Stable isotope evidence of puma concolor (felidae) feeding patterns in agricultural landscapes in southeastern brazil

Biotropica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 451-460

  Magioli, Marcelo ^a   Moreira, Marcelo Z ^a   Ferraz, Katia Maria B ^a   Miotto, Renata A ^a   de Camargo, Plínio B ^a   Rodrigues, Márcia G ^b   da Silva Canhoto, Mariana C ^c   Setz, Eleonore F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO CHICO MENDES DE CONSERVAÇÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diet; Isotopic analysis; Noninvasive sample; Sugarcane; Top predator; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FELID; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRITION; PREDATOR; PREY PREFERENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUGAR CANE; TROPHIC STATUS;

BRAZIL;

FELIDAE; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 84903440348     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12115     Document Type: Article

References (65)

1. Allen, J. M., J. Coltrain, L. Wilkins, S. Flanagin, and D. L. Reed. 2007. Methods of assessing health and diet of Florida panthers (Puma concolor) using museum specimens: Part II - Stable isotope geochemistry: A method to evaluate the diet of Florida panthers (Puma concolor). Bull. Fla. Mus. Nat. Hist. Biol. Sci. 47: 98-108.
2. Anderson, J., J. M. Rowcliffe, and G. Cowlishaw. 2007. Does matrix matter? A forest primate in a complex agricultural landscape. Biol. Conserv. 135: 212-222.
3. Andrén, H. 1994. Effects of habitat fragmentation on birds and mammals in landscapes with different proportions of suitable habitat: A review. Oikos 71: 355-366.
4. Antongiovanni, M. and J. P. Metzger 2005. Influence of matrix habitats on the occurrence of insectivorous bird species in Amazonian forest fragments. Biol. Conserv. 122: 441-451.
5. Bearhop, S., R. W. Furness, G. M. Hilton, S. C. Votier, and S. Waldron. 2003. A forensic approach to understanding diet and habitat use from stable isotope analysis of (avian) claw material. Funct. Ecol. 17: 270-275.
6. Becker, M., and J. C. Dalponte. 1999. Rastros de mamíferos silvestres brasileiros - um guia de campo. Universidade de Brasília, Brasília.
7. Beier, P. 2010. A focal species for conservation planning. In M. Hornocker, and S. Negri (Eds.). Cougar: Ecology and conservation, pp. 177-190. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
8. Ben-David, M., and E. A. Flaherty. 2012. Stable isotopes in mammalian research a beginner's guide. J. Mammal. 93: 312-328.
9. Bennett, A. F., J. K. Radford, and A. Haslem. 2006. Properties of land mosaics, implications for nature conservation in agricultural environments. Biol. Conserv. 133: 250-264.
10. 15N natural abundance in woody plants and soils of the savanna in Central Brazil (Cerrado). Ecol. Appl. 14: 200-213.
11. Canhoto, M., M. Magioli, M. G. Rodrigues, and E. Z. F. Setz. 2011. Resultados parciais da análise da dieta da onça-parda (Puma concolor) na Região Metropolitana de Campinas-Corredor da Onças, Estado de São Paulo. Technical Report, Campinas, São Paulo.
12. 13C) in an omnivorous consumer: Effect of diet isotopic ratio. Funct. Ecol. 22: 255-263.
13. 13C): The effect of diet isotopic values and applications for diet reconstruction. J. Appl. Ecol. 46: 243-253.
14. Cerling, T. E., and J. M. Harris. 1999. Carbon isotope fractionation between diet and bioapatite in ungulate mammals and implications for ecological and paleoecological studies. Oecologia 120: 347-363.
15. Cerling, T. E., G. Wittemyer, H. B. Rasmussen, F. Vollrath, C. E. Cerling, T. J. Robinson, and I. Douglas-Hamilton. 2006. Stable isotopes in elephant hair document migration patterns and diet changes. PNAS 103: 371-373.
16. Chame, M. 2003. Terrestrial mammal feces: A morphometric summary and description. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 98: 71-94.
17. Ciocheti, G. 2007. Uso de habitat e padrão de atividade de médios e grandes mamíferos e nicho trófico de Lobo-Guará (Chrysocyon brachyurus), onça-parda (Puma concolor) e jaguatirica (Leopardus pardalis) numa paisagem agroflorestal no estado de São Paulo. MSc dissertation, Universidade de São Paulo-USP, São Paulo, Brazil.
18. Codron, D., J. Codron, J. A. Lee-Thorp, M. Sponheimer, D. Ruiter, and J. S. Brink. 2007. Stable isotope characterization of mammalian predator-prey relationships in a South African savanna. Eur. J. Wildl. Res. 53: 161-170.
