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Distribution, ecology, life history, genetic variation, and risk of extinction of nonhuman primates from Costa Rica

Keywords

new world monkeys
alouatta palliata
ateles geoffroyi
cebus capucinus
saimiri oerstedii
isozymes
habitat destruction
biological conservation
monos del Nuevo Mundo
alouatta palliata
ateles geoffroyi
cebus capucinus
saimiri oerstedii
isozimas
destruccion del habitat
conservacion biologica

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Zaldívar, M. E., Rocha, O., Glander, K. E., Aguilar, G., Huertas, A. S., Sánchez, R., & Wong, G. (2004). Distribution, ecology, life history, genetic variation, and risk of extinction of nonhuman primates from Costa Rica. Revista De Biología Tropical, 52(3), 679–693. Retrieved from https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/15355

Abstract

We examined the association between geographic distribution, ecological traits, life history, genetic diversity, and risk of extinction in nonhuman primate species from Costa Rica. All of the current nonhuman primate species from Costa Rica are included in the study; spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi), howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata), capuchins (Cebus capucinus), and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri oerstedii). Geographic distribution was characterized accessing existing databases. Data on ecology and life history traits were obtained through a literature review. Genetic diversity was characterized using isozyme electrophoresis. Risk of extinction was assessed from the literature. We found that species differed in all these traits. Using these data, we conducted a Pearson correlation between risk of extinction and ecological and life history traits, and genetic variation, for widely distributed species. We found a negative association between risk of extinction and population birth and growth rates; indicating that slower reproducing species had a greater risk of extinction. We found a positive association between genetic variation and risk of extinction; i.e., species showing higher genetic variation had a greater risk of extinction. The relevance of these traits for conservation efforts is discussed.

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