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    Effects of Seasonality on the Large and Medium-Sized Mammal Community in Mountain Dry Forests
    (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2024) Carmen Julia Quiroga-Pacheco; Ximena Velez–Liendo; Andreas Zedrosser
    Seasonality drives natural processes, impacting environmental factors like temperature and resource availability, leading to shifts in wildlife communities. The Andean dry forests exhibit a marked seasonality, with a dry and cold season (May–September) and a warm, wet season (October–April). In a year-long remote camera survey in Southern Bolivia, we identified 29 medium to large mammal species, 18 outside their known distribution ranges. While overall species richness remained stable, photographic records varied between seasons. Capture rates, reflecting species richness and abundance, were more influenced by season and habitat. Wet season rates were lower, but higher in all other habitats compared to the mountain bush and grasslands. Rates increased with altitude and distance to hiking trails, but decreased with increasing distance from main roads. Medium to large mammals were more active during the dry season, indicating adjustments in response to seasonal changes. Our results suggest a cumulative impact of various factors beyond mere seasonality, and call for adjustments in global species distributions. Moreover, emphasize the need for biodiversity monitoring in dry forest habitats, particularly regarding responses to environmental shifts and human-induced alterations.
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    New distribution records of eighteen mammalian species (Artiodactyla, Cervidae, Tayassuidae; Carnivora, Canidae, Felidae, Procyonidae, Ursidae; Cingulata, Dasypodidae; Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae; Lagomorpha, Leporidae; Pilosa, Myrmecophagidae; Primates, Atelidae; Rodentia, Dasyproctidae, Abrocomidae) in Bolivia’s neglected inter-Andean dry forests: implications for their global conservation status
    (Pensoft Publishers, 2026) Ximena Velez–Liendo; Paul Bamford; Carmen Julia Quiroga-Pacheco
    We report new distribution records for 18 mammal species in Tarija, Bolivia. Tremarctos ornatus (Cuvier, 1825), Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771), Cerdocyon thous (Linnaeus, 1766), Lycalopex gymnocercus (Fischer, 1814), Leopardus wiedii (Schinz, 1821), Herpailurus yagouaroundi (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803), Nasua nasua (Linnaeus, 1766), Procyon cancrivorus (Cuvier, 1798), Mazama americana (Erxleben, 1777), Mazama gouazoubira (Fischer, 1814), Pecari tajacu (Linnaeus, 1758), Euphractus sexcinctus (Linnaeus, 1758), Didelphis albiventris (Wagner, 1842), Sylvilagus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758), Tamandua tetradactyla (Linnaeus, 1758), Alouatta caraya (Humboldt, 1812), Dasyprocta puncata (Gray, 1842), and Abrocoma boliviensis (Glanz & Anderson, 1990).