Occupancy winners in tropical protected forests: a pantropical analysis

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dc.citation.articleNumber20220457en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber1978en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciencesen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber289en_US
dc.contributor.authorSemper-Pascual, Asunciónen_US
dc.contributor.authorBischof, Richarden_US
dc.contributor.authorMilleret, Cyrilen_US
dc.contributor.authorBeaudrot, Lydiaen_US
dc.contributor.authorVallejo-Vargas, Andrea F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAhumada, Jorge A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAkampurira, Emmanuelen_US
dc.contributor.authorBitariho, Roberten_US
dc.contributor.authorEspinosa, Santiagoen_US
dc.contributor.authorJansen, Patrick A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKiebou-Opepa, Cisqueten_US
dc.contributor.authorMoreira Lima, Marcela Guimarãesen_US
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Emanuel H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMugerwa, Badruen_US
dc.contributor.authorRovero, Francescoen_US
dc.contributor.authorSalvador, Juliaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Fernandaen_US
dc.contributor.authorUzabaho, Eustrateen_US
dc.contributor.authorSheil, Douglasen_US
dc.contributor.orgProgram in Ecology and Evolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-04T14:53:25Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-08-04T14:53:25Zen_US
dc.date.issued2022en_US
dc.description.abstractThe structure of forest mammal communities appears surprisingly consistent across the continental tropics, presumably due to convergent evolution in similar environments. Whether such consistency extends to mammal occupancy, despite variation in species characteristics and context, remains unclear. Here we ask whether we can predict occupancy patterns and, if so, whether these relationships are consistent across biogeographic regions. Specifically, we assessed how mammal feeding guild, body mass and ecological specialization relate to occupancy in protected forests across the tropics. We used standardized camera-trap data (1002 camera-trap locations and 2–10 years of data) and a hierarchical Bayesian occupancy model. We found that occupancy varied by regions, and certain species characteristics explained much of this variation. Herbivores consistently had the highest occupancy. However, only in the Neotropics did we detect a significant effect of body mass on occupancy: large mammals had lowest occupancy. Importantly, habitat specialists generally had higher occupancy than generalists, though this was reversed in the Indo-Malayan sites. We conclude that habitat specialization is key for understanding variation in mammal occupancy across regions, and that habitat specialists often benefit more from protected areas, than do generalists. The contrasting examples seen in the Indo-Malayan region probably reflect distinct anthropogenic pressures.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSemper-Pascual, Asunción, Bischof, Richard, Milleret, Cyril, et al.. "Occupancy winners in tropical protected forests: a pantropical analysis." <i>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,</i> 289, no. 1978 (2022) The Royal Society: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0457.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalrspb-2022-0457en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0457en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/112978en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherThe Royal Societyen_US
dc.rightsPublished by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,en_US
dc.titleOccupancy winners in tropical protected forests: a pantropical analysisen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
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