Differential impact of landscape transformation on pumas (Puma concolor) and jaguars (Panthera onca) in the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 422-436

  De Angelo, Carlos ^a   Paviolo, Agustín ^a   Di Bitetti, Mario ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGÍA SUBTROPICAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Conservation biogeography; Ecological Niche Factor Analysis; Habitat suitability; Niche breadth; Response to human pressures; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FELID; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LANDSCAPE; NATIVE SPECIES; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NICHE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOLERANCE;

BRAZIL; PARANA;

FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA ONCA; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 79953777557     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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