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Lins, Poliana G. Alves de Souza, Ribeiro-Júnior, José W., Peres, Carlos A. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1588-8765 and Penha, Jerry
(2022)
Size and degree of protection of native forest remnants drive the local occupancy of an endangered neotropical primate.
American Journal of Primatology, 84 (12).
ISSN 0275-2565
Abstract
Although the species–area relationship is well known, it may interact with and be augmented or cancelled out by other factors, such as local human disturbance. We used data on site occupancy of the Endangered blonde capuchin monkey (Sapajus flavius) based primarily on a standardized program of local interviews to model the influence of past human disturbance on the occurrence of this species across remaining forest patches of northeastern Brazil within the Atlantic Forest and Caatinga biomes. To do so, we assessed environmental covariates that best represent the history of human impacts. We then used single-species occupancy models to assess site occupancy, while controlling for detection error during sampling. Surprisingly, we obtained a higher occupancy rate in the more arid Caatinga remnants than in the more mesic Atlantic Forest. Habitat patch size, history of site protection, and annual precipitation were the best predictors of local occupancy. Historical human disturbance, including subsistence hunting, has exerted considerable impact on the modern distribution of the blonde capuchin, whose geographic range largely spans a region historically lacking any wildlife protection. Matrix vegetation structure across the Caatinga, which so far has averted large-scale mechanized agriculture, also creates a benign landscape that likely benefits contemporary capuchin occupancy. Local extinctions of this endangered primate will most likely continue unabated unless a ban on hunting in remaining Atlantic Forest and Caatinga fragments can be enforced.
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| Additional Information: | Funding Information: We would like to thank ICMBio, IMA/AL, SOSCaatinga, Banco do Nordeste (AgroAmigo), and Usinas Coruripe, Caeté, Santo Antônio, and Porto Rico and all local informants who were interviewed in this study. This study was funded by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001; Primates Conservation Incorporated (1537); and the Rufford Foundation (27061-1). We have no conflict of interest to be stated. Permission to conduct the field work was granted by IBAMA-SISBIO (65208-3) and Brazil's Research Ethics Committee (3.792.389). J. W. Ribeiro Jr. was supported by grant #2019/11254-0, São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Funding Information: We would like to thank ICMBio, IMA/AL, SOSCaatinga, Banco do Nordeste (AgroAmigo), and Usinas Coruripe, Caeté, Santo Antônio, and Porto Rico and all local informants who were interviewed in this study. This study was funded by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento Pessoal de Nível Superior ‐ Brasil (CAPES) ‐ Finance Code 001; Primates Conservation Incorporated (1537); and the Rufford Foundation (27061‐1). We have no conflict of interest to be stated. Permission to conduct the field work was granted by IBAMA‐SISBIO (65208‐3) and Brazil's Research Ethics Committee (3.792.389). J. W. Ribeiro Jr. was supported by grant #2019/11254‐0, São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Wiley Periodicals LLC. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | blonde capuchin monkey,fragmentation,hunting,local interviews,occupancy models,ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics,animal science and zoology ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1105 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2023 14:52 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2023 14:52 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/91592 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ajp.23446 |
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