El uso de tecnologías de la información geográfica en el estudio de la elección de árboles dormideros por monos aulladores negros y dorados (Alouatta caraya)

Felix Ignacio Contreras; Debora Rocío Giles; Martin Miguel Kowalewski

doi:10.19137/huellas-2025-2913

Felix Ignacio Contreras Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CONICET - UNNE)Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura (UNNE) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2548-8351
Debora Rocío Giles Estación Biológica, Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral - CECOAL (CONICET-UNNE) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0426-6215
Martin Miguel Kowalewski Estación Biológica, Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral - CECOAL (CONICET-UNNE) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6737-3771

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19137/huellas-2025-2913

Keywords:

Biogeografía, TIG, Corrientes, Distribución

Abstract

Understanding distribution and spatial patterns is one of the core principles of Geography, applicable to both human and natural variables. Within this context, the application of Geographic Information Technologies provides a valuable tool for enhancing studies of species behaviors such as, in this case, the sleeping tree selection by black howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) throughout the year. This study confirmed that a troop of monkeys located in a forest adjacent to San Cayetano Provincial Park (Corrientes, Argentina) tends to occupy larger trees and/or areas with greater vegetative volume. Considering the recorded sleeping sites and the corresponding meteorological conditions, it was concluded that the selection of these locations is primarily associated with the pursuit of climatic comfort, rather than driven by proximity to food sources or protection from predators.

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Author Biographies

Felix Ignacio Contreras, Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CONICET - UNNE)Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura (UNNE)

Profesor y Doctor en Geografía. Investigador Adjunto de CONICET en el Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CONICET - UNNE) y Titular de la Cátedra Geografía Física y Geomorfología de la carrera de Ing. en Agrimensura. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura (Universidad Nacional del Nordeste)

Debora Rocío Giles, Estación Biológica, Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral - CECOAL (CONICET-UNNE)

Becaria Doctoral de CONICET

Martin Miguel Kowalewski, Estación Biológica, Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral - CECOAL (CONICET-UNNE)

Investigador Principal de CONICET

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