Spatiotemporal diversity of medium and large-sized terrestrial mammals in the Maya Forest, Mexico
Fernando M. Contreras-Moreno·José Juan Flores-Martínez·Khiavett Sánchez-Pinzón·José Méndez-Tun·Pedro Bautista-Ramírez·Sandra Petrone·Héctor M. J. López-Castilla·Víctor Sánchez-Cordero·J. Vladimir Rojas-Sánchez·Daniel Jesús-Espinosa
Global change poses a threat to terrestrial species worldwide. In particular, tropical mammal communities—characterized by their high diversity—are increasingly vulnerable to disturbances, including habitat loss and extreme droughts driven by anthropogenic activities and climate change. Mammal species exhibit diverse responses to such stressors, distributing themselves differentially across ecosystems according to resource availability and suitable environmental conditions. While protected areas
