Nota de la variación en la riqueza específica de mamíferos entre áreas de conservación y de aprovechamiento forestal en la Sierra Madre de Oaxaca

Abstract

In Oaxaca there are several areas with forest management, the Capulalpam de Mendez, District of Ixtlán is one of them. This economic activity can affect mammals diversity directly. An evaluation was carried out by transecting this richness in two areas, one preserved and another in forest management. We obtained a list of medium and large mammals in these two areas, where the presence of four species of felidae (66% of those registered to Oaxaca) was important and three of them, including the Cougar (Puma concolor) in the area of forest management. The analysis of the data allows us to infer that the combination of forest management areas with those related to conservation contributes so that the decline of mammal species is not as affected in other sites of Oaxaca.

Mamíferos medianos y grandes en sitios de tala de impacto reducido y de conservación en la sierra Juárez, Oaxaca

“…Los resultados de este estudio indican que la diversidad del ensamble de mamíferos medianos y grandes en esta zona no es afectada de manera evidente por el manejo forestal de tala de impacto reducido. Esto concuerda con lo reportado por otros estudios en los que los mamíferos medianos y grandes pueden ser resilientes al manejo (Azevedo-Ramos et al, 2006;Cruz-Espinoza et al, 2012). Así mismo, estos resultados coinciden con lo reportado en el meta-análisis hecho por Putz et al (2012) en el que de 85 a 100% de la riqueza de aves, mamíferos (en su mayoría pequeños) e invertebrados es mantenida después de la aplicación de este tipo de manejo en bosques tropicales.…”

Noteworthy records of jaguar (Panthera onca), tayra (Eira barbara), and paca (Cuniculus paca) from southern Mexico

“…), a condition that can favor the presence of pacas (Pérez 1992;Emmons 2016). In addition of paca record by Cruz-Espinoza et al (2012), we highlight the extent of the paca altitudinal range by nearly 1,000 m of the known, and the pine-oak forest as habitat for the species (Pérez 1992).…”

“…The nearest records of tayra and paca, recorded by tracks, are located 35 km at northeastern and at 2,590 m a.s.l. (Cruz-Espinoza et al 2012). The presence of the paca at high elevation and in a pine-oak forest may be because the sites have streams (pers.…”