Trampling on rocky shores by an introduced capybara population in Anchieta Island State Park, Brazil

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Maria Laura Fontelles Ternes¹ 

[1] Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aquática e Pesca, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém – PA, Brasil;

关键词: Coastal conservation;    Environmental management;    Intertidal zone;    Introduced species;    Protected area;   

DOI  :  10.5007/2175-7925.2019v32n2p123

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This study describes an unusual case of trampling on intertidal rocky shores by the largest rodent, the capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766). Groups of capybaras were sighted swimming, diving and resting along the rocky shores of Anchieta Island State Park, Brazil. The possible effects of daily trampling on rocky shores by a large and uncontrolled capybara population are discussed, and management and research interventions are proposed.

【 授权许可】

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