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Wildlife Diversity And Relative Abundance Among A Variety Of Adjacent Protected Areas In The Northern Talamanca Mountains Of Costa Rica, Carolina Sáenz-Bolaños, Todd K. Fuller, Eduardo Carillo J.

Environmental Conservation Faculty Publication Series

Protected areas are intended to achieve the long-term conservation of nature, but not all such areas are equal in their effectiveness because of their varying regulation of human activities. In Costa Rica, we assessed mammal and bird species presence and relative abundance in three protected areas in the northern Talamanca Mountains. In this humid tropical forest area, we placed camera traps in an adjacent national park, forest reserve, and indigenous territories, each with a different mix of human activities. In 10,120 trap nights, we obtained 6181 independent photos of mostly mammals (34 species other than humans) and birds (34 species). …