Patch Size, Functional Isolation, Visibility and Matrix Permeability Influences Neotropical Primate Occurrence within Highly Fragmented Landscapes

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 2; p. e0114025
• Main Authors: da Silva, Lucas Goulart, Ribeiro, Milton Cezar, Hasui, Érica, da Costa, Carla Aparecida, da Cunha, Rogério Grassetto Teixeira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 06.02.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Animal populations; Animals; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Cebus apella; Conservation; Conservation biology; Conservation practices; Ecological effects; Ecology; Forests; Fragmentation; Fragments; Habitat loss; Habitats; Influence; Landscape; Landscape studies; Models, Biological; Monkeys; Monkeys & apes; Permeability; Playback; Population; Prediction models; Primates; Primates - physiology; Species extinction; Studies; Vegetation; Viability; Brazil

Forest fragmentation and habitat loss are among the major current extinction causes. Remaining fragments are mostly small, isolated and showing poor quality. Being primarily arboreal, Neotropical primates are generally sensitive to fragmentation effects. Furthermore, primates are involved in complex...