Habitat Quality and Integrated Connectivity Analysis for Callicebus oenanthe in San Martin, Peru
Abstract
The San Martín department of north central Peru is experiencing some of the highest
ongoing deforestation rates in South America. The San Martín titi monkey (Callicebus
oenanthe) is a critically endangered endemic to this region. The extensive fragmentation
to this species’ distribution necessitates a range-wide habitat evaluation to inform
future conservation decision-making. Through a remote sensing and geospatial analysis,
results indicate that more than one quarter of the range has been cleared and that
over 90% of remaining habitat patches are likely too small to support viable populations.
Authorized mining concessions could also pose a substantial threat to this species’
connectivity and high quality habitat. To increase protected areas and ensure landscape
connectivity, the development of conservation concessions and corridor restoration
programs are imperative. This study provides our local partner, Proyecto Mono Tocón
(PMT), with a comprehensive management tool that will allow them to evaluate tradeoffs
in conservation program design to ensure effective and sustainable outcomes as ecological
and socioeconomic variations dictate. With a better understanding of where remaining
habitat patches are, their connectedness, their distance to mining concessions, and
their relative cost and feasibility for protection, PMT can utilize a dynamic management
tool for the conservation of C. oenanthe.
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Ernest, Margaret M. (2015). Habitat Quality and Integrated Connectivity Analysis for Callicebus oenanthe in San
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