Multi-scale mammal responses to agroforestry landscapes in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: the conservation value of forest and traditional shade plantations

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dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Aluane Silva
dc.contributor.authorPeres, Carlos A.
dc.contributor.authorDodonov, Pavel
dc.contributor.authorCassano, Camila Righetto
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-03T00:22:44Z
dc.date.available2023-02-03T00:22:44Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description© The Author(s) 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 , available online at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10457-020-00553-y . Keywords: agriculture; agroecosystem; forest cover; habitat type; heterogenecity; human density; South America; Brazil.
dc.description.abstractThe future of tropical forest biodiversity will largely depend on human-modified landscapes. We investigated how medium- to large-bodied mammals respond to factors at local (habitat type), intermediate (land use heterogeneity, forest cover and human population density) and large spatial scales (overall forest cover) in agroforestry landscapes. We surveyed mammals using camera traps in traditional cacao agroforests (cabrucas), intensified cacao agroforests, and forest remnants within two large Atlantic Forest landscapes of southern Bahia, Brazil, representing both high and low forest cover. At the local scale, habitat types differed in their potential to harbour mammal species, with forest remnants and cabrucas showing high conservation value, mainly under contexts of high forest cover, whereas intensified cacao agroforests contained less diversified species assemblages in both landscapes. At intermediate scales, species richness increased with increasing forest cover around forest remnants and intensified cacao agroforests, but the opposite was observed in cabrucas. The effects of human population density were ubiquitous but species-dependent. At the largest scale, species richness was higher in the most forested landscape, highlighting the imperative of maintaining forest remnants to retain forest-dwelling mammals in human-dominated landscapes. We claim that mammal conservation strategies require a multi-scale approach and that no single strategy is likely to maximize persistence of all species. Some species can routinely use traditional agroforests, and a large fraction of mammal diversity can be maintained even if high canopy-cover agroforestry dominates the landscape. Nevertheless, forest patches and highly forested landscapes are essential to ensure the persistence of forest-dwelling and game species.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was funded by FAPESB, IdeaWild, Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação at Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz and Rufford Foundation (19666-1). ASF scholarship was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001 and Fundação de Amparo ao Pesquisador do Estado da Bahia (FAPESB); PD received a post-doctoral grant from CAPES via the PNPD program.
dc.identifier.citationFerreira, A.S., Peres, C.A., Dodonov, P., & Cassano, Camila Righetto. (2020). Multi-scale mammal responses to agroforestry landscapes in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: the conservation value of forest and traditional shade plantations. Agroforestry Systems, 94, 2331–2341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-020-00553-y
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-020-00553-y
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14096/248
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.titleMulti-scale mammal responses to agroforestry landscapes in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: the conservation value of forest and traditional shade plantations
dc.typeArticle

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