Silvopastoral and conventional management of extensive livestock and the diversity of bats in fragments of tropical dry forest in Córdoba, Colombia

dc.contributor.authorBallesteros-Correa, Jesús
dc.contributor.authorPérez-Torres, Jairo
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-15T03:16:48Z
dc.date.available2023-02-15T03:16:48Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description© The Author(s) 2021. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . The Version of Scholarly Record of this Article is published in Agroforestry Systems, 2022, available online at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10457-021-00698-4 . Keywords: silvopastoral systems; Chiroptera; species diversity; conservation; Colombian Caribbean; Colombia.
dc.description.abstractThe establishment of extensive livestock systems in the Colombian Caribbean Region has historically generated a strong loss of the tropical dry forest (TDF) with negative effects on biodiversity. Currently, the implementation of silvopastoral systems (SPS) has been proposed with strategy to curb the loss of biodiversity caused by the conventional management system (CS). The objective was to evaluate the effect of SPS and CS of extensive livestock on the assemblage of bats associated with fragments of TDF. During a continuous year and a sampling effort of 30,240 h-net/night, the structure and composition of bat assemblage between SPS and CS were compared. 2788 bats belonging to six families, 23 genera, and 39 species were captured. The Phyllostomidae family presented the highest species richness (S = 30), with the greatest abundance in the Stenodermatinae subfamily (n = 1543). Bat assemblage in the SPS fragments was more equitable; and the relative abundance per species, per genera, and per foraging guilds was also significantly higher. The capture success showed significant variations between the climatic seasons (dry and rainy). The rate of species turnover was higher in the CS fragments. The species Artibeus planirostris, Artibeus lituratus, Carollia perspicillata, Carollia castanea, Phyllostomus discolor, Dermanura phaeotis, Uroderma convexum, Glossophaga soricina, C. brevicauda, and Sturnira lilium accounted for 92% of the captures. In conclusion, frugivorous bats were more abundant in the SPS, type of extensive livestock management that can generate greater temporal stability of bat assemblage. This research provides the first scientific evidence of the positive effect of silvopastoral management on the diversity of bats in tropical dry forest areas of the Colombian Caribbean region.
dc.description.sponsorshipAcknowledgements: To Valentín Espitia, Liliana Buelvas, Luis Morelos, Ricardo Ortiz Hoyos, Carlos M. González (Research group Biodiversidad Unicórdoba); Mauricio Vela, Berta Calonge, María C Ríos, Elkin León and Helena Olaya (Functional Ecology Lab., Laboratorio de Ecología Funcional, UNESIS, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, proyecto PUJ-ID 5688), for their unconditional collaboration in field work and sample processing. To Paul Betancur, Gustavo Gómez and Salvador Velez for their interest and logistical support throughout the research process. This study was part of a research project funded by the Universidad de Córdoba, Colombia.
dc.identifier.citationBallesteros-Correa, J., & Pérez-Torres, J. (2022). Silvopastoral and conventional management of extensive livestock and the diversity of bats in fragments of tropical dry forest in Córdoba, Colombia. Agroforestry Systems, 96, 589–601. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-021-00698-4
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-021-00698-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14096/264
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.titleSilvopastoral and conventional management of extensive livestock and the diversity of bats in fragments of tropical dry forest in Córdoba, Colombia
dc.typeArticle

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