Diversity and richness of small mammals at a well-conserved site of Las Yungas in Jujuy Province, Argentina

GAMBOA ALURRALDE SANTIAGO ; LÓPEZ BERRIZBEITIA, M. FERNANDA; BARQUEZ RUBÉN M.; DÍAZ M. MÓNICA

MAMMALIA

WALTER DE GRUYTER & CO

Lugar: Berlin; Año: 2016 vol. 80 p. 253 - 262

0025-1461

We present the results obtained from 12 small- mammal surveys conducted between 1996 and 2013 in ?Finca Las Capillas?, province of Jujuy, Argentina. This region has been formally recognized as an ?Area of Impor- tance for the Conservation of Bats? (AICOM) based on the diversity of species detected in our previous studies. This site in the Yungas forests of northwestern Argentina still maintains an excellent conservation status due to restric- tions to human activities involving deforestation and limi- tations to cattle-raising imposed 50 years ago. A total of 39 species belonging to three orders, namely, Didelphi- morphia, Chiroptera and Rodentia, were recorded. The species accumulation curve revealed that our records represent 83?95% of the community, and with high diver- sity indexes. Several of the genera and species that we recorded from our collection trips have been included