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Primate richness and abundance is driven by both forest structure and conservation scenario in Costa Rica

Variation in tropical forest management directly affects biodiversity and provisioning of ecosystem services on a global scale, thus it is necessary to compare forests under different conservation approaches such as protected areas, payments for ecosystem services programs (PES), and ecotourism, as...

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Autores principales: Johnson, Christopher Eric, Tafoya, Kathryn A., Beck, Peter, Concilio, Amy, White, Kurt E., Quirós, Rodolfo, Wasserman, Michael D.
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10499215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37703237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290742
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author Johnson, Christopher Eric
Tafoya, Kathryn A.
Beck, Peter
Concilio, Amy
White, Kurt E.
Quirós, Rodolfo
Wasserman, Michael D.
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Tafoya, Kathryn A.
Beck, Peter
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White, Kurt E.
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Wasserman, Michael D.
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description Variation in tropical forest management directly affects biodiversity and provisioning of ecosystem services on a global scale, thus it is necessary to compare forests under different conservation approaches such as protected areas, payments for ecosystem services programs (PES), and ecotourism, as well as forests lacking any formal conservation plan. To examine the effectiveness of specific conservation approaches, we examined differences in forest structure and tree recruitment, including canopy cover; canopy height; seedling, sapling, and adult tree density; and average and total diameter at breast height (DBH) across 78 plots in 18 forests across Costa Rica representing protected areas, private forests utilizing PES and/or ecotourism, and private forests not utilizing these economic incentives. The effectiveness of conservation approaches in providing suitable primate habitat was assessed by conducting broad primate census surveys across a subset of eight forests to determine species richness and group encounter rate of three primate species: mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata), Central American spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi), and the white-faced capuchin monkey (Cebus imitator). Only canopy height was significantly different across the three approaches, with protected areas conserving the tallest and likely oldest forests. Canopy height was also significantly associated with the group encounter rate for both mantled howler and spider monkeys, but not for capuchins. Total group encounter rate for all three monkey species combined was higher in incentivized forests than in protected areas, with capuchin and howler monkey group encounter rates driving the trend. Group encounter rate for spider monkeys was higher in protected areas than in incentivized forests. Incentivized conservation (PES and ecotourism) and protected areas are paragons of land management practices that can lead to variation in forest structure across a landscape, which not only protect primate communities, but support the dietary ecologies of sympatric primate species.
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spelling pubmed-104992152023-09-14 Primate richness and abundance is driven by both forest structure and conservation scenario in Costa Rica Johnson, Christopher Eric Tafoya, Kathryn A. Beck, Peter Concilio, Amy White, Kurt E. Quirós, Rodolfo Wasserman, Michael D. PLoS One Research Article Variation in tropical forest management directly affects biodiversity and provisioning of ecosystem services on a global scale, thus it is necessary to compare forests under different conservation approaches such as protected areas, payments for ecosystem services programs (PES), and ecotourism, as well as forests lacking any formal conservation plan. To examine the effectiveness of specific conservation approaches, we examined differences in forest structure and tree recruitment, including canopy cover; canopy height; seedling, sapling, and adult tree density; and average and total diameter at breast height (DBH) across 78 plots in 18 forests across Costa Rica representing protected areas, private forests utilizing PES and/or ecotourism, and private forests not utilizing these economic incentives. The effectiveness of conservation approaches in providing suitable primate habitat was assessed by conducting broad primate census surveys across a subset of eight forests to determine species richness and group encounter rate of three primate species: mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata), Central American spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi), and the white-faced capuchin monkey (Cebus imitator). Only canopy height was significantly different across the three approaches, with protected areas conserving the tallest and likely oldest forests. Canopy height was also significantly associated with the group encounter rate for both mantled howler and spider monkeys, but not for capuchins. Total group encounter rate for all three monkey species combined was higher in incentivized forests than in protected areas, with capuchin and howler monkey group encounter rates driving the trend. Group encounter rate for spider monkeys was higher in protected areas than in incentivized forests. Incentivized conservation (PES and ecotourism) and protected areas are paragons of land management practices that can lead to variation in forest structure across a landscape, which not only protect primate communities, but support the dietary ecologies of sympatric primate species. Public Library of Science 2023-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10499215/ /pubmed/37703237 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290742 Text en © 2023 Johnson et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Tafoya, Kathryn A.
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Concilio, Amy
White, Kurt E.
Quirós, Rodolfo
Wasserman, Michael D.
Primate richness and abundance is driven by both forest structure and conservation scenario in Costa Rica
title Primate richness and abundance is driven by both forest structure and conservation scenario in Costa Rica
title_full Primate richness and abundance is driven by both forest structure and conservation scenario in Costa Rica
title_fullStr Primate richness and abundance is driven by both forest structure and conservation scenario in Costa Rica
title_full_unstemmed Primate richness and abundance is driven by both forest structure and conservation scenario in Costa Rica
title_short Primate richness and abundance is driven by both forest structure and conservation scenario in Costa Rica
title_sort primate richness and abundance is driven by both forest structure and conservation scenario in costa rica
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10499215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37703237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290742
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