Conservación de Murciélagos en Campeche

Authors

  • Jorge A. Vargas-Contreras Facultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche. Av. Agustín Melgar s/n entre Juan de la Barrera y Calle 20, Campeche, Campeche 24039.
  • Griselda Escalona-Segura El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Unidad Campeche. Av. Rancho Polígono 2-A, Lerma, Campeche 24500.
  • Joaquín Arroyo-Cabrales Laboratorio de Arqueozoología, Subdirección de Laboratorios y Apoyo Académico, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Moneda #16, Distrito Federal 06060.
  • Jaime Rendon Von Osten Instituto de Ecología, Pesquerías y Oceanografía del Golfo de México, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche. Av. Agustín Melgar s/n entre Juan de la Barrera y Calle 20, Campeche, Campeche 24039.
  • Laura Navarro Programa para la Conservación de Murciélagos Mexicanos. Bioconciencia Bioconservación, Educación y Ciencia A.C. Calle Ocotepec L-10, esq. Poza Rica, Distrito Federal, 10400.

Keywords:

Balam-Kú, Conservation, impacts, multispecific roost, pesticide, quiropterofauna

Abstract

The Campeche state harbors 55 species of bats and it has sites with high multispecific abundance such as the cave called “El Volcán de los Murciélagos†in natural protected areas known as “Zona Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica Balam-Kú†in Calakmul Municipality, Campeche. This paper aims to provide an overview of the field work that has been developed in relation with the quiropterofauna of Campeche, give a study case, and propose conservation strategies for the “El Volcán de los Murciélagos†cave in Calakmul, Campeche. In this cave, it is required to establish short-term muldisciplinaries actions for conservation: including the management and conservation program, studies on population dynamics, environmental education, animal health, and impact of pesticides on food chains such as the crop-insect-bats-raptors (or wildlife in general), and agriculture-human chains.

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Published

2012-04-30

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2012)

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