Medium- and large-sized mammal composition in the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park and adjacent areas, state of Goiás, Brazil

Abstract

The Cerrado is the second largest Brazilian biome and only 2.8% is represented by protected areas. Considering the relevance of the Cerrado and Conservation Units in preserving the mammalian diversity, we provided the first assessment of the diversity of medium- and large-sized mammal species in the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park (CVNP) and surroundings. We tested the effectiveness of the CVNP by assessing the difference in species composition within the park and its surroundings. We sampled CVNP in the rainy (October-December 2013) and dry seasons (March-June 2014) in order to characterize the seasonality within the community. We selected 36 sampling sites to evaluate the composition of the medium and large mammals in the CVNP and its surroundings, 18 in the CVNP and 18 in the park surroundings. We ordered mammalian composition and frequency of individuals data by using a Non-metric Multidimensional Scaling analysis (NMDS). We assessed the effect of season (dry and rainy seasons) and locality (within the CVNP and surroundings) on mammalian species richness with a two-way analysis of variance (Two-way ANOVA). We recorded 23 species, 13 within the CVNP and 17 species in its surroundings. Composition and frequency of records differed between dry and rainy seasons, with higher richness in the rainy season. Species’ composition and the frequency of records were also different between within the CVNP and its surroundings, with higher richness in the surroundings. These results provide information for the increase of the knowledge of mammalian ecology but also is useful as a tool for future strategies to the conservation of these species. More attention should be given to the monitoring of these species in the long term because this area still harbor some viable populations.

Checklist of mammals from Goiás, central Brazil

“…Alouatta caraya, Sapajus libidinosus and Callithrix penicillata are abundant in Goiás, and display great environmental plasticity, occuring even in urban fragments (Grande et al 2020). Blackpencilled marmosets can reach high densities and be more common in degraded areas (Grande et al 2020), and were not registered in protected areas such as Parque Nacional das Emas (Rodrigues et al 2002), and Chapada dos Veadeiros (Ferreguetti et al 2019). The geographical distribution of Sapajus cay reaches Goiás state (IUCN 2020), where it was recorded in Atlantic Forest enclaves in the municipalities of Aporé and Itajá, southwestern of the state (Calaça et al 2018;Gusmão et al 2018).…”

“…Sylvilagus minensis was one of the most common medium-large mammal species recorded in fragmented areas of the southwestern region of the state (Gomes et al 2015;Rocha et al 2018), being associated with forest environments (Gomes et al 2015). However, the species was not recorded in some conservation units, such as the Parque Nacional das Emas (Rodrigues et al 2002) and the Parque Nacional Chapada dos Veadeiros (Ferreguetti et al 2019), which present a predominance of shrublands. Due to recent taxonomic rearrangements, S. minensis has not yet been evaluated by the IUCN and MMA.…”

As unidades de conservação do estado de São Paulo: planos de manejo e representatividade

“…Gamarra et al (2019) e Pettersson e Carvalho (2020) propõem que as áreas protegidas sejam abordadas como grupos de ativos, sejam aqueles que usualmente já constam nos Planos de Manejo, ou aqueles que potencialmente agregam valor para a sociedade mas que usualmente não são mencionados nos planos. Essa abordagem trata de aspectos relativos a ativos humanos (Marques et al, 2016;Magno, 2020;Omena e Hanazaki, 2022), biofísicos (Castro et al, 2019;Ferreguetti, 2019;Calle-Rendón et al, 2022;Monroe et al, 2021), institucionais (Comini et al, 2019;Diegues, 2019;Bernadi et al, 2020;Santana et al, 2020), de infraestrutura (Berlinck e Lima, 2021; Mertens et al, 2022) e culturais (Rodrigues e Abrucio, 2019;Oliveira et al, 2021;Vieira et al, 2021;Gamarra et al, 2022) e deveria ser considerada nos PM das UCPI e também das UCUS.…”