| dc.description.abstract | Medium and large mammals occur in all world ecosystems. Their ecological role
is very important, since they contribute for the maintenance of the equilibrium of their
communities. The mammal diversity in the Atlantic forest and, specifically, in the
Araucaria Forest (FO) of southern Brazil is very high. However, mainly due to the high
value of Araucaria angustifolia (the dominant species of the FO) as timber, this forest
formation has been intensely fragmented, with large areas being replaced by arboreal
plantations of both introduced and native species. In this study we investigated how the
medium and large-sized mammalian fauna uses a forest mosaic composed of patches of MOF
and plantations of Pinus spp., Eucalyptus sp., and also A. angustifolia. For data collection I
used trapping grids of sand track stations placed in all habitats (9 stations per grid, total area
of 0.64 ha), with three grids (replicates) for each habitat. In this stations I used three bait
types: banana, bacon and Pipdog. I es | |
