Ecology and local knowledge of the Baird’s tapir (Tapirella bairdii) in the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, Mexico

作     者：Mario César LAVARIEGA NOLASCO Miguel BRIONES-SALAS Amado MAZAS-TEODOCIO Elvira DURÁN-MEDINA 

作者机构：Interdisciplinary Research Center for Integral DevelopmentOaxaca UnitNational Polytechnic InstituteOaxacaMexico 

出 版 物：《Integrative Zoology》 (整合动物学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第11卷第5期

页      面：361-374页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含：普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：SIP, Instituto Politecnico Nacional [SIP: 20121142] CONACyT program Estimulos al Desempeno a la Investigacion (EDI) Comision de Operacion y Fomento a las actividades Academicas (COFFA), Instituto Politecnico Nacional and Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI) 

主　　题：camera-trapping density estimation random encounter model tapir conservation 

摘      要：As well as being of global cultural importance(from local tribal folklore to being an iconic species for conser­vation),the tapir plays an important role in its ecosystem as a herbivore and seed ***,the ecol­ogy and ethnozoology of the endangered Baird’s tapir in the north of Oaxaca,Mexico is poorly *** used camera traps to estimate its relative abundance and density and to describe the activity patterns of the northernmost population of Baird’s tapir in the Sierra Madre de *** knowledge concerning the ta­pir was also documented,along with the conservation strategies undertaken by the 2 indigenous communi­ties that own the land where the study site is *** adult tapirs were photographed,and these were ac­tive 14 h per day,but were mainly nocturnal and *** estimated relative abundance(12.99±2.24 events/1000 camera days)and density values(0.07-0.24 individuals/km2)were both similar to those found in another site in Mexico located within a protected ***-structured interviews revealed that people have a basic understanding of the eating habits,activity and main predators of the *** were reports of hunt­ing,although not among those respondents who regularly consume bush ***,the relative abundance and density estimates of tapir at the study site could be related to the favorable condition of the forest and the ab­sence of hunting and consumption of tapir ***,the local people are conducting initiatives promot­ing the conservation of this ungulate and its habitat that combine to constitute a regional trend of habitat and wildlife protection.