| Title: |
NEOTROPICAL ALIEN MAMMALS: a data set of occurrence and abundance of alien mammals in the Neotropics |
| Authors: |
Rosa, Clarissa Alves da; Ribeiro, Bruno R.; Bejarano, Vanesa; Puertas, Fernando Henrique; Bocchiglieri, Adriana; Barbosa, Adriana Loeser dos Santos; Chiarello, Adriano Garcia; Paglia, Adriano Pereira; Pereira, Adriele Aparecida; Moreira, Adryelle Francisca de Souza; Souza, Agnis Cristiane de; Pellegrin, Aiesca; Gatica, Ailin; Medeiro, Akyllan Zoppi; Pereira, Alan Deivid; Braz, Alan Gerhardt; Yanosky, Alberto; Valenzuela, Alejandro Eduardo Jorge; Bertassoni, Alessandra; Prado, Alessandra dos Santos Venturini do; Nava, Alessandra Ferreira Dales; Rocha, Alessandro; Bovo, Alex Augusto Abreu; Bager, Alex; Cravino, Alexandra; Pires, Alexandra dos Santos; Martensen, Alexandre Camargo; Filippini, Alexandre; Percequillo, Alexandre Reis; Vogliotti, Alexandre; Antunes, Alexsander Zamorano; Leite de Oliveira, Aline Cristina; da Silva de Oliveira, Allan Jefferson; Devlin, Allison; de Paula, Almir; Ferreira, Aluane Silva; García‐Olaechea, Alvaro; Subalusky, Amanda; Sánchez, Amadeo; de Aquino, Ana Carla Medeiros Morato; Srbek‐Araujo, Ana Carolina; Paldês Gonçales, Amane; Araújo, Ana Caroline L.; Gozzi, Ana Cecilia; Ochoa, Ana Cecilia; Mendes de Oliveira, Ana Cristina; Lacerda, Ana Cristyna Reis; Francisco, Ana Karina; Paschoal, Ana Maria de Oliveira; Gomes, Ana Paula Nascimento |
| Contributors: |
Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation; Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações; Universidad Nacional de Luján; Universidad de Antioquia; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; National Geographic Society; Universidade Estadual de Londrina; Puerto Rico Sea Grant, University of Puerto Rico; Mohammed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund; Wildlife Conservation Society; Neotropical Grassland Conservancy; Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Zoological Society of London; World Wildlife Fund; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Paraguay; Bat Conservation International; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Conservation Leadership Programme; Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco; Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária; Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica; Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación; Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior; Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund; Fundação de Tecnologia do Estado do Acre; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Estado de Santa Catarina; Fundação Estadual de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Espírito Santo; Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais; Fundação de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento do Ensino, Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico do Maranhão; Secretaría de Ciencia y Técnica, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto; International Development Research Centre; Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade; Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis; Rufford Foundation |
| Source: |
Ecology ; volume 101, issue 11 ; ISSN 0012-9658 1939-9170 |
| Publisher Information: |
Wiley |
| Publication Year: |
2020 |
| Collection: |
Wiley Online Library (Open Access Articles via Crossref) |
| Description: |
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., S yncerus 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 ... |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1002/ecy.3115 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3115; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fecy.3115; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ecy.3115; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ecy.3115; https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ecy.3115 |
| Rights: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.69FB0289 |
| Database: |
BASE |