Trophic ecology of carnivorous mammals of the Atlantic Forest: use of stable isotope and functional diversity for conservation

• Grant number: 14/10192-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): January 01, 2015
• Effective date (End): March 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Forestry Resources and Forestry Engineering - Nature Conservation
• Acordo de Cooperação: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz
• Grantee: Marcelo Magioli
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Environmental control exercised by top predators is critical for the maintenance of ecosystems; however, their absence triggers a series of effects over the trophic chain and ecological processes. This study aims to analyze the trophic ecology of carnivorous mammals in preserved and modified landscapes of the Atlantic Forest, by using stable isotope analysis and functional diversity, testing the Mesopredator Release Hypothesis. Three situations will be analyzed, in the first two, areas in the forested continuum located between Serra do Mar and of Paranapiacaba, with intact mammal's assemblages and with distinct degrees of defaunation, and in the third, areas will be selected in a mosaic mostly occupied by agricultural matrices. In the first two situations fecal samples from carnivorous mammals will be collected, which will be screened and identified, by separating predators' hair and prey' tissues. Also prey' hair will be collected by hair traps. This material will be analyzed by carbon and nitrogen stable isotope to determining the isotopic signature of predators and their prey, to known the resources origin and to estimate the species trophic position. For the third situation, the data has already been collected and are available for use. Functional diversity analysis will focus on determining the difference between the functional predation among carnivores' assemblages in different areas, and changes in response to defaunation. The results will allow assessing the impact caused by top predators' loss in trophic chain, providing important information for developing conservation strategies of these species and the ecosystem as a whole. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MAGIOLI, MARCELO; MICCHI DE BARROS FERRAZ, KATIA MARIA PASCHOALETTO; FREIRE SETZ, ELEONORE ZULNARA; PERCEQUILLO, ALEXANDRE REIS; DE SA SANTOS RONDON, MICHELLE VIVIANE; KUHNEN, VANESSA VILLANOVA; DA SILVA CANHOTO, MARIANA CRISTINA; ALMEIDA DOS SANTOS, KAREN EVELYN; KANDA, CLAUDIA ZUKERAN; FREGONEZI, GABRIELA DE LIMA; et al. Connectivity maintain mammal assemblages functional diversity within agricultural and fragmented landscapes. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH, v. 62, n. 4, p. 431-446, AUG 2016. (14/10192-7, 14/09300-0, 13/50421-2, 09/16009-1)

MAGIOLI, MARCELO; DE BARROS FERRAZ, KATIA MARIA P. M.. Jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi) predation by puma (Puma concolor) in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Biota Neotropica, v. 18, n. 1, 2018. (14/10192-7, 14/09300-0)

MAGIOLI, MARCELO; MICCHI DE BARROS FERRAZ, KATIA MARIA PASCHOALETTO; CHIARELLO, ADRIANO GARCIA; GALETTI, MAURO; FREIRE SETZ, ELEONORE ZULNARA; PAGLIA, ADRIANO PEREIRA; ABREGO, NEREA; RIBEIRO, MILTON CEZAR; OVASKAINEN, OTSO. Land-use changes lead to functional loss of terrestrial mammals in a Neotropical rainforest. PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, v. 19, n. 2, p. 161-170, APR-JUN 2021. (14/09300-0, 16/19106-1, 14/10192-7)

MAGIOLI, MARCELO; VILLAR, NACHO; JORGE, MARIA LUISA; BIONDO, CIBELE; KEUROGHLIAN, ALEXINE; BRADHAM, JENNIFER; PEDROSA, FELIPE; COSTA, VLADIMIR; MOREIRA, MARCELO ZACHARIAS; PASCHOALETTO MICCHI DE BARROS FERRAZ, KATIA MARIA; et al. Dietary expansion facilitates the persistence of a large frugivore in fragmented tropical forests. ANIMAL CONSERVATION, DEC 2021. (14/01986-0, 14/10192-7, 14/50434-0, 16/15436-7, 15/18381-6, 15/11521-7, 14/09300-0)

MAGIOLI, MARCELO; FERRAZ, KATIA MARIA PASCHOALETTO MICCHI DE BARROS. Deforestation leads to prey shrinkage for an apex predator in a biodiversity hotspot. MAMMAL RESEARCH, v. 66, n. 2, FEB 2021. (14/09300-0, 14/10192-7)

