Negative effects of agricultural open-channel irrigation system on vertebrate populations in central Mexico

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Ecology

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Introduction

Materials and Methods

Study area

Surveys of wildlife and habitat features

Statistical analysis

Results

Occurrence and mortality between channel and floodgates

Mortality differences between dry and wet seasons

Mortality differences between habitat features

Discussion

Mortality

Supplemental Information

Raw data of vertebrates occurrence and mortality in an irrigation channel

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.17818/supp-1

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

Armando Sunny is an Academic Editor for PeerJ.

Author Contributions

Yuriana Gómez-Ortiz conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Hublester Domínguez-Vega conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Leroy Soria-Díaz conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Tamara Rubio-Blanco performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Claudia C. Astudillo-Sánchez performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Victor Mundo conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Armando Sunny performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Animal Ethics

The following information was supplied relating to ethical approvals (i.e., approving body and any reference numbers):

The Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT), provided permissions for this work through the number (FAUT-0351).

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The raw data is available in the Supplementary File.

Funding

This work has been supported by field materials from the IdeaWild project. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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