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Title: | Aerial surveys of caiman, marsh deer and pampas deer in the Pantanal Wetland of Brazil |
Authors: | Mourão, Guilherme Coutinho, Marcos Eduardo Mauro, Rodiney Campos, Zilca M.S. Tomás, Walfrido Moraes Magnusson, William Ernest |
Keywords: | Aerial Survey Conservation Status Crocodilian Deer Population Estimation Wetland Blastocerus Dichotomus Caiman Caiman Crocodilus Caiman Yacare Cervidae Crocodilus Crocodylidae (all Crocodiles) Ozotoceros Bezoarticus Ozotocerus Ozotocerus Bezoarticus |
Issue Date: | 2000 |
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Biological Conservation |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 92, Número 2, Pags. 175-183 |
Abstract: | The yacare caiman (Caiman c. yacare) was illegally hunted in the Pantanal during the 1970s and 1980s at levels that may have reached one million skins per year. The possibility that yacare caiman had been over-exploited generated pressure for a monitoring programme for caiman populations. The marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) and pampas deer (Ozotocerus bezoarticus) are listed as endangered in Brazil and need the protection of effective management programmes. Ground surveys are difficult for the extensive and inaccessible Pantanal Wetland, south-western Brazil, but aerial surveys provided information that allowed re-evaluation of conservation priorities. Caiman and marsh deer have larger populations than was believed. Preliminary data indicates that the pampas deer density decreased at a rate of about 30% per year from 1991 to 1993. This indicates the need for detailed ground-level studies for the pampas deer population in the Pantanal. We recommend a long term monitoring program using standardized counting procedures for wildlife populations in the Pantanal. |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00051-8 |
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