A non-invasive faecal survey for the study of spatial ecology and kinship of solitary felids in the Viruá National Park, Amazon Basin
Jaguars and pumas are the largest felids in the Americas. Information about these two species is scarce, especially where both species are sympatric. We studied the use and selection of macrohabitats, spatial segregation and kinship in jaguars and pumas in the Viruá National Park (Amazonian lowlands...
| Autor principal: | Palomares, F. |
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| Outros Autores: | Adrados, Begoña, Zanin, Marina, Silveira, Leandro, Keller, Claudia |
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oai:repositorio:1-17096 A non-invasive faecal survey for the study of spatial ecology and kinship of solitary felids in the Viruá National Park, Amazon Basin Palomares, F. Adrados, Begoña Zanin, Marina Silveira, Leandro Keller, Claudia Biological Survey Feces Felid Generalist Habitat Selection Habitat Use Kinship Lowland Environment Rare Species Relatedness Spatial Analysis Sympatry Amazon Basin Brasil Roraima Virua National Park Felidae Jaguars and pumas are the largest felids in the Americas. Information about these two species is scarce, especially where both species are sympatric. We studied the use and selection of macrohabitats, spatial segregation and kinship in jaguars and pumas in the Viruá National Park (Amazonian lowlands) by non-invasive genetic analyses of faecal samples. Seven different jaguars (six males and one female) and nine different pumas (five males and four females) were identified. We found space use segregation between the two species, with pumas using mostly forested habitats and jaguars using open habitats slightly more than the forested ones. This result is unexpected, since previous studies have found that pumas favour more open habitats than jaguars. The results suggest that jaguars use the areas in a more random manner, corresponding to the habits of a dominant generalist species, whereas pumas use the area to reduce encounter rates with jaguars. Nevertheless, both species mainly used areas near upland forest-flooding habitats. Some kinship categories were supported with a p < 0.05 in 57 and 83% of the pair comparisons between the identified jaguars and the identified pumas, respectively. Non-invasive genetic analysis of faeces was useful to study the spatial ecology of solitary, rare and cryptic species in the Amazon. © 2017, Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland. 2020-06-15T21:38:50Z 2020-06-15T21:38:50Z 2017 Artigo https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/17096 10.1007/s13364-017-0311-7 en Volume 62, Número 3, Pags. 241-249 Restrito Mammal Research |
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Biological Survey Feces Felid Generalist Habitat Selection Habitat Use Kinship Lowland Environment Rare Species Relatedness Spatial Analysis Sympatry Amazon Basin Brasil Roraima Virua National Park Felidae |
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Biological Survey Feces Felid Generalist Habitat Selection Habitat Use Kinship Lowland Environment Rare Species Relatedness Spatial Analysis Sympatry Amazon Basin Brasil Roraima Virua National Park Felidae Palomares, F. A non-invasive faecal survey for the study of spatial ecology and kinship of solitary felids in the Viruá National Park, Amazon Basin |
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Biological Survey Feces Felid Generalist Habitat Selection Habitat Use Kinship Lowland Environment Rare Species Relatedness Spatial Analysis Sympatry Amazon Basin Brasil Roraima Virua National Park Felidae |
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Jaguars and pumas are the largest felids in the Americas. Information about these two species is scarce, especially where both species are sympatric. We studied the use and selection of macrohabitats, spatial segregation and kinship in jaguars and pumas in the Viruá National Park (Amazonian lowlands) by non-invasive genetic analyses of faecal samples. Seven different jaguars (six males and one female) and nine different pumas (five males and four females) were identified. We found space use segregation between the two species, with pumas using mostly forested habitats and jaguars using open habitats slightly more than the forested ones. This result is unexpected, since previous studies have found that pumas favour more open habitats than jaguars. The results suggest that jaguars use the areas in a more random manner, corresponding to the habits of a dominant generalist species, whereas pumas use the area to reduce encounter rates with jaguars. Nevertheless, both species mainly used areas near upland forest-flooding habitats. Some kinship categories were supported with a p < 0.05 in 57 and 83% of the pair comparisons between the identified jaguars and the identified pumas, respectively. Non-invasive genetic analysis of faeces was useful to study the spatial ecology of solitary, rare and cryptic species in the Amazon. © 2017, Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland. |
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Palomares, F. |
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Adrados, Begoña Zanin, Marina Silveira, Leandro Keller, Claudia |
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Adrados, Begoña Zanin, Marina Silveira, Leandro Keller, Claudia |
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A non-invasive faecal survey for the study of spatial ecology and kinship of solitary felids in the Viruá National Park, Amazon Basin |
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A non-invasive faecal survey for the study of spatial ecology and kinship of solitary felids in the Viruá National Park, Amazon Basin |
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A non-invasive faecal survey for the study of spatial ecology and kinship of solitary felids in the Viruá National Park, Amazon Basin |
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A non-invasive faecal survey for the study of spatial ecology and kinship of solitary felids in the Viruá National Park, Amazon Basin |
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A non-invasive faecal survey for the study of spatial ecology and kinship of solitary felids in the Viruá National Park, Amazon Basin |
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non-invasive faecal survey for the study of spatial ecology and kinship of solitary felids in the viruá national park, amazon basin |
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Mammal Research |
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2020 |
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