Effectiveness of a reserve network for the conservation of the endemic marsupial Micoureus travassosi in Atlantic Forest remnants in southeastern Brazil |
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Authors: | Daniel Brito Carlos Eduardo de Viveiros Grelle |
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Institution: | 1. Programa de Pós-Gradua??o em Ecologia, Conserva??o e Manejo de Vida Silvestre (ECMVS), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Ant?nio Carlos 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, 31270-901, Minas Gerais, Brazil 2. Rua Andrade Neves 93/802, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20510-230, Brazil 3. Laboratório de Zoologia de Vertebrados, Setor de Zoologia, DBAV, IBRAG, UERJ, Rua S?o Francisco Xavier 524, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20559-900, Brazil 4. Laboratório de Vertebrados, Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, CCS, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CP 68020, Ilha do Fund?o, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-590, Brazil
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Abstract: | Habitat loss and fragmentation are serious threats to biodiversity conservation in the Atlantic Forest. A network of protected reserves is essential to the protection of native fauna and flora. However, internal and external factors may threaten the preservation of biota, thus population viability analyses (PVA) are important tools in reserve design and management planning. A PVA was carried out, using the computer package VORTEX, to assess the effectiveness of the reserve network of Rio de Janeiro State in Brazil in retaining viable populations of the endemic marsupial Micoureus travassosi. The PVA takes into account demographic, genetic and environmental stochastic events and catastrophes (fire). Rio de Janeiro state has 31 reserves, and 20 of those were considered to retain viable populations for 100 years, whereas eight were predicted to suffer from genetic decay, two from both genetic decay and demographic stochasticity, and one of them probably has an extinct population. The minimum area of suitable habitat needed to maintain a minimum viable population of M. travassosi is estimated at 3600ha. Sensitivity analysis was run for mortality, sex ratio, percentage of reproductive females, inbreeding depression and probability of catastrophes, and suggests that inbreeding depression is important in small population sizes, whereas the effects of catastrophes were significant only for large populations. Although the model indicates that some populations will suffer from demographic and/or genetic stochasticity, the reserve network of Rio de Janeiro state will likely keep M. travassosi's populations for the next 100 years. |
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Keywords: | Atlantic Forest Extinction Management Micoureus Neotropics Population viability analysis (PVA) Reserve network Risk assessment VORTEX |
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