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Proc Biol Sci

Title:		Occupancy winners in tropical protected forests: a pantropical analysis
Author(s):		Semper-Pascual A; Bischof R; Milleret C; Beaudrot L; Vallejo-Vargas AF; Ahumada JA; Akampurira E; Bitariho R; Espinosa S; Jansen PA; Kiebou-Opepa C; Moreira Lima MG; Martin EH; Mugerwa B; Rovero F; Salvador J; Santos F; Uzabaho E; Sheil D;
Address:		"Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, As, Norway. Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, USA. Moore Center for Science, Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA. Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Kabale, Uganda. Conflict Research Group, Ghent University, Belgium. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Escuela de Biologia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama. Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Wildlife Conservation Society - Congo Program, Brazzaville, Congo. Nouabale-Ndoki Foundation, Brazzaville, Congo. Biogeography of Conservation and Macroecology Laboratory, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal do Para, Para, Brazil. Department of Wildlife Management, College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka, Moshi, Tanzania. Department of Ecological Dynamics, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany. Department of Ecology, Technische Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. MUSE-Museo delle Scienze, Trento, Italy. Wildlife Conservation Society, Quito, Ecuador. Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Belem, Para, Brazil. International Gorilla Conservation Programme, Musanze, Rwanda. Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia"
Journal Title:		Proc Biol Sci
Year:		2022
Volume:		20220713
Issue:		1978
Page Number:		20220457 -
DOI:		10.1098/rspb.2022.0457
ISSN/ISBN:		1471-2954 (Electronic) 0962-8452 (Print) 0962-8452 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The 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"
Keywords:		Animals Bayes Theorem Biodiversity Conservation of Natural Resources *Ecosystem *Forests Herbivory Mammals biodiversity patterns camera-traps community structure functional traits habitat specialization hierarchical occupancy modelling;
Notes:		"MedlineSemper-Pascual, Asuncion Bischof, Richard Milleret, Cyril Beaudrot, Lydia Vallejo-Vargas, Andrea F Ahumada, Jorge A Akampurira, Emmanuel Bitariho, Robert Espinosa, Santiago Jansen, Patrick A Kiebou-Opepa, Cisquet Moreira Lima, Marcela Guimaraes Martin, Emanuel H Mugerwa, Badru Rovero, Francesco Salvador, Julia Santos, Fernanda Uzabaho, Eustrate Sheil, Douglas eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2022/07/21 Proc Biol Sci. 2022 Jul 13; 289(1978):20220457. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0457. Epub 2022 Jul 13"