Human presence as a determinant of the occurrence of mammals in a high diversity protected area of Cerrado-Caatinga ecotone in Brazil

• Published in: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências Vol. 95; no. 1; p. e20201869
• Main Authors: PEREIRA, ADRIELE A., ROSA, CLARISSA, FARIA, LUCAS D.B., SILVA, LUCAS G. DA, PASSAMANI, MARCELO
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Academia Brasileira de Ciências 01.01.2023
• Subjects: Animals; Biodiversity; Brazil; Brazilian semi-arid; functional groups; Herbivory; Humans; Linear Models; Mammals; MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES; neotropics; savanna; Brazil; Brazilian semi-arid; functional groups; neotropics; savanna

The Cerrado domain and its biodiversity has suffered several anthropogenic influences. Our objective was to evaluate the influence of biotic and anthropic variables on the mammal community in a protected area in the Cerrado-Caatinga ecotone. For this we sampled the mammals using camera traps (4,072...