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Wildlife Surveys in Agricultural Landscapes: Terrestrial Medium- to Large-Sized Mammals

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Human-induced changes have drastically modified pristine environments, and the replacement of natural ecosystems constrained the composition and structure of communities that they are made of, due to the modification of ecological processes. Survey and monitoring sampling schemes have been defined and mostly applied to natural environments, which are characterized by a spatial and structural heterogeneity. However, their application to agroforestry areas should take into consideration that these environments are spatially more homogeneous, but present a temporal heterogeneity linked with the production cycles. In this chapter, we present a description of the assumptions, weaknesses, and strengths of the main methods used in surveying and monitoring medium and large mammals. Moreover, we advise researchers to the need to take into consideration the particularities of agroforestry landscapes and adapt the mentioned methods to assure the representativeness of the collected data and the accuracy of the detected patterns.

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  1. Curso de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Santo Amaro, Rua Prof. Eneas de Siqueira Neto, 340, São Paulo, SP, 04829-300, Brazil

    Maria Carolina Lyra-Jorge

  2. Universidade Sagrado Coração, Rua Arminda, 10-50, Bauru, SP, 17011-160, Brazil

    Carla Gheler-Costa

  3. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción, (CICYTTP-CONICET)/FCyT-UAdER/FCAL-UNER, Dr. Materi y España, CP 3105, Diamante, Entre Ríos, Argentina

    Carlos I. Piña

  4. Centro de Biologia Ambiental—Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa, Ed. 2, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal

    Luís Miguel Rosalino

  5. Laboratório de Ecologia Isotópica—CENA/USP, C. P. 96, Piracicaba, SP, 13416-000, Brazil

    Luís Miguel Rosalino

  6. Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 96, Piracicaba, SP, 13416-000, Brazil

    Luciano M. Verdade

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Lyra-Jorge, M.C., Gheler-Costa, C., Piña, C.I., Rosalino, L.M., Verdade, L.M. (2014). Wildlife Surveys in Agricultural Landscapes: Terrestrial Medium- to Large-Sized Mammals. In: Verdade, L., Lyra-Jorge, M., Piña, C. (eds) Applied Ecology and Human Dimensions in Biological Conservation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54751-5_9

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