Open AccessPrimates of Serranía de las Minas (Upper Magdalena Valley, Colombia)
Author(s) -
Eduardo GalloCajiao,
C. Julián Idrobo
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
mammalogy notes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2382-3704
DOI - 10.47603/manovol1n2.17-20
Subject(s) - clearance , geography , extinction (optical mineralogy) , forest cover , habitat , habitat destruction , local extinction , forestry , ecology , environmental protection , population , biology , biological dispersal , demography , medicine , paleontology , sociology , urology
Primate populations have declined and disappeared from many localities of the Colombian Andes as a result of habitat loss and hunting pressure. The original forest cover of this mountainous region has been cleared by 70%, even though there has been a recent recovery of the area. Additionally, hunting practices have extirpated populations from otherwise suitable areas. These threats have resulted in smaller and isolated populations, with a higher risk of extinction, scattered across this mountain system.