Title
Feeding of game animals on "aguajales" in the Reserva Nacional Pacaya Samiria (Iquitos, Peru)
Other title
[Alimentación de mamíferos de caza en los "aguajales" de la Reserva Nacional de Pacaya-Samiria (Iquitos, Perú)]
Date Issued
01 January 2005
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
This report contains information related to the game mammals that inhabit the palm swamps (aguajales) of the flooded forests of the Reserva Nacional Pacaya Samiria and their interrelation with the food plants. It is based on censuses by transects in aguajales of recent origin and semi-eutrophic aguajales. 24 species of game mammals were registered making uses of the aguajales; of them, the primates were the most representative and the great abundance in both aguajales types. Among the primates, the Squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis E. Geoffroy & R. de Blainville) and the brown capuchin monkey (Cebus apella Linnaeus) were the most abundant in aguajales of recent origin (350 individuals/km2 and 90 individuals/km2, respectively), while the white-fronted capuchin monkey (Cebus albifrons Humboldt) it was the most abundant in aguajal semi-eutrofizado (90 individuals/km2). In terms of biomass, the ungulates had the biggest biomass and they were represented by the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari Link) with 825 kg/km2 and the tapir (Tapirus terrestris Linnaeus) with 126,6 kg/km2. Finally, 16 species of food plants were registered in aguajales, most of them inhabiting semi-eutrophic aguajales; of those the aguaje (Mauritia flexuosa L.f.), the shapaja (Scheelea cephalotes Poepp. Ex Mart) and the renacos (Ficus spp.) constituted the most important food resources of whose fruits and seeds fed around 14 species of game mammals.
Start page
417
End page
425
Volume
12
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ecología Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84962441330
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
Sponsor(s)
Mi reconocimiento a Junglevagt For Ama-zonas AIF-WWF/DK, Programa Integral de Desarrollo y Conservación Pacaya Samiria que financió el estudio: « Evaluación de la fauna silvestre en San Miguel y Parinari con mi-ras al manejo sostenible con participación co-munitaria». Al Consejo Superior de Investiga-ciones (CSI) de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, por el financiamiento del estudio: «El rol de los aguajales en la alimen-tación de los animales silvestres de caza». Al Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales (INRENA) y a la Jefatura del Pacaya Samiria por facilitarnos el permiso para el ingreso a la mencionada reserva. Mi gratitud a los guías de campo de las comunidades de Yarina, asen-tada en la quebrada Yanayacu de Pucate, Parinari, asentada en la quebrada del mismo nombre y Nueva esperanza en el Marañón, por su activa participación durante la apertura de trochas en los aguajales.
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