Large mammal abundance and distribution patterns in relation to habitat characteristics of Mayan forests: Project overview
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Calakmul is a large expanse of tropical forest that is continuous with the Maya Biosphere Reserve in the Petén Province of Northern Guatemala. Calakmul biosphere reserve covers an area of 723,000 hectares, but is attached to two state reserves Balam-kim and Balam-ku which run the entire length of the western side of the biosphere. The total area covered by these connected reserves is 1,200,000 hectares, but these reserves are surrounded by more forest giving rise to over 4 million hectares of forest. Over 20,000 people live in and around Calakmul and with more people moving into the area, developments are starting to affect the landscape and hunting rates. Hunting is reported to affect ranging patterns of forest ungulates in the reserve (Reyna-Hurtado & Tanner, 2005). However, the most notable change is the development of the main highway that bisects the northern and southern parts of the reserve. This road development is already reported to affect ranging patterns of jaguar (Colchero et al., 2011), but the effect on other species is not well known
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