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 …

[HTML][HTML] Fragmentación progresiva y pérdida de hábitat de bosques naturales en uno de los hotspot mundiales de biodiversidad

S Otavo, C Echeverría - Revista mexicana de biodiversidad, 2017 - Elsevier
El conocimiento del estado de fragmentación y transformación de un paisaje boscoso es
crucial para una adecuada planificación y conservación de la biodiversidad. En Chile se …

The geography of diet variation in Neotropical Carnivora

LR Cruz, RL Muylaert, M Galetti, MM Pires - Mammal Review, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mammalian carnivores (order Carnivora) perform important regulatory functions in terrestrial
food webs. Building a comprehensive knowledge of the dietary patterns of carnivorans and …

Prey availability and temporal partitioning modulate felid coexistence in Neotropical forests

F Santos, C Carbone, OR Wearn, JM Rowcliffe… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Carnivores have long been used as model organisms to examine mechanisms that allow
coexistence among ecologically similar species. Interactions between carnivores, including …

A biodiversity hotspot losing its top predator: The challenge of jaguar conservation in the Atlantic Forest of South America

A Paviolo, C De Angelo, KM Ferraz, RG Morato… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The jaguar is the top predator of the Atlantic Forest (AF), which is a highly threatened
biodiversity hotspot that occurs in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. By combining data sets …

Effects of human impacts on habitat use, activity patterns and ecological relationships among medium and small felids of the Atlantic Forest

P Cruz, ME Iezzi, C De Angelo, D Varela, MS Di Bitetti… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Competition theory and niche theory suggest that two morphologically similar species may
coexist by reducing the overlap of at least one dimension of their ecological niche. The …

Space use and movement of a neotropical top predator: the endangered jaguar

RG Morato, JA Stabach, CH Fleming, JM Calabrese… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Accurately estimating home range and understanding movement behavior can provide
important information on ecological processes. Advances in data collection and analysis …

Defaunation and biomass collapse of mammals in the largest Atlantic forest remnant

M Galetti, CR Brocardo, RA Begotti… - Animal …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Large continuous rainforests are the main hope for sustaining the population of large‐
bodied vertebrates that cannot cope with fragmentation or unsustainable hunting. The …

Much more than forest loss: four decades of habitat connectivity decline for Atlantic Forest jaguars

J Martinez Pardo, S Saura, A Insaurralde… - Landscape …, 2023 - Springer
Context Habitat loss is a major factor influencing declines in landscape connectivity for many
species, but forest patch configuration and changes in matrix permeability can also …

Using species distribution models to predict potential landscape restoration effects on puma conservation

CCS Angelieri, C Adams-Hosking, KMPMB Ferraz… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
A mosaic of intact native and human-modified vegetation use can provide important habitat
for top predators such as the puma (Puma concolor), avoiding negative effects on other …