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biological rapid inventories 11 Perú:Yavarí Nigel Pitman, Corine Vriesendorp, Debra Moskovits, editores/editors Noviembre/November 2003 Instituciones Participantes/Participating Institutions: The Field Museum Centro de Conservación, Investigación y Manejo de Áreas Naturales (CIMA–Cordillera Azul) Wildlife Conservation Society–Peru Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology Rainforest Conservation Fund Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos LOS INVENTARIOS BIOLÓGICOS RÁPIDOS SON PUBLICADOS POR / Esta publicación ha sido financiada en parte por la RAPID BIOLOGICAL INVENTORIES REPORTS ARE PUBLISHED BY: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation./This publication has been funded in part by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. THE FIELD MUSEUM Environmental and Conservation Programs Cita Sugerida/Suggested Citation: Pitman, N., C. Vriesendorp, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive D. Moskovits (eds.). 2003. Perú: Yavarí. Rapid Biological Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496 USA Inventories Report 11. Chicago,IL: The Field Museum. T 312.665.7430, F 312.665.7433 Créditos fotográficos/Photography credits: www.fieldmuseum.org Carátula/Cover: El sapo Hyla granosa, colectado en la localidad de Quebrada Curacinha. Foto de Heinz Plenge./ Editores /Editors: Nigel Pitman, Corine Vriesendorp, The frog Hyla granosa, collected at the Quebrada Curacinha site. Debra Moskovits Photo by Heinz Plenge. Diseño/Design: Costello Communications, Chicago Carátula interior/Inner-cover: Río Yavarí. Foto de/Photo by Mapas/ Maps: Willy Llactayo, Richard Bodmer Heinz Plenge. Traducciones/Translations: EcoNews Peru, Hilary del Campo, Interior/Interior pages: Figs.1, 8 (mono/monkey) M. Bowler; Alvaro del Campo, Nigel Pitman, Tyana Wachter, Guillermo Knell Fig. 6B, H. Burn, Princeton University Press; Figs. 2F, 6A, 9C, 9E, 9H, A. del Campo; Fig. 9G, H. del Campo; Figs. 3C-H, R.B. Foster; El Field Museum es una institución sin fines de lucro exenta de Figs. 2D-E, 7D, Roosevelt García; Figs. 4A, 7E, 9A, 9D, 10, D. Meyer; impuestos federales bajo la sección 501(c)(3) del Código Fiscal Interno./ Fig. 7A, G. Neise; Fig. 3A, N. Pitman; Figs. 2A-C, 3B, 4C, 4E-F, The Field Museum is a non-profit organization exempt from federal 5A-H, 6D, 7B-C, H. Plenge; Figs. 4B, 4D, 6C, C. Vriesendorp. income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. ISBN 0-914868-65-9 © 2003 por el Field Museum. Todos los derechos reservados./ © 2003 by The Field Museum. All rights reserved. Cualquiera de las opiniones expresadas en los Informes de los Inventarios Impreso sobre papel reciclado./ Printed on recycled paper. Biológicos Rápidos son expresamente las de los autores y no reflejan necesariamente las del Field Museum./Any opinions expressed in the Rapid Biological Inventories Reports are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of The Field Museum. 2 RAPID BIOLOGICAL INVENTORIES INFORME/REPORT NO.11 ENGLISH CONTENTS (for Color Plates, see pages 17–32) 108 Participants 133 Technical Report 110 Institutional Profiles 133 Overview of Inventory Sites 113 Acknowledgments 137 Flora and Vegetation 115 Mission 143 Fishes 116 Report at a Glance 147 Amphibians and Reptiles 119 Why Yavarí? 150 Birds 120 Overview of Results 156 Diversity and Abundance of Mammals 120 Landscape and Sites Visited 164 Bats 120 Vegetation and Flora 165 Human Communities 121 Fishes 172 History and Previous Work in the Region 122 Amphibians and Reptiles 172 A Brief History of the Yavarí Valley 122 Birds 176 An Overview of the Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo 123 Mammals Communal Reserve 124 Human Communities 178 Use and Sustainability of Wildlife Hunting in and Around the Proposed 125 Threats Yavarí Reserved Zone 126 Conservation Targets 187 Appendices 128 Benefits for Conservation 188 1) Plants and for the Region 219 2) Fish Sampling Stations 129 Recommendations 220 3) Fishes 244 4) Amphibians and