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Vivar, S., (2006). Análisis de distribución altitudinal de mamíferos pequeños en el Parque Nacional Yanachaga Chemillén, Pasco, Perú [Tesis, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/812
Vivar, S., Análisis de distribución altitudinal de mamíferos pequeños en el Parque Nacional Yanachaga Chemillén, Pasco, Perú [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; 2006. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/812
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title = "Análisis de distribución altitudinal de mamíferos pequeños en el Parque Nacional Yanachaga Chemillén, Pasco, Perú",
author = "Vivar Pinares, Sofía Elena",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos",
year = "2006"
}
--- The Cordillera Yanachaga, located in central-eastern Peru, is a mountain range east of, and isolated from the eastern chain of the Andes. This region and nearby areas is home to a large number of wild species and shows great natural beauty, and for these reasons it has been set aside as a Protected Natural Area in the category of National Park. In order to investigate if the distribution of species of small mammals along an altitudinal gradient in such an isolated mountain range as Yanachaga, is different to that present in the main Eastern Andes, an analysis of the vertical distribution of the species, from 300 up to 2,800 m, was carried out, comparing the results obtained with those found further south, at Manu National Park, in Cuzco and Madre de Dios departments. The species of small mammals studied in this work conform four groups: bats (67 species); marsupials (11 species); murid rodents (16 species); and marsupials and all the rodents, considered together as “terrestrial small mammals” (31 species). These groups were analyzed using tests of polynomial regression and cluster analysis, and range profiles and widths of altitudinal distribution were calculated. For bats, marsupials, and terrestrial small mammals, species richness is largest at low elevations, decreasing with an increase in altitude; for murid rodents, species distribution is related to forest type, being most diverse at both ends of the altitudinal gradient. Similar results were also obtained in Manu. The largest distribution of species range widths is clearly observed among bats and marsupials, supporting Stevens' rule in these two groups, whereas in murid rodents and terrestrial small mammals the rule is only partially supported. These results, similar to those obtained in Manu, indicate that the distribution patterns in an isolated mountain range like Yanachaga are similar to those of the main mountain range. Furthermore, two groups were discriminated in bats, one comprising low-elevation species found in lowland rain forest, the other including species of higher elevations, inhabiting both montane and cloud forest. The species composition of both sets changes at the vegetation belt (600 - 900 m) occupied by low montane forest, in a manner comparable to the situation found in Manu. Also, in a similar way to that seen in Manu, murid rodents are separated in three species groups, of low, intermediate and high elevations, corresponding to lowland rain forest, montane and cloud forest, and only cloud forest. These groups replace each other at the vegetation belts (600 - 900 m, and 1,800 - 2,100 m) corresponding to lower montane forest, and cloud forest, respectively. Three new species of the genera Akodon, Thomasomys (Rodentia) and Micronycteris (Chiroptera) were found, suggesting their possible evolution in geographic isolation in the Cordillera Yanachaga. In addition, an undescribed species of Monodelphis, already known from other mountain ranges in central and southern Peru, was also recorded at Yanachaga.
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