Camera Trapping to Assess Status and Composition of Mammal Communities in a Biodiversity Hotspot in Myanmar.

ABSTRACT: Tropical forests comprise a critically impacted habitat, and it is known that altered forests host a lower diversity of mammal communities. In this study, we investigated the mammal communities of two areas in Myanmar with similar environmental conditions but with great differences in habitat degradation and human disturbance. The main goal was to understand the status and composition of these communities in an understudied area like Myanmar at a broad scale. Using camera trap data from a three-year-long campaign and hierarchical occupancy models with a Bayesian formulation, we evaluated the biodiversity level (species richness) and different ecosystem functions (diet and body mass), as well as the occupancy values of single species as a proxy for population density. We found a lower mamma

SUBMITTER: Cremonesi G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8003726 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature