Native Carnivore Diversity and Relative Abundance in Landscapes of the Coast Range in Central Chile: Insights for Conservation Decision-Making
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:1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
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Location | Landscape | Total Sampling Effort (Days × Camera) | N° of Cameras | Total Number of Independent Events (RAI = n/days) | ||||
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C. chinga | G. cuja | L. guigna | Lycalopex spp. | All Species | ||||
Alto Colorado | Monoculture tree plantation (MP) | 3446 | 10 | 59 (0.0171) | 2 (0.006) | 11 (0.0032) | 703 (0.2040) | 775 (0.2249) |
Callihue | Sclerophyllous forest (SF) | 3502 | 10 | 230 (0.0657) | 25 (0.0071) | 144 (0.0411) | 1165 (0.3327) | 1564 (0.4466) |
La Estrella | Thorn forest (TF) | 3098 | 10 | 141 (0.0455) | 11 (0.0036) | 124 (0.0400) | 1136 (0.3667) | 1412 (0.4558) |
Variable Name | All Detected Species | C. chinga | G. cuja | L. guigna | Lycalopex spp. |
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Intercept | −1.522 | −4.085 | −7.431 | −5.763 | −1.621 |
(0.235) | (0.311) | (0.749) | (0.522) | (0.268) | |
<0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
Location | 0.066 | 0.009 | 0.008 | <0.001 | 0.256 |
(Monoculture Plantations (MP) (reference) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Sclerophyllous Forest (SF) | 0.623 | 1.276 | 2.473 | 2.544 | 0.418 |
(0.332) | (0.425) | (0.814) | (0.679) | (0.378) | |
0.060 | 0.003 | 0.002 | <0.001 | 0.269 | |
Thorn Forest (TF) | 0.711 | 0.929 | 1.772 | 2.397 | 0.612 |
(0.332) | (0.428) | (0.845) | (0.680) | (0.379) | |
0.032 | 0.030 | 0.036 | <0.001 | 0.106 | |
Alpha | 0.540 | 0.796 | 0.601 | 1.813 | 0.705 |
(0.133) | (0.209) | (0.423) | (0.558) | (0.173) | |
<0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
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Ramírez-Álvarez, D.; Napolitano, C.; Arriagada, G.; Salgado, I.; Cox, S.; Céspedes-Parada, B. Native Carnivore Diversity and Relative Abundance in Landscapes of the Coast Range in Central Chile: Insights for Conservation Decision-Making. Conservation 2023, 3, 379-393. https://doi.org/10.3390/conservation3030026
Ramírez-Álvarez D, Napolitano C, Arriagada G, Salgado I, Cox S, Céspedes-Parada B. Native Carnivore Diversity and Relative Abundance in Landscapes of the Coast Range in Central Chile: Insights for Conservation Decision-Making. Conservation. 2023; 3(3):379-393. https://doi.org/10.3390/conservation3030026
Chicago/Turabian StyleRamírez-Álvarez, Diego, Constanza Napolitano, Gabriel Arriagada, Iván Salgado, Simón Cox, and Belén Céspedes-Parada. 2023. "Native Carnivore Diversity and Relative Abundance in Landscapes of the Coast Range in Central Chile: Insights for Conservation Decision-Making" Conservation 3, no. 3: 379-393. https://doi.org/10.3390/conservation3030026