19. Codron, D., J. Codron, M. Sponheimer, J. A. Lee-Thorp, T. Robinson, C. C. Grant, and D. Ruiter. 2005. Assessing diet in savanna herbivores using stable carbon isotope ratios of faeces. Koedoe 48: 115-124.
20. Crawford, K., R. A. McDonald, and S. Bearhop. 2008. Applications of stable isotope techniques to the ecology of mammals. Mamm. Rev. 38: 87-107.
21. Darimont, C. T., and T. E. Reimchen. 2002. Intra-hair stable isotope analysis implies seasonal shift to salmon in gray wolf diet. Can. J. Zool. 80: 1638-1642.
22. Dean, W. 1996. With broadax and firebrand: The destruction of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. University of California Press, Berkley, CA.
23. Downes, S. J., K. A. Handasyde, and M. A. Elgar. 1997. The use of corridors by mammals in fragmented Australian eucalypt forests. Conserv. Biol. 11: 718-726.
24. Emmons, L. H. 1987. Comparative feeding ecology of felids in a neotropical rainforest. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 20: 271-283.
25. Emmons, L. H., and F. Feer. 1997. Neotropical rainforest mammals: A field guide. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
26. Fahrig, L. 2003. Effects of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 34: 487-515.
27. Ferger, S. W., K. Böhning-Gaese, W. Wilcke, Y. Oelmann, and M. Schleuning. 2013. Distinct carbon sources indicate strong differentiation between tropical forest and farmland bird communities. Oecologia 171: 473-486.
28. Ferguson, J., and J. Hopkins. 2013. IsotopeR: Stable isotope analysis. R package version 0.4.7. Electronic Database accessible at http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=IsotopeR.
29. Ferraz, K. M. P. M. B., S. F. B. Ferraz, J. R. Moreira, H. T. Z. Couto, and L. M. Verdade. 2007. Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) distribution in agro ecosystems: A cross scale habitat analysis. J. Biogeogr. 34: 223-230.
30. Foster, R. J., B. J. Harmsen, B. Valdes, C. Pomilla, and C. P. Doncaster. 2010. Food habits of sympatric jaguars and pumas across a gradient of human disturbance. J. Zool. 280: 309-318.
31. Gascon, C., T. E. Lovejoy, R. O. Bierregaard, Jr, J. R. Malcolm, F. C. Stouffer, H. L. Vasconcelos, W. F. Laurance, B. Zimmerman, M. Tocher, and S. Borges. 1999. Matrix habitat and species richness in tropical forest remnants. Biol. Conserv. 91: 223-229.
32. Gheler-Costa, C., C. A. Vettorazzi, R. Pardini, and L. M. Verdade. 2012. The distribution and abundance of small mammals in agroecosystems of Southeastern Brazil. Mammalia 76: 185-191.
33. Kawanishi, K., S. H. N. Liang, C. Darimont, T. E. Reimchen, and M. E. Sunquist. 2012. Isotopic niche differentiation among mammals from a rainforest in peninsular Malaysia. Raffles Bull. Zool. 60: 233-239.
34. Kelly, J. F. 2000. Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in the study of avian and mammalian trophic ecology. Can. J. Zool. 78: 1-27.
35. Long, E. S., R. A. Sweitzer, R. S. Diefenbach, and M. Ben-David. 2005. Controlling for anthropogenically induced atmospheric variation in stable carbon isotope studies. Oecologia 146: 148-156.
36. Lyra-Jorge, M. C., G. Ciocheti, and V. R. Pivello. 2008. Carnivores mammals in a fragmented landscape in northeast of São Paulo state, Brazil. Biodivers. Conserv. 17: 1573-1580.
37. Magioli, M. 2012. Inventário de mamíferos de médio e grande porte na Área Piloto I-Corredor da Onças, Estado de São Paulo. Technical Report, Campinas, São Paulo. Electronic Database accessible at http://www.icmbio.gov.br/corredordasoncas/images/stories/downloads/pub/Relatorios/Funbio/Relat_Med_Gde_Mamiferos.pdf.
38. Martensen, A. C., M. C. Ribeiro, C. Banks-Leite, P. I. Prado, and J. P. Metzger. 2012. Associations of forest cover, fragment area, and connectivity with neotropical understory bird species richness and abundance. Conserv. Biol. 26: 1100-1111.
39. Matias, L. F., D. Bargos, M. I. Martins, N. Martins, and C. Galindo. 2012. Mapeamento do uso das terras na Região Metropolitana de Campinas (RMC) e hierarquização dos fragmentos florestais-Corredor da Onças, Estado de São Paulo. Technical Report, Campinas, São Paulo. Electronic Database accessible at http://www.icmbio.gov.br/corredordasoncas/images/stories/downloads/pub/Relatorios/Funbio/Relat_Uso_Terras.pdf.
40. Michener, R., and K. Lajtha. 2007. Stable isotopes in ecology and environmental sciences. Black Publishing, Singapore.
41. Milakovic, B., and K. L. Parker. 2011. Using stable isotopes to define diets of wolves in northern British Columbia, Canada. J. Mammal. 92: 295-304.
