Abundance of the exploited red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina Rodentia: Dasyproctidae) on the island of Trinidad-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Abundance of the exploited red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina Rodentia: Dasyproctidae) on the island of Trinidad

Published:2021-04-20 Issue:5 Volume:85 Page:396-400
ISSN:0025-1461
Container-title:Mammalia
language:en
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Author:

Rostant Luke¹^ORCID,Nelson Howard²,Devenish-Nelson Eleanor³,Beddoe Lee Ann¹,Nathai-Gyan Nadra⁴,Agard John¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Life Sciences , The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus , St. Augustine , Trinidad

2. Fauna and Flora International , The David Attenborough Building , Pembroke Street , Cambridge CB2 3QZ , UK

3. University of Edinburgh , G7, 1 George Square , EH8 9JZ , Scotland , UK

4. Environmental Management Authority , Elizabeth Street , St. Clair , Port of Spain , Trinidad

Abstract

Abstract Despite their economic, ecological and cultural importance, few studies have examined the population size, distribution and trends of the red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina) on the island of Trinidad. This study reports densities of agouti on Trinidad during a three-year period, including two years of a moratorium on hunting. Diurnal transect surveys were conducted and density estimates were calculated using the DISTANCE programme and King’s Estimator. Density varied between 7 and 44 individuals/km2 between different sites, 19–28 individuals/km2 island-wide, and with two of four sites showing a potential decline in estimated density in the final year of sampling after hunting resumed.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mammalia-2020-0093/pdf

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