Amazonian Mammals : Current Knowledge and Conservation Priorities

• Autore: Spironello Wilson R
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (483 pages)
• Disciplina: 599.09811
• Altri autori: BarnettAdrian LynchJessica W BobrowiecPaulo E. D BoyleSarah A
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Support -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Why This Book on Amazonian Mammals Is Needed -- References -- Part II: Taxonomic Treatments: Knowledge, Research Gaps and Conservation Priorities -- Chapter 2: Xenarthrans of Brazilian Amazonia: Recent Discoveries, Knowledge Gaps, and Conservation Concerns -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Xenarthran Diversity and the New Era of Species Discovery in Amazonia -- 2.3 Knowledge Gaps and Conservation Concerns for Amazonian Xenarthrans -- 2.4 Final Considerations -- References -- Chapter 3: Biodiversity and Conservation of Bats in Brazilian Amazonia: With a Review of the Last 10 Years of Research -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Bat Diversity Discontinuities Across Amazonian Biogeographic Provinces and Subregions -- 3.3 Literature Review for Bats from Amazonian Brazil -- 3.4 Bat Diversity in the Brazilian Amazon -- 3.5 Notable Changes to Our Understanding of Brazilian Amazonian Bat Biodiversity Distribution, Based on Voucher Material Examination -- 3.6 Revised Patterns of Endemicity -- 3.7 Taxonomy and Recently Described Species -- 3.8 Bat Assemblages Across Different Landscapes in the Brazilian Amazon -- 3.9 The Use of Ultrasound Recorders in Bat Studies -- 3.10 Data on Diet and Reproduction of Bats from Brazilian Amazonia -- 3.11 Predation on Bats -- 3.12 Research on Brazilian Amazonian Bat Parasites and Zoonosis -- 3.13 Impacts on the Brazilian Amazonian Bat Fauna and Its Conservation -- 3.14 Final Considerations -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 4: Primates of Brazilian Amazonia: Knowledge, Research Gaps, and Conservation Priorities -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Brazilian Amazonian Primates: The Numbers -- 4.3 Thematic and Geographic Gaps, and Advances in Knowledge -- 4.4 Genomics Advances in Amazonian Primate Research -- 4.5 Conservation Status and Threats. ; 4.6 Research and Conservation Initiatives, Priorities, and Guidelines -- 4.7 Final Considerations -- References -- Chapter 5: Claws and Fangs: Carnivore Abundance and the Conservation Importance of Amazonia -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 Background Information -- 5.1.2 Carnivores in the Amazon Biome -- 5.2 Material and Methods -- 5.3 Results -- 5.3.1 Species Found in the Brazilian Amazon -- 5.3.2 The Species: An Overview of Carnivore Species Biology from the Brazilian Amazon -- 5.3.2.1 Canids -- 5.3.2.2 Procyonids -- 5.3.2.3 Mustelids -- 5.3.2.4 Felids -- 5.3.3 Abundance -- 5.3.3.1 Camera-Trap Estimates -- 5.3.3.2 Line-Transect Estimates -- 5.4 Final Considerations -- 5.4.1 The Role of the Brazilian Amazon in Carnivore Conservation -- 5.4.2 Long-Term Viability of Carnivores in Amazonia -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 6: What We Know and Do Not Know About Living Mammalian Megafauna: A Cross-Continental Comparison in Research Output -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Materials and Methods -- 6.3 Results -- 6.4 Discussion -- 6.5 Final Considerations -- References -- Chapter 7: Amazonian Aquatic Mammals: Existing Knowledge, Current Threats and Future Studies -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Giant Otter Pteronura brasiliensis -- 7.3 The Neotropical Otter Lontra longicaudis -- 7.4 The Amazonian Manatee Trichechus inunguis -- 7.5 The Tucuxi Sotalia fluviatilis -- 7.6 Amazon River Dolphins or Botos - Genus Inia -- 7.7 Final Considerations -- References -- Part III: Mammal Hunting, Management and Ecotourism -- Chapter 8: Historical Commercial Hunting of Mammals in Amazonia -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Wildlife Trade Background During the "Drugs of the Hinterland" Period -- 8.3 Early Declines in Manatees -- 8.4 The Rubber Boom and the Socioeconomic Restructuring of Amazonia -- 8.5 International Trade in Animal Hides in the Aftermath of the Rubber Collapse. ; 8.6 Shots Beyond the Battlefield -- 8.7 Postwar Commercial Hunting -- 8.8 Two Peaks in Amazonian Fur Trade During the Twentieth Century -- 8.9 Catwoman, High-Fashion Madness, and the Ascension of Gateiros in Amazonia -- 8.10 Commercial or Nonprofitable Hunters? -- 8.11 Hunter Access and Mammal Resilience to Hunting -- 8.12 The 1967 Brazilian Wildlife Protection Act and CITES 1975 -- 8.13 Rotten River Dolphins as Bait for Worthless Catfish -- 8.14 The Resurgence of a Dormant Market -- 8.15 Final Considerations -- References -- Chapter 9: Subsistence Hunting and Wild Meat Trade in Brazilian Amazonia -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Hunting and Subsistence Hunters in Brazilian Amazonia -- 9.2.1 Importance of Subsistence Hunting for Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Communities -- 9.2.2 Types of Animals Hunted by Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Communities in Brazilian Amazonia -- 9.3 Measuring Hunting Pressure on Amazonian Mammals -- 9.4 Local Participation in Research and Harvest Regulation -- 9.4.1 Defining Wildlife Use Rules in Conservation Units