PARK SIZE AND THE CONSERVATION OF CHILEAN MAMMALS

Authors
SIMONETTI JA MELLA JE
Citation
Ja. Simonetti et Je. Mella, PARK SIZE AND THE CONSERVATION OF CHILEAN MAMMALS, REV CHIL HN, 70(2), 1997, pp. 213-220
Citations number
48
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Revista chilena de historia natural
ISSN journal
0716078X → ACNP
Volume
70
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
213 - 220
Database
ISI
SICI code
0716-078X(1997)70:2<213:PSATCO>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We assessed whether national parks and other protected lands of Chile offer areas large enough to maintain viable populations of nine specie s of large mammals. For herbivores, 79% of the parks are larger than t he minimum area required to support populations of 500 individuals. Ho wever, only 45% of the parks are adequate for carnivores. Size inadequ acies of protected areas may determine local extinctions of mammals de spite being protected from human interference.