Efecto de las actividades humanas sobre la diversidad de mamíferos terrestres en un gradiente altitudinal

Abstract

The effect ofhuman activity on terrestrial marnmals was studied with footprint counts in Guanacaste, Costa Rica (loo30"N, 85°40'W) in February 1998 (in fifty 2 m2 quadrats). The most cornmon species were Canis latrans, Didelphis marsupialis. Odoicoleus virginianus. Dasyprocta punctata andTapirus bairdii. No stas­tically significant association was found between humna activity and marnmal frequency in the footprint counts.