Using occupancy models to investigate space partitioning between two sympatric large predators, the jaguar and puma in central Brazil

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-46

  Sollmann, Rahel ^a,b   Furtado, Mariana Malzoni ^b,c   Hofer, Heribert ^a   Jácomo, Anah T A ^b   Tôrres, Natália Mundim ^b,d   Silveira, Leandro ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Jaguar Conservation Fund Instituto Onça Pintada   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Habitat use; Hierarchical models; Panthera onca; Puma concolor

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DETECTION METHOD; FELID; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT TYPE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; NICHE PARTITIONING; PREDATOR; RANGE EXPANSION; RANGE SIZE; SPACE USE; SYMPATRY; TRAPPING;

BRAZIL; EMAS NATIONAL PARK; GOIAS;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA ONCA; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 83555165070     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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