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Abstract:

The coypu Myocastor coypus Molina, 1782 is a semi-aquatic rodent native to Southern South America. In Argentina, it is an important fur resource for rural communities, and there is no evidence of its behaviour as a pest. Between October 2003 and February 2004, studies of habitat use at macro and micro scales were carried out on 6 ponds in a golf course, an artificial urban wetland free from hunting pressure and located within the coypu's original distribution area. Coypus feed and build their burrows in the ponds but in the absence of hydrophilic vegetation, coypus sought food away from the ponds, covering distances up to 108 m and a feeding area as large as 19 m2. At the macrohabitat scale, the lower the herbaceous vegetation availability at the shore, the greater was the effective usage area. At the microhabitat level, coypus appeared to build their burrows in rather steep slopes (median = 75 cm) or high up on shores rising above the water level (mean = 61.2 cm) selecting ponds with mean values close to the aforementioned figures. The absence of hydrophilous vegetation, natural predators and human activity during the highest activity hours, in addition to suitable food resources around the year are considered to favour the coypu's behaviour as a pest in these environments.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Habitat-use patterns of the coypu Myocastor coypus in an urban wetland of its original distribution
Autor:Corriale, M.J.; Arias, S.M.; Bó, R.F.; Porini, G.
Filiación:Laboratorio de Ecología Regional, Dto. de Ecología, Genética Y Evolución, Pab. II, (1428) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Direcció de Fauna Silvestre, Secretaría de Ambiente Y Desarrollo Sustentable de la Nación, San Martín 459, (1004) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:Argentina; Habitat use; Myocastor coypus; Urban wetlands; food availability; habitat use; rodent; wetland; Argentina; South America; Myocastor coypus; Rodentia
Año:2006
Volumen:51
Número:3
Página de inicio:295
Página de fin:302
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF03192681
Título revista:Acta Theriologica
Título revista abreviado:Acta Theriol.
ISSN:00017051
CODEN:ATRLA
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00017051_v51_n3_p295_Corriale

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Citas:

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Corriale, M.J., Arias, S.M., Bó, R.F. & Porini, G. (2006) . Habitat-use patterns of the coypu Myocastor coypus in an urban wetland of its original distribution. Acta Theriologica, 51(3), 295-302.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF03192681
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Corriale, M.J., Arias, S.M., Bó, R.F., Porini, G. "Habitat-use patterns of the coypu Myocastor coypus in an urban wetland of its original distribution" . Acta Theriologica 51, no. 3 (2006) : 295-302.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF03192681
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Corriale, M.J., Arias, S.M., Bó, R.F., Porini, G. "Habitat-use patterns of the coypu Myocastor coypus in an urban wetland of its original distribution" . Acta Theriologica, vol. 51, no. 3, 2006, pp. 295-302.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF03192681
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Corriale, M.J., Arias, S.M., Bó, R.F., Porini, G. Habitat-use patterns of the coypu Myocastor coypus in an urban wetland of its original distribution. Acta Theriol. 2006;51(3):295-302.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF03192681