Two decades of jaguar and puma (Carnivora: Felidae) activity in lowland forest of eastern Ecuador
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| التنسيق: | artículo original |
| الحالة: | Versión publicada |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2025 |
| الوصف: | Introduction: Jaguars (Panthera onca) and pumas (Puma concolor) are the two largest terrestrial predators in lowland Neotropical forests and as such, are important contributors to the ecosystem. Yet, long-term studies on their temporal and spatial patterns of occurrence are not common. Objectives: To update a previous eight year (2005-2012) camera-trap study on jaguars at Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, with data from 2014 through 2023; and to add complementary information on pumas. Methods: We used camera traps set along trails or at mineral licks to document the occurrence of jaguars and pumas. Individual jaguars were identified by their distinctive coat patterns. Results: Capture rates from 2014 to 2023 varied from 0 to 2.94 images/100 trap days for jaguars and from 0.46 to 4.88 for pumas. These rates were similar or increased across all years for both species. We identified 28 individual jaguars during the second sample period, including 18 males and seven females. Periods between captures ranged from 1 to 84 months, with eight individuals recorded over at least 36 months. Including images from the first period (2005-2012), when 21 individuals were identified, it is likely that ~50 individual jaguars have occurred in or close to the research station over 19 years. Jaguars were primarily active during daylight hours, while pumas were more active at night. Conclusions: TBS is embedded within a large biosphere reserve but is too small (~670 ha) to cover the home range of either species. Nonetheless, given the number of records and the fact that capture rates have not declined in the past two decades, this region is important for the conservation of these two species and the many prey they depend on. |
| البلد: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| المؤسسة: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| اللغة: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/61782 |
| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/61782 |
| كلمة مفتاحية: | camera trap, long-term, Neotropical, temporal, Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Yasuní cámara trampa, largo plazo, Neotropical, temporal, Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini, Yasuní |