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Small mammal community of bamboo forests in the Peruvian Amazon

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Date Issued:
2003
Summary:
Bamboo forests occupy an extensive area in Southwestern Amazonia in the conjuction of Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia. In Tambopata, Peru, bamboo stands have been considered degraded habitats and their expansion a threat to the biodiversity of the region. I conducted my project in two sites along the Tambopata River during a dry season in the area (July and September 2002). My study showed that communities of terrestrial small mammals in the bamboo patches were more diverse than those in adjacent old-growth forests. Relative abundances of some species of small mammals were also higher in the bamboo. Small mammal species may be attracted to the bamboo forests for the following reasons (1) dense understories that provides them refuge from predation, (2) alternative food resources in the form of insects, fruit from understorey plants, bamboo fruits and seeds (at exceptional times), and (3) complex understorey habitat that satisfies the microhabitat selection of species of small mammals.
Title: Small mammal community of bamboo forests in the Peruvian Amazon.
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Name(s): Ledesma, Karim Jennifer
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Wetterer, James K., Thesis advisor
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Department of Biological Sciences
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 2003
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, FL
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 60 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Bamboo forests occupy an extensive area in Southwestern Amazonia in the conjuction of Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia. In Tambopata, Peru, bamboo stands have been considered degraded habitats and their expansion a threat to the biodiversity of the region. I conducted my project in two sites along the Tambopata River during a dry season in the area (July and September 2002). My study showed that communities of terrestrial small mammals in the bamboo patches were more diverse than those in adjacent old-growth forests. Relative abundances of some species of small mammals were also higher in the bamboo. Small mammal species may be attracted to the bamboo forests for the following reasons (1) dense understories that provides them refuge from predation, (2) alternative food resources in the form of insects, fruit from understorey plants, bamboo fruits and seeds (at exceptional times), and (3) complex understorey habitat that satisfies the microhabitat selection of species of small mammals.
Identifier: 9780496198849 (isbn), 13035 (digitool), FADT13035 (IID), fau:9900 (fedora)
Degree granted: Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2003.
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Subject(s): Bamboo--Peru--Tambopata River
Biodiversity--Peru--Tambopata River
Mammal populations--Peru--Tambopata River
Tambopata River (Peru)
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