Conservation Research Projects
The following projects have been undertaken by Tapir Specialist Group field researchers and other experts, to better understand tapir biology and how to save them in the wild.
LOWLAND TAPIR
ARGENTINA
The Influence of Large Herbivores on Neotropical Forests: El Rey National Park, Salta, Argentina
Silvia C. Chalukian
Implementation of the Action Plan for the Conservation of Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in Argentina: Assessing the Conservation Status and Population Monitoring in the Northwest
Soledad de Bustos & Silvia C. Chalukian
BRAZIL
Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative: Pantanal Tapir Program, Brazil
Patrícia Medici
Influence of Large Herbivores on the Atlantic Forest of Morro do Diabo State Park, São Paulo State, Brazil
Patrícia Medici
Conservation of Tapirus terrestris Populations in the State of
Espírito Santo, Brazil
Andressa Gatti, Danielle de Oliveira Moreira, Luana Centoducatte & João Luiz Rossi Junior
Home Range, Habitat Use, Movement Patterns and Diet of Tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) in the Brazilian Cerrado
Edsel Amorim Moraes Junior
The Biogeography of Tapirus terrestris in the Atlantic Forest Biome, Brazil
Kevin Flesher
Linking Landscape to Molecules: Genetic as a Tool in the Study of Lowland Tapir Populations in Brazil
Alexandra Sanches, Cristiane Garcia Pellizon, Carolina da Silva Carvalho, Tamissa Gabrielle Godoi, Paola Mandetta Tokumoto & Mauro Galetti Rodrigues
Biodiversity Dynamics and Land-Use Changes in the Amazon: Multi-Scale Interactions between Ecological Systems and Resource-Use Decisions by Indigenous Peoples
José M. V. Fragoso
COLOMBIA
Participative Camera Trapping at La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (La Guajira), Macizo Colombiano (Huila), Parque Amacayacu (Amazonas) and Serranía del Darien (Chocó), Colombia
Jaime Andrés Cabrera
ECUADOR
Tayja-Saruta Project: Conservation of Tapirus terrestris in Ecuador
Ute Magiera
FRENCH GUIANA
Ecology and Population Dynamics of the Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in French Guiana
Cécile Richard-Hansen, Mathias Tobler & Fabrice Hibert
Lowland Tapir Conservation in French Guiana
Benoit de Thoisy & Cécile Richard-Hansen
BAIRD’S TAPIR
COSTA RICA
Demystifying the Cloud Forest: The Baird’s Tapir Project of the Northern Talamanca Mountains
Alec Hutchinson
GUATEMALA
Baird’s Tapir Habitat Changes in Guatemala and the Mayan Forest
Manolo García, Fernando Castillo & Raquel Leonardo
Baird’s Tapir: The Guardian of the Mayan Forest
Manolo García, Marcial García, Gaudencio Vitzil & Luis Rodas
Long-Term Baird’s Tapir Monitoring at Aguadas: The Hearth of the Mayan Forest
Manolo García
HONDURAS
Fragmentation and Migration in Baird’s Tapir (Tapirus bairdii)
Niall McCann
MEXICO
Anticipated Effects of Climate Change on Endangered Fauna Highly Dependent of Water Resources in the South of the Yucatan Peninsula
Sophie Calmé, Georgina O’Farrill, Rafael Reyna, Anton Selmon & Nuria Torrescano
Consequences of the Anthropogenic Loss of Herbivorous Mammals for the Rain Forest Plant Diversity and Regeneration
Rodolfo Dirzo & Eduardo Mendoza Ramírez
Population Size and Habitat Use of the Endangered Species Tapirus bairdii in the Biosphere Reserve El Triunfo, Chiapas, Mexico
Eduardo Mendoza Ramírez, Miguel Martinez-Ramos & Juan Paulo Carbajal Borges
NICARAGUA
Baird’s Tapir Project, Nicaragua
Christopher A. Jordan
MALAY TAPIR
INDONESIA
Monitoring Malay Tapir Population in Fragmented Lowland Forest in a West Sumatran Landscape
Wilson Novarino
MALAYSIA
The Malayan Tapir Conservation Project
Carl Traeholt & Bengt Holst
E-mail: ctraeholt@pd.jaring.my
MYANMAR
A Preliminary Study of Habitat Selection, Abundance, and Threats for Malay Tapirs in the Tenasserim Hills, Southern Myanmar
Antony Lynam & Than Myint
MOUNTAIN TAPIR
COLOMBIA
Ecology and Conservation of Mountain Tapirs in the Central Andes of Colombia
Diego J. Lizcano
ECUADOR
Conservation Status of the Mountain Tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) in the Eastern Slopes of the Central Andes in Ecuador (PCTA)
Andrés Tapia
Mountain Tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) Conservation Program in the Influence Areas at Cayambe-Coca National Park and Antisana
Ecological Reserve, Ecuador
Mauricio Ortega-Andrade, Armando Castellanos, Patricio Meza, Fabiola Carvajal, Víctor López, Andrés Montalvo & Verónica Díaz
Monitoring and Analysis of the Viability of the Mountain Tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) Populations in Three Sites in the Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve, Eastern Ecuadorian Andes
Carlos Armando Urgilés Verdugo
PERU
Creation of Cerro Negro Mountain Tapir Nature Sanctuary, Peru
Craig C. Downer
THEMATIC PROJECTS
Reproductive Biology of the Tapir
Budhan Pukazhenthi, Janine Brown, Luis Padilla & Oris Sanjur
