Contribution of wildlife governmental centers to conservation and biological study of sloths Bradypus variegatus

Autor(es)

Silva, Sofia Marques ^{[1, 2]} ; Summa, Juliana L. ^[3] ; Summa, Maria Eugenia L. ^[3] ; Geraldi, Vilma Clarice ^[3] ; Belluci, Marius ^[4] ; Klefasz, Alberto ^[5] ; Morgante, Joao Stenghel ^[1] ; Moraes-Barros, Nadia ^{[1, 2]}

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Dept Genet & Biol Evolut, Lab Biol Evolut & Conservacao Vertebrados, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Univ Porto, Ctr Invest Biodiversidade & Recursos Genet, P-4485661 Vairao, Vila Do Conde - Portugal

^[3] Secretaria Municipal Verde & Meio Ambiente, Dept Parques & Areas Verdes DEPAVE, Div Fauna, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[4] Ctr Triagem Anim Silvestres Alagoas, Maceio, AL - Brazil

^[5] Ctr Triagem Anim Silvestres Ceara, Fortaleza, Ceara - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: NATUREZA & CONSERVAÇÃO; v. 12, n. 1, p. 79-85, JUN 2014.
• Citações Web of Science: 1

Resumo

Our study evaluated the anthropogenic threats to the common sloth in the Atlantic forest (AF) by analyzing data collected in wildlife governmental centers. Interesting, new biological data could also be reported. The main risks identified were the road network and falls, followed by domestic dogs and electric shocks. Tourism and preliminary evidences of locally distinct biological features were suggested as potential menaces to conservation of the AF common sloth populations. The birth season within the southeast appears to be the rainy season, but that is not the case in the northeast. Finally, the weight of adult individuals was reported not to vary between sexes. Data were confirmed by the highest number of individuals ever analyzed. Thus, although neotropical wildlife governmental centers usually cope with the lack of human resources, this study highlights that their records can be successfully used to add important biological information to the conservation and study of neotropical wildlife. 2014 Associac (a) over tildeo Brasileira de Ciencia Ecologica e Conservac (a) over tildeo. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 08/52207-0 - Variabilidade genetica de algumas especies de vertebrados ameacadas pelo comercio ilegal: rotas e padroes do trafico e repatriacao de individuos apreendidos.
• Beneficiário: João Stenghel Morgante
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular