Open AccessFirst inventory of small non-flying mammals of the Cueva de los Guacharos National Natural Park (Huila, Colombia)
Author(s) -
Sebastian Bautista-Plazas,
Abelardo Rodríguez-Bolaños,
Ronald Castellanos,
Pablo R. Stevenson
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
mammalogy notes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2382-3704
DOI - 10.47603/manovol4n2.18-21
Subject(s) - transect , geography , national park , forestry , cave , visitor pattern , archaeology , ecology , biology , computer science , programming language
The study was conducted from February to July of 2014. We sampled for SNFM within the PNNCG using linear transects between 1800 and 2100 masl; on each linear transect we placed 100 Sherman traps and 3 pit fall traps. Each transect was surveyed for 10 consecutive nights in five different locations: mixed primary forest, mixed secondary forest, oaks forest, guacharos cave and the visitor center; each location was surveyed in three independent times, reaching a total of 150 sampling nights and an effort of 15.000 trap-nights. All individuals were measured and collected up to a series of 4 individuals for each species for posterior identification; individuals captured but not collected were marked and released.