Human disturbance has contrasting effects on niche partitioning within carnivore communities

A Sévêque, LK Gentle, JV López‐Bao… - Biological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Among species, coexistence is driven partly by the partitioning of available resources. The
mechanisms of coexistence and competition among species have been a central topic …

Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in the wild and its most important reservoir hosts in Brazil

AM Jansen, SCC Xavier, ALR Roque - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastea: Trypanosomatidae) infects all tissues of its
hosts, which along with humans, include hundreds of mammalian species in the Americas …

Niche partitioning among mesocarnivores in a Brazilian wetland

RC Bianchi, N Olifiers, ME Gompper, G Mourao - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
We investigated the home range size, habitat selection, as well as the spatial and activity
overlap, of four mid-sized carnivore species in the Central Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul …

Activity patterns of ocelots and their potential prey in the Brazilian Pantanal

G Porfirio, VC Foster, C Fonseca, P Sarmento - Mammalian Biology, 2016 - Springer
Camera trap** has been widely used to study different aspects of animal ecology,
increasing scientific knowledge and hel** in conservation initiatives. Recently, some …

Factors influencing ocelot occupancy in Brazilian Atlantic Forest reserves

R L. Massara, AMO Paschoal, L L. Bailey… - Biotropica, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Over 80% of Atlantic Forest remnants are< 50 ha and protected areas are
embedded in a matrix dominated by human activities, undermining the long‐term …

Ecological interactions between ocelots and sympatric mesocarnivores in protected areas of the Atlantic Forest, southeastern Brazil

RL Massara, AMO Paschoal, LL Bailey… - Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Fragmentation and habitat loss are top threats to tropical forest biodiversity and the Atlantic
Forest is no exception. Over 80% of Atlantic Forest remnants in Brazil are< 50 ha and lack …

Ocelot population status in protected Brazilian Atlantic Forest

RL Massara, AMO Paschoal, PF Doherty Jr, A Hirsch… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Forest fragmentation and habitat loss are detrimental to top carnivores, such as jaguars
(Panthera onca) and pumas (Puma concolor), but effects on mesocarnivores, such as …

Can prey occupancy act as a surrogate for mesopredator occupancy? A case study of ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)

AM Moreno-Sosa, M Yacelga, KA Craighead… - Mammalian …, 2022 - Springer
Understanding the trophic structure of carnivore communities leads to improved species
management and conservation, particularly in highly threatened, yet scarcely studied …

“Mi Casa, Tu Casa”: the coati nest as a hub of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in the southern Pantanal biome revealed by molecular blood meal source …

TS Pessanha, HM Herrera, AM Jansen, AM Iñiguez - Parasites & Vectors, 2023 - Springer
Background The study of the ecology of Trypanosoma cruzi is challenging due to its extreme
adaptive plasticity, resulting in the parasitism of hundreds of mammal species and dozens of …

[HTML][HTML] Presence of Spirometra mansoni, causative agent of sparganosis, in South America

J Brabec, M Uribe, JJ Chaparro-Gutiérrez… - Emerging Infectious …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We report molecular identification of an adult Spirometra mansoni tapeworm retrieved from a
crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) in Colombia, confirming presence of this parasite in …