42. Miller, B., B. Dugelby, D. Foreman, C. M. Del Rio, R. Noss, M. Phillips, R. Reading, M. E. Soulé, J. Terborgh, and L. Willcox. 2001. The importance of large carnivores to healthy ecosystems. Endang. Spec. Update 18: 202-210.
43. Miotto, R. A., M. Cervini, R. A. Begotti, and P. M. Galetti, Jr. 2012. Monitoring a puma (Puma concolor) population in a fragmented landscape in southeast Brazil. Biotropica 44: 98-104.
44. Miotto, R. A., M. Cervini, M. G. Figueiredo, R. A. Begotti, and P. M. Galetti, Jr. 2011. Genetic diversity and population structure of pumas (Puma concolor) in southeastern Brazil: Implications for conservation in a human-dominated landscape. Conserv. Genet. 12: 1447-1455.
45. Miotto, R. A., M. Cervini, M. Kajin, R. A. Begotti, and P. M. Galetti Jr. 2014. Estimating puma (Puma concolor) population size in a human-disturbed landscape in southeastern Brazil based on DNA-mark-recapture data. Oryx, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/50030605312000841.
46. Miotto, R. A., F. P. Rodrigues, G. Ciocheti, and P. M. Galetti, Jr. 2007. Determination of the minimum population size of pumas (Puma concolor) through faecal DNA analysis in two protected cerrado areas in the Brazilian Southeast. Biotropica 39: 647-654.
47. Monroy-Vilchis, O., Y. Gomés, M. Janczur, and V. Urios. 2009. Food niche of Puma concolor in Central Mexico. Wildlife Biol. 15: 97-105.
48. O'Connell, T. C., R. E. M. Hedges, M. A. Healey, and A. H. R. Simpson. 2001. Isotopic comparison of hair, nail and bone: Modern analyses. J. Archaeol. Sci. 28: 1247-1255.
49. 3- removal at soil-stream interface: A stable isotope approach. Ecol. Appl. 12: 1027-1043.
50. Pardini, R., A. A. Bueno, T. A. Gardner, P. I. Prado, and J. P. Metzger. 2010. Beyond the fragmentation threshold hypothesis: Regime shifts in biodiversity across fragmented landscapes. PLoS ONE 5: e13666. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013666.
51. Parnell, A., and A. Jackson. 2013. siar: Stable Isotope Analysis in R. R package version 4.2. Electronic Database accessible at http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=siar.
52. Prevedello, J. A., and M. V. Vieira. 2010. Does the type of matrix matter? A quantitative review of the evidence. Biodivers. Conserv. 19: 1205-1223.
53. Quadros, J. 2002. Identificação microscópica de pelos de mamíferos brasileiros e sua aplicação no estudo da dieta de carnívoros. PhD Dissertation, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Paraná, Brazil.
54. R Core Team. 2013. R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. ISBN 3-900051-07-0. Electronic Database accessible at http://www.R-project.org/.
55. Reis, N. R., A. L. Peracchi, M. N. Fregonezi, and B. K. Rossaneis. 2010. Mamíferos do Brasil. Techinical Books, Londrina.
56. Ribeiro, M. C., J. P. Metzger, A. C. Martensen, F. J. Ponzoni, and M. M. Hirota. 2009. The Brazilian Atlantic Forest: How much is left, and how is the remaining forest distributed? Implications for conservation. Biol. Conserv. 142: 1141-1153.
57. Roth, J. D., and K. A. Hobson. 2000. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic fractionation between diet and tissue of captive red fox: Implications for dietary reconstruction. Can. J. Zool. 78: 848-852.
58. Sergio, F., T. Caro, D. Brown, B. Clucas, J. Hunter, J. Ketchum, K. McHugh, and F. Hiraldo. 2008. Top predators as conservation tools: Ecological rationale, assumptions, and efficacy. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 39: 1-19.
59. Silva, D. M. L. 2005. Dinâmica de nitrogênio em microbacias no Estado de São Paulo. PhD Dissertation, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil.
60. Silva, J. M. C., and M. Tabarelli. 2000. Tree species impoverishment and the future flora of the Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil. Nature 404: 72-74.
61. Sunquist, M., and F. Sunquist. 2002. Wild cats of the world. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
62. 15N abundances in the tissues and digesta of domestic animals. Radioisotopes 36: 74-77.
63. Terborgh, J., J. A. Estes, P. Paquet, K. Ralls, D. Boyd-Heger, B. J. Miller, and R. F. Noss. 1999. The role of top carnivores in regulation terrestrial ecosystems. In J. Terborgh, and M. E. Soulé (Eds.). Continental conservation, pp. 39-64. Island Press, Washington, DC.
64. 13C) profiles: Implications for the ecology of individuals. Oecologia 145: 317-326.
65. Weber, W., and A. Rabinowitz. 1996. A global perspective on large carnivore conservation. Conserv. Biol. 10: 1046-1055.