| Grant number: | 14/27078-2 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation |
| Start date: | March 01, 2015 |
| End date: | December 31, 2017 |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Zoology - Animal Behavior |
| Principal Investigator: | Marcelo Bahia Labruna |
| Grantee: | Beatriz Lopes |
| Host Institution: | Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
| Associated research grant: | 13/18046-7 - Capybaras, ticks, and spotted fever, AP.TEM |
| Associated scholarship(s): | 16/17941-0 - Changes in capybara movement patterns and home ranges across natural and human-influenced landscapes, BE.EP.IC |
Abstract This project includes the diagnosis and monitoring of capybaras in 8 different areas, and 6 in the state of São Paulo. This present activity plan applies to one or two areas of São Paulo. The work to be developed by the student population involves the monitoring of free-living capybara groups in most areas of this study. The use of different areas of the capybara groups will be estimated from the record of the sites with traces, easily detected in the field, held every two months during the study period. The population size of capybaras will be estimated from the direct counting of individuals in the field every 14 days during the study period. The observed individuals will be classified in young adult offspring. Finally, the population dynamics of the groups will be analyzed and compared between different areas. | |
| News published in Agência FAPESP Newsletter about the scholarship: | |
| More itemsLess items | |
| TITULO | |
| Articles published in other media outlets ( ): | |
| More itemsLess items | |
| VEICULO: TITULO (DATA) | |
| VEICULO: TITULO (DATA) | |