via Local Participation -- 9.5 Wildlife Conservation, Traditional People's Rights, and Food Security Under Brazilian Law -- 9.6 Trade in Mammals as Wild Meat in Brazilian Amazonia -- 9.7 Final Considerations -- References -- Chapter 10: Management of Subsistence Hunting of Mammals in Amazonia: A Case Study in Loreto, Peru -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Wildlife Management of Subsistence Hunting -- 10.3 The Wildlife Management Model -- 10.4 Implementing the Guidelines -- 10.5 Final Considerations -- References -- Chapter 11: Showing and Saving: The Challenges and Opportunities of Mammal-Based Tourism in Brazilian Amazonia -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Material and Methods -- 11.3 Results and Discussion -- 11.3.1 Ecotourism Potential -- 11.3.1.1 Environmental Awareness and Education. ; 11.3.1.2 Ecotourism as a Tool for Species Conservation -- 11.3.1.3 Economic Potential and Income Generation -- 11.3.1.4 Scientific Tourism -- 11.3.2 Challenges -- 11.3.2.1 Habituation and Behavioral Changes -- 11.3.2.2 Illegal Maintenance of Captive Mammals for Tourism Purposes -- 11.3.2.3 Potential for Disease Transmission -- 11.3.3 Case Study: The Planning of Tourism with Botos -- 11.4 Final Considerations -- References -- Part IV: Extinction Risk and Resilience -- Chapter 12: Large-Scale Land-Use Changes and the Amazonian Mammal Biota -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Hydroelectric Plants in the Brazilian Amazon -- 12.3 Highways and Road Networks in the Brazilian Amazon -- 12.4 Final Considerations -- References -- Chapter 13: Habitat Fragmentation Impacts on Amazonian Nonvolant Mammals -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Amazonian Forest Loss and Fragmentation -- 13.3 Overall Impacts on Mammals -- 13.4 Habitat Fragmentation via Agriculture, Cattle Ranches, and Mining -- 13.5 Habitat Loss via Dams -- 13.6 Urbanization -- 13.7 Forest Regeneration Implications -- 13.8 Final Considerations -- References -- Chapter 14: Bat Responses to Anthropogenic Forest Fragmentation: Insights from an Amazonian Fragmentation Experiment in Brazil -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.1.1 Amazonian Bats -- 14.1.2 Bats in Amazonian Fragmented Landscapes -- 14.1.3 Bat Fragmentation Ecology at the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project -- 14.2 Study Area and Bat Surveys -- 14.3 Results -- 14.3.1 Local and Landscape Effects -- 14.3.2 Effects on Bat Functional and Phylogenetic Diversity -- 14.3.3 Short-Term Effects of Fragment Re-isolation -- 14.3.4 Long-Term Effects of Matrix Regeneration -- 14.4 Final Considerations -- References -- Chapter 15: Infectious Diseases: A Threat to the Conservation of Amazonian Mammal Species -- 15.1 Introduction. ; 15.2 Zoonosis and Reverse Zoonosis for Mammals in Diverse Brazilian Ecosystems -- 15.3 Infectious Diseases in Amazonian Mammals -- 15.4 Strategies to Address the Status of Infectious Diseases in Amazonian Mammals -- 15.5 Final Considerations -- References -- Chapter 16: Mining Impacts on Aquatic Mammals of Brazilian Amazonia -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Mercury, the Top Metal Pollutant -- 16.3 Detoxification Mechanisms -- 16.3.1 Effects of Mercury on Amazonian Aquatic Mammals -- 16.4 Other Elements and Toxicity -- 16.4.1 Other Elements in Dolphins, Otters, and Manatees -- 16.5 Discussion -- 16.6 Final Considerations -- References -- Chapter 17: Effects of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Ecosystems and Biodiversity, with an Emphasis on Amazonian Mammals -- 17.1 Climate Change and Its Effects on the Planet -- 17.2 Anthropogenic Climate Change Projection Scenarios -- 17.3 Past and Present Anthropogenic Impacts in the Amazon and Local Contributions to Climate Change -- 17.4 Predicted Effects of Anthropogenic Climate Change on the Amazon Biome -- 17.5 Effects of Anthropogenic Climate Change on the Global and Amazon Mammalian Fauna -- 17.6 Mitigation and Strategies to Reduce the Effects of ACC in the Amazon -- References -- Part V: Amazonian Futures -- Chapter 18: Conservation Strategies for Mammals in Brazilian Amazonia: Future Work at Local, Regional, and Global Scales -- 18.1 Humans and Other Mammals: Arrival and Diversification in Brazilian Amazonia -- 18.2 Research and Conservation of Mammalian Taxa -- 18.3 Local to Global Conservation Actions for Brazilian Amazonian Mammals -- 18.3.1 Conservation Interventions and Actions Across Multiple Scales -- 18.3.1.1 Indigenous Land Demarcation -- 18.3.1.2 Local Community Knowledge, Rights, and Security -- 18.3.1.3 Protecting Remaining Forest and Re-establishing Connectivity. ; 18.3.1.4 Action Plans for Mammal Species and Management Plans for Protected Areas.
• Sommario/riassunto: The mammal fauna of the Brazilian Amazon is one of the most diverse on Earth with over 450 known species. Bringing together more than 70 of the world's top experts on Amazonian mammals, this book unites, for the first time, up-to-date data on the current state of knowledge on the ecology of all groups of non-rodent mammals in the Brazilian Amazon.
• Titolo autorizzato: Amazonian Mammals
• ISBN: 9783031430718; 3031430719
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806198003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Biomedical and Life Sciences Series (Springer International)