Reptiles 254 5) Birds 268 6) Large Mammals 276 7) Bats 277 8) Diagrams of the Unified Harvest Model for Mammals 278 Literature Cited 282 Previous Reports perú: yavarí NOVIEMBRE/NOVEMBER 2003 107 PARTICIPANTS FIELD TEAM Manuel Ahuite Reátegui (plants) Jorge Flores Villar (birds) Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana Iquitos, Peru Iquitos, Peru Miguel Antúnez (field logistics, mammals) Robin B. Foster (plants) Wildlife Conservation Society-Peru Environmental and Conservation Programs Iquitos, Peru The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, USA Hamilton Beltrán (plants) Roosevelt García (plants) Museo de Historia Natural Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Iquitos, Peru Lima, Peru Max H. Hidalgo (fishes) Gerardo Bértiz (conservation, fishes) Museo de Historia Natural Rainforest Conservation Fund Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Communal Reserve Lima, Peru Iquitos, Peru Guillermo Knell (amphibians and reptiles) Richard Bodmer (coordinator, mammals) CIMA-Cordillera Azul Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology Lima, Peru University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom Daniel F. Lane (birds) Mark Bowler (mammals) LSU Museum of Natural Science Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom David Meyer (conservation) Arsenio Calle (social assessment) Rainforest Conservation Fund Wildlife Conservation Society-Peru Chicago, IL, USA Iquitos, Peru Debra K. Moskovits (coordinator) Alvaro del Campo (field logistics) Environmental and Conservation Programs Environmental and Conservation Programs The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, USA The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, USA Hernán Ortega (fishes) Hilary del Campo (social assessment) Museo de Historia Natural Center for Cultural Understanding and Change Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, USA Lima, Peru Mario Escobedo Torres (bats) Tatiana Pequeño (birds) Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana Museo de Historia Natural Iquitos, Peru Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Lima, Peru 108 RAPID BIOLOGICAL INVENTORIES INFORME/REPORT NO.11 COLLABORATORS Nigel Pitman (plants) Communities of Angamos, Fray Pedro, Las Malvinas, Center for Tropical Conservation San José de Añushi, Paujil, Jorge Chávez, Nueva Esperanza, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA San Felipe, Carolina, El Chino and San Pedro Loreto, Peru Heinz Plenge (photography) Foto Natur, Lima, Peru Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales (INRENA) Lima, Peru Pablo Puertas (mammals) Wildlife Conservation Society-Peru Herbario Amazonense (AMAZ) and the Iquitos, Peru Departamento de Post-Grado Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana Maribel Recharte Uscamaita (mammals) Iquitos, Peru Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana Iquitos, Peru Policía Nacional del Perú César Reyes (conservation, mammals) Oficina Regional de Medio Ambiente Consejo Transitorio de Administración Regional Iquitos, Peru Lily O. Rodríguez (amphibians and reptiles) CIMA-Cordillera Azul Lima, Peru Kati Salovaara (mammals) University of Turku Turku, Finland Zina Valverde (social assessment) Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana Iquitos, Peru Corine Vriesendorp (plants) Environmental and Conservation Programs The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, USA Alaka Wali (social assessment) Center for Cultural Understanding and Change The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, USA perú: yavarí NOVIEMBRE/NOVEMBER 2003 109 INSTITUTIONAL PROFILES The Field Museum Center for the Conservation, Research and Management of Natural Areas (CIMA-Cordillera Azul) The Field Museum is a collections-based research and CIMA-Cordillera Azul is a Peruvian non-profit organization educational institution devoted to natural and cultural diversity. dedicated to the conservation of biological diversity. 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