Kill rates and predation patterns of jaguars (Panthera onca) in the southern Pantanal, Brazil

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 722-736

  Cavalcanti, Sandra M C ^a,b   Gese, Eric M ^a,b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; cattle; conflict; jaguar; kill rates; native prey; Panthera onca; predation

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; CROCODILIAN; DEER; DEN; FELID; GPS; INSECTIVORE; LIVESTOCK; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PASTURE; PIG; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE; RAINFALL; RODENT; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; WATER LEVEL;

PANTANAL;

AVES; BLASTOCEROS DICHOTOMUS; BOS; CAIMAN; CAIMAN CROCODILUS YACARE; CERVIDAE; HYDROCHAERIS; MAMMALIA; MAZAMA AMERICANA; MYRMECOPHAGA; MYRMECOPHAGA TRIDACTYLA; MYRMECOPHAGIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA ONCA; REPTILIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; TAYASSU PECARI; TAYASSUIDAE;

EID: 77953733400     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-171.1     Document Type: Article

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