PUTTKER, THOMAS; CROUZEILLES, RENATO; ALMEIDA-GOMES, MAURICIO; SCHMOELLER, MARINA; MAURENZA, DANIEL; ALVES-PINTO, HELENA; PARDINI, RENATA; VIEIRA, MARCUS V.; BANKS-LEITE, CRISTINA; FONSECA, CARLOS R.; et al. Indirect effects of habitat loss via habitat fragmentation: A cross-taxa analysis of forest-dependent species. Biological Conservation, v. 241, JAN 2020. (14/09300-0, 05/00405-4, 14/10192-7, 06/04878-7, 08/03724-1, 11/06782-5, 04/04820-3, 14/14503-7, 13/50718-5, 11/19767-4, 08/01866-3, 13/22679-5, 14/14925-9, 99/09635-0)

NAGY-REIS, MARIANA; OSHIMA, JULIA EMI DE FARIA; KANDA, CLAUDIA ZUKERAN; PALMEIRA, FRANCESCA BELEM LOPES; DE MELO, FABIANO RODRIGUES; MORATO, RONALDO GONCALVES; BONJORNE, LILIAN; MAGIOLI, MARCELO; LEUCHTENBERGER, CAROLINE; ROHE, FABIO; et al. NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics. ECOLOGY, v. 101, n. 11, NOV 2020. (14/01986-0, 12/14245-2, 10/05343-5, 13/50421-2, 06/04878-7, 17/21816-0, 05/00405-4, 13/24453-4, 15/22844-1, 13/07162-6, 15/19439-8, 16/11595-3, 19/04851-1, 15/18381-6, 13/04957-8, 14/23095-0, 14/09300-0, 11/06782-5, 15/17739-4, 11/22449-4, 14/23132-2, 14/10192-7, 12/00534-2, 14/14925-9)

MAGIOLI, MARCELO; MOREIRA, MARCELO ZACHARIAS; BATISTA FONSECA, RENATA CRISTINA; RIBEIRO, MILTON CEZAR; RODRIGUES, MARCIA GONCALVES; MICCHI DE BARROS FERRAZ, KATIA MARIA PASCHOALETTO. Human-modified landscapes alter mammal resource and habitat use and trophic structure. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. 116, n. 37, p. 18466-18472, SEP 10 2019. (14/10192-7, 14/09300-0)

DE ABREU BOVO, ALEX AUGUSTO; MAGIOLI, MARCELO; PERCEQUILLO, ALEXANDRE REIS; KRUSZYNSKI, CECILIA; ALBERICI, VINICIUS; MELLO, MARCO A. R.; CORREA, LIDIANI SILVA; ZECCHINI GEBIN, JOAO CARLOS; GOMES RIBEIRO, YURI GERALDO; COSTA, FRANCISCO BORGES; et al. Paisagem antropicamente modificada atua como refúgio para mamíferos na Mata Atlântica. Biota Neotropica, v. 18, n. 2, 2018. (14/10192-7, 13/18046-7, 14/23809-2, 09/16009-1, 13/24929-9, 14/09300-0)

MAGIOLI, MARCELO; BOVO, ALEX AUGUSTO ABREU; ALBERICI, VINICIUS; MICCHI DE BARROS FERRAZ, KATIA MARIA PASCHOALETTO. The use of hair traps as a complementary method in mammal ecology studies. MAMMALIA, v. 83, n. 2, p. 144-149, MAR 2019. (14/10192-7, 14/09300-0, 13/24929-9)

BOVO, ALEX A. A.; FERRAZ, KATIA M. P. M. B.; MAGIOLI, MARCELO; ALEXANDRINO, EDUARDO R.; HASUI, ERICA; RIBEIRO, MILTON C.; TOBIAS, JOSEPH A.. Habitat fragmentation narrows the distribution of avian functional traits associated with seed dispersal in tropical forest. PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, v. 16, n. 2, p. 90-96, APR-JUN 2018. (13/24929-9, 14/14925-9, 14/10192-7, 11/06782-5, 14/23809-2, 10/05343-5, 14/09300-0, 13/50421-2)

SALEMI, LUIZ FELIPPE; MACHADO LINS, SILVIA RAFAELA; RAVAGNANI, ELIZABETHE DE CAMPOS; MAGIOLI, MARCELO; MARTINEZ, MELISSA GASTE; GUERRA, FERNANDO; VIDAS, NATASSIA BONINI; FRANSOZI, ALINE; DE BARROS FERRAZ, SILVIO FROSINI; MARTINELLI, LUIZ ANTONIO. Influências pretéritas e presentes do uso da terra sobre zonas ripárias tropicais: uma avaliação isotópica com implicações para a determinação da largura de florestas ripárias. Biota Neotropica, v. 16, n. 2, 2016. (14/10192-7)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

MAGIOLI, Marcelo. Trophic, functional and isotopic ecology of terrestrial mammals of the Atlantic Forest. 2018. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) Piracicaba.