Title
NEOTROPICAL ALIEN MAMMALS: a data set of occurrence and abundance of alien mammals in the Neotropics
Date Issued
01 November 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
data paper
Author(s)
Rosa C.A.d.
Ribeiro B.R.
Bejarano V.
Puertas F.H.
Bocchiglieri A.
Barbosa A.L.d.S.
Chiarello A.G.
Paglia A.P.
Pereira A.A.
Moreira A.F.d.S.
Souza A.C.d.
Pellegrin A.
Gatica A.
Medeiro A.Z.
Pereira A.D.
Braz A.G.
Yanosky A.
Valenzuela A.E.J.
Bertassoni A.
Prado A.d.S.V.d.
Nava A.F.D.
Rocha A.
Bovo A.A.A.
Bager A.
Cravino A.
Pires A.d.S.
Martensen A.C.
Filippini A.
Percequillo A.R.
Vogliotti A.
Antunes A.Z.
Leite de Oliveira A.C.
da Silva de Oliveira A.J.
Devlin A.
de Paula A.
Ferreira A.S.
Subalusky A.
Sánchez A.
de Aquino A.C.M.M.
Srbek-Araujo A.C.
Paldês Gonçales A.
Araújo A.C.L.
Gozzi A.C.
Ochoa A.C.
Mendes de Oliveira A.C.
Lacerda A.C.R.
Francisco A.K.
Paschoal A.M.d.O.
Gomes A.P.N.
Potrich A.P.
Olímpio A.P.M.
Rojas A.
Meiga A.Y.Y.
Jácomo A.T.d.A.
Calaça A.M.
Feijó A.
Pagoto A.
Borja Miranda A.
Chein Alonso A.
Barreto-Lima A.F.
Lanna A.
Luza A.L.
Camilo A.R.
Tavares A.
Nunes A.V.
Kindel A.
de Miguel A.
Gatti A.
Nobre A.B.
Campêlo A.d.C.
Albuquerque A.C.F.d.
de la Torre A.
Mangione A.
Mendes Pontes A.R.
Fernandes A.S.
Felicio A.L.d.A.
Ferreguetti A.C.
Marcili A.
Piratelli A.J.
Nascimento A.G.S.d.
Banhos dos Santos Á.
Rosa B.F.
Cezila B.A.
de Thoisy B.
Ingberman B.
Köhler B.
Morais B.C.
Gómez-Valencia B.
Bertagni de Camargo B.
Bezerra B.M.
Tamasauskas B.
Parahyba Campos B.A.T.
Kubiak B.B.
Saranholi B.H.
Nakagawa B.K.
Leles B.P.
Lim B.K.
Pereira Mendes C.
Islas C.A.
Publisher(s)
Ecological Society of America
Wiley-Blackwell
Abstract
Biological invasion is one of the main threats to native biodiversity. For a species to become invasive, it must be voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into a nonnative habitat. Mammals were among first taxa to be introduced worldwide for game, meat, and labor, yet the number of species introduced in the Neotropics remains unknown. In this data set, we make available occurrence and abundance data on mammal species that (1) transposed a geographical barrier and (2) were voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into the Neotropics. Our data set is composed of 73,738 historical and current georeferenced records on alien mammal species of which around 96% correspond to occurrence data on 77 species belonging to eight orders and 26 families. Data cover 26 continental countries in the Neotropics, ranging from Mexico and its frontier regions (southern Florida and coastal-central Florida in the southeast United States) to Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay, and the 13 countries of Caribbean islands. Our data set also includes neotropical species (e.g., Callithrix sp., Myocastor coypus, Nasua nasua) considered alien in particular areas of Neotropics. The most numerous species in terms of records are from Bos sp. (n = 37,782), Sus scrofa (n = 6,730), and Canis familiaris (n = 10,084); 17 species were represented by only one record (e.g., Syncerus caffer, Cervus timorensis, Cervus unicolor, Canis latrans). Primates have the highest number of species in the data set (n = 20 species), partly because of uncertainties regarding taxonomic identification of the genera Callithrix, which includes the species Callithrix aurita, Callithrix flaviceps, Callithrix geoffroyi, Callithrix jacchus, Callithrix kuhlii, Callithrix penicillata, and their hybrids. This unique data set will be a valuable source of information on invasion risk assessments, biodiversity redistribution and conservation-related research. There are no copyright restrictions. Please cite this data paper when using the data in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us on how they are using the data.
Volume
101
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ecología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85094946703
PubMed ID
Source
Ecology
ISSN of the container
00129658
Sponsor(s)
National Science Foundation NSF;US NSF;USA NSF World Wildlife Fund WWF;WWF-US Primate Conservation PCI Conservation Leadership Programme CLP Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Puerto Rico Sea Grant, University of Puerto Rico UPRSGCP Wildlife Conservation Society WCS National Geographic Society NGS Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation Rufford Foundation Conservation International CI Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación ANII Zoological Society of London ZSL Fundação Grupo Boticário de Proteção à Natureza Disney Conservation Fund DCF Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund CEPF Neotropical Grassland Conservancy NGC Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais PUC-MG United Nations Development Programme UNDP;PNUD Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada SSHRC International Development Research Centre IDRC;CRDI Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo FAPESP Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas CONICET Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária EMBRAPA Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica ANPCyT Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas CSIC Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico do Maranhão FAPEMA Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul FAPERGS Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro FAPERJ Mohammed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais FAPEMIG Universidad de Antioquia UdeA Fundação de Tecnologia do Estado do Acre FUNTAC Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Estado de Santa Catarina FAPESC Fundação de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento do Ensino, Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul FUNDECT Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis IBAMA Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco FACEPE Fundação Estadual de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Espírito Santo FAPES Fundação Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ Universidad Nacional de Luján UNLu Secretaría de Ciencia y Técnica, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto SECyT;SeCyt, UNRC Universidade Estadual de Londrina UEL Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa, Universidade Federal de Goiás FUNAPE-UFG Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade ICMBio Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações MCTIC Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Paraguay El CONACYT;CONACYT
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