Abstract
We assessed the influence of terrain variables on the occupancy of the little red brocket deer (Mazama rufina) in the Central Andes of Colombia. Occupancy increased with elevation up to 3000, where it starts decreasing. This information is crucial to predict the potential effects of climate change on M. rufina and other mountain species.
Highlights
We assessed the influence of terrain variables on the occupancy of the little red brocket deer (Mazama rufina) in the Central Andes of Colombia
In this study we estimated the influence of mountain attributes on occupancy (ψ) and detection probability (p) of M. rufina
We assessed the effect of these covariates and combinations of them on occupancy and detection probability across a set of nine candidate models (Supplementary material) and used the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) and cumulative weights for model selection, using a minimum difference of 2.0 between AIC values to differentiate models (Akaike 1973)
Summary
We assessed the influence of terrain variables on the occupancy of the little red brocket deer (Mazama rufina) in the Central Andes of Colombia. This information is crucial to predict the potential effects of climate change on M. rufina and other mountain species. Dj.lizcano@gmail.com 2 Wildlife Conservation Society, WCS, Bogotá D.C, Colombia.
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