Valores de conservación de mamíferos medianos y grandes de la Reserva Biológica El Quimi y su zona de amortiguamiento

Abstract

Abstract: The research established a baseline for the mammal fauna of the Reserva Biológica El Quimi and its buffer zone. Through four years of camera trap monitoring, 23 species of medium and large mammals were identified. Eleven of these records corresponded to taxa under national and international threat categories. The research selected four conservation targets: Tremarctos ornatus, Leopardus pardalis, Cuniculus paca, and Mazama americana to assess their ecological viability using indicators of connectivity, relative abundance, and species diversity. The findings showed a fair conservation status, vulnerable to emerging threats such as legal and illegal mining, subsistence hunting, selective logging, and unplanned tourism. The study defined natural ranges of population variation and proposed an adaptive monitoring protocol essential for the future management plan of the protected area, laying the scientific foundations for its effective management in the face of growing human pressures in the Cordillera del Cóndor.