethodology
to assessthesmallmammaldiversityofanold-growthforestinPatagonia,basedonarandomizedandbalanced
design, whichincorporatedacombinationofdifferenttraptypes,baittypes,andplacementheights.Theproposed
methodologyincludedfourtraptypes(twoforlive-capturing:wire-meshandShermantraps,andtwosign-recording
traps fortracksandhair),twotypesofbait(bananaandrolledoats),andtwotrapplacements(groundleveland
1.5–2.5mabovetheground).Traptype,baittype,andheightofplacementallhadsignificantlydifferenteffectson
capturinganddetectingrodentsormarsupials;environmentalvariablesatthetraplocationalsoaffectedtheabilityto
detect rodentsandmarsupials.Traditionalmethodsusedforsamplingsmallmammalsperformedwellforrodentsbut
are noteffectiveforcapturingmarsupialsandviceversa,showingspecies-specificsamplingprotocols.Thereisno
singlecombinationoftrap-bait-heightcapabletoassesstheentiresmallmammalcommunity,butthecombinationof
the mosteffectiveprotocolforrodentsandthemosteffectiveprotocolformarsupialsguaranteebetterresults.
r 2009 DeutscheGesellschaftfu¨r Sa¨ugetierkunde. | es_CL |
| Patrocinador | dc.description.sponsorship | Funding
was providedbyIdeaWild,theScottNeotropicalFund
programoftheClevelandMetroparksZooandthe
ClevelandZoologicalSociety,andtheWildlifeLabora-
tory ofUniversidaddeLosLagos.Ialsothankthe
ChileanScienceFoundation(CONICYT)foraMaster
of Sciencescholarship. | es_CL |
| Lenguage | dc.language.iso | en | es_CL |
| Publisher | dc.publisher | ELSEVIER GMBH | es_CL |
| Keywords | dc.subject | Small mammals | es_CL |
| Título | dc.title | A methodological approach to assess the small mammal community diversity in the temperate rainforest of Patagonia | es_CL |
| Document type | dc.type | Artículo de revista | |
