Home range of a male jaguar spatially associated with the landfill of the city of Playa del Carmen, Mexico

González-Gallina, Alberto; Hidalgo‐Mihart, Mircea G.; Pérez-Garduza, Freddy; Iglesias-Hernández, Jesús A.; Ita, Adán Oliveras de; Chacón-Hernández, Andrés; Vázquez-Zúñiga, Octavio

doi:10.1515/mammalia-2016-0065

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“…However, this national park of Maya Biosphere Reserve is prone to anthropogenic disturbances due to its location near the Buffer Zone (García et al 2020; Figure 1). We therefore agree with previous authors that the conservation status of the habitat needs to be evaluated (Morato et al 2016;González-Gallina et al 2017;García et al 2019) as despite Tikal National Park remains with high forest cover but with possible low ecological integrity (García et al 2019;2020).…”

Section: J Ttsupporting

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New queen? Evidence of a long-living Jaguar Panthera onca (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) in Tikal National Park, Guatemala

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Despite the abundant literature on the Jaguar Panthera onca, several aspects of its natural history and ecology such as longevity and residency of wild individuals are still little studied and poorly known. We conducted a camera trapping study in Tikal National Park, Guatemala, during the dry season and early rainy season from April to July 2018. We compared our results with results of previous studies and thereby came across a presumably female adult individual that was recorded in 2009 and again during our survey. We therefore assume that this virtual female is a potential long-term resident Jaguar in this core zone of the Selva Maya, one of the largest and well-conserved forests in the Neotropics and a priority area for the conservation of this species. We recommend implementing systematic and long-termed studies in Guatemala as a tool for the evaluation and management of the species, and to monitor the effectiveness of protected and priority areas in order to ensure the conservation of the Jaguar.

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Section: J Ttsupporting

confidence: 92%

New queen? Evidence of a long-living Jaguar Panthera onca (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) in Tikal National Park, Guatemala

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“…20,87 Also, jaguars have been shown to greatly decrease space use in highly modified areas with relatively high human population density when supplemental food was available. 88 When placed within the context of our results, these observations illustrate behavioral plasticity by jaguars, and given the extensive retraction in the jaguars' distribution due to anthropogenic factors and the number of threatened populations, 5 highlights the need for additional research to understand jaguars' tolerance of land use and human presence for developing effective conservation actions.…”

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Environmental and anthropogenic factors synergistically affect space use of jaguars

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“…However, conversion of habitat tends to increase the spatial requirements of apex predators, rising conflict with humans 52 , 58 . A recent study that tracked a male jaguar in the vicinity of a city in Mexico reported that the core areas of the jaguar’s home range included a landfill where the jaguar opportunistically predated on dogs, raccoons, and other animals that visited the area 59 . More recently, a male jaguar became famous in Brazil after traveling through different places within a city, including a church, a hotel’s parking lot, industrial neighborhood streets, and the backyard of a residence to feed on chickens, and intervention by environmental agencies was necessary to relocate the individual 60 .…”

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Direct and indirect effects of roads on space use by jaguars in Brazil

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Roads pose an imminent threat to wildlife directly through mortality and changes in individual behavior, and also indirectly through modification of the amount and configuration of wildlife habitat. However, few studies have addressed how these mechanisms interact to determine species response to roads. We used structural equation modeling to assess direct and indirect effects (via landscape modification) of roads on space use by jaguars in Brazil, using radio-tracking data available from the literature. We fit path models that directly link jaguars’ space use to roads and to land cover, and indirectly link jaguars’ space use to roads through the same land cover categories. Our findings show that space use by jaguars was not directly affected by roads, but indirect effects occurred through reductions in natural areas on which jaguars depend, and through urban sprawl. Males´ space use, however, was not negatively influenced by urban areas. Since jaguars seem to ignore roads, mitigation should be directed to road fencing and promoting safe crossings. We argue that planners and managers need to much more seriously take into account the deforestation and the unbridled urban expansion from roads to ensure jaguar conservation in Brazil.

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Home range of a male jaguar spatially associated with the landfill of the city of Playa del Carmen, Mexico

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Cited by 13 publications

References 31 publications

New queen? Evidence of a long-living Jaguar Panthera onca (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) in Tikal National Park, Guatemala

New queen? Evidence of a long-living Jaguar Panthera onca (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) in Tikal National Park, Guatemala

Environmental and anthropogenic factors synergistically affect space use of jaguars

Direct and indirect effects of roads on space use by jaguars in Brazil

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