Protection and monitoring of the giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) in Cantão State Park, Tocantins, Brazil

Authors

  • George Georgiadis Instituto Araguaia de Proteção Ambiental
  • Silvana Campello Instituto Araguaia de Proteção Ambiental
  • Benaya N. Leles Instituto Araguaia de Proteção Ambiental

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5597/lajam00208

Keywords:

Abundance Estimation, Population Dinamics

Abstract

In 2010, the Instituto Araguaia, a local NGO, started a program to protect and monitor giant otters, and to use them as an umbrella and flagship species for the conservation of the Cantão ecosystem. As part of the program, a census was carried out to determine the giant otter population of a group of 16 lakes in the park, and this population was monitored over a 28-month period spanning three breeding seasons, between September 2010 and December 2012.

Author Biography

George Georgiadis, Instituto Araguaia de Proteção Ambiental

President

Instituto Araguaia

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Published

2015-12-28

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2015): Special Issue on Giant River Otter Pteronura brasiliensis

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