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Title: | Collared forest-falcon (Micrastur semitorquatus) preying on a squirrel in a fragment of atlantic forest with a revision of the predation events for the species |
Authors: | Rocha, Alessandro Borges, Sérgio Henrique Ovalle, Juan Miguel Ruiz Barnett, Adrian Ashton |
Keywords: | Bird Deciduous Forest Diet Forest Floor Habitat Use Invertebrate Mammal Population Dynamics Predation Predator-prey Interaction Raptor Rodent Vertebrate Atlantic Forest Sao Paulo [brazil] Aves Cracidae Falconidae Invertebrata Mammalia Micrastur Semitorquatus Penelope Sciuridae Vertebrata |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 25, Número 4, Pags. 248-253 |
Abstract: | We recorded predation on the squirrel Guerlinguetus ingrami by a Collared Forest-Falcon (Micrastur semitorquatus) through camera trapping in a forest fragment of Atlantic Forest in the interior of São Paulo state, Brazil. The squirrel was captured while it moved across the forest floor. A compilation from bibliographic and other sources resulted in 68 vertebrate and 03 invertebrate species as prey of the Collared Forest-Falcon, with birds more commonly reported in the diet of the species. The majority of prey (66% of species) did not exceed 300 g, but some prey species (12%) such as guans (Penelope spp.) were heavier than the falcon. The Collared Forest-Falcon could affect the population dynamics of smaller vertebrates in forest fragments of Atlantic Forest due to its flexibility in diet and habitat use, an aspect that deserve a more thorough investigation. © 2017, Sociedade Brasileira de Ornitologia. All rights reserved. |
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