Solari Sergio, Rodriguez Juan José, Vivar Elena, Velazco Paul M
Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Jesús María, Lima, Peru.
Environ Monit Assess. 2002 May;76(1):89-104. doi: 10.1023/a:1015272905263.
Development projects in tropical forests can impact biodiversity. Assessment and monitoring programs based on the principles of adaptive management assist managers to identify and reduce such impacts. The small mammal community is one important component of a forest ecosystem that may be impacted by development projects. In 1996, a natural gas exploration project was initiated in a Peruvian rainforest. The Smithsonian Institution's Monitoring and Assessment of Biodiversity program cooperated with Shell Prospecting and Development Peru to establish an adaptive management program to protect the region's biodiversity. In this article, we discuss the role of assessing and monitoring small mammals in relation to the natural gas project. We outline the conceptual issues involved in establishing an assessment and monitoring program, including setting objectives, evaluating the results and making appropriate decisions. We also summarize the steps taken to implement the small mammal assessment, provide results from the assessment and discuss protocols to identify appropriate species for monitoring.
热带森林中的开发项目会对生物多样性产生影响。基于适应性管理原则的评估和监测项目有助于管理者识别并减少此类影响。小型哺乳动物群落是森林生态系统中可能受开发项目影响的一个重要组成部分。1996年，在秘鲁雨林启动了一个天然气勘探项目。史密森学会的生物多样性监测与评估项目与壳牌秘鲁勘探与开发公司合作，建立了一个适应性管理项目以保护该地区的生物多样性。在本文中，我们讨论了评估和监测小型哺乳动物在天然气项目中的作用。我们概述了建立评估和监测项目所涉及的概念性问题，包括设定目标、评估结果以及做出恰当决策。我们还总结了实施小型哺乳动物评估所采取的步骤，提供了评估结果，并讨论了确定适合监测物种的方案。
