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Activity pattern of Atlantic Forest small arboreal mammals as revealed by camera traps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2008

Luiz Gustavo R. Oliveira-Santos ,
Marcos A. Tortato  and
Maurício E. Graipel
Luiz Gustavo R. Oliveira-Santos*
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Marcos A. Tortato
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil
Maurício E. Graipel
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
*
1Corresponding author, at Vila Ipiranga, Campo Grande MS, Brazil. Email: gu_tapirus@hotmail.com
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Even though the great majority of the biomass and diversity of mammals in tropical forests inhabit the canopy (Eisenberg & Thorington 1973), most knowledge of this group is based on forest-floor samples (Lowman & Moffett 1993). Studies that include trapping efforts in the canopy are becoming increasingly common (Grelle 2003, Lambert et al. 2005, Malcolm 1995, Patton et al. 2000, Vieira & Monteiro-Filho 2003, Voss et al. 2001), but aspects on the ecology of arboreal small mammals still remain poorly understood. Many species of non-flying mammals co-occur in the canopy and, thus, are expected to use niche dimensions differently to permit coexistence (Cameron et al. 1979). Despite the difficulties of access to and in understanding the three-dimensional use of the arboreal strata by the different species (Emmons 1995), some studies have demonstrated that the differential use of the habitat (Cunha & Vieira 2002, Gentile & Fernandez 1999), of food items (Cáceres et al. 2002, Santori et al. 1995) or both (Leite et al. 1996, Mauffrey & Catzeflis 2003), include strategies involved in the division of resources.

Keywords

arborealcanopyDidelphis albiventrisJuliomys pictitesmarsupialMicoureus paraguayanusnicherodentscansorial
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Short Communication
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 24 , Issue 5 , September 2008 , pp. 563 - 567
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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