Movements and Home Range of Jaguars (Panthera onca) and Mountain Lions (Puma concolor) in a Tropical Dry Forest of Western Mexico

Núñez, Rodrigo; Miller, Brian J.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-03463-4_14

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“…Female dispersal is likely limited during the nursing period where she has to stay close to young kittens and/or are unable to move larger distances (Sandell, 1989;Nakanishi et al, 2005;Chen et al, 2016). Weighing 2.3 kg, LC-A is a large dominant male that maintained an extensive home-range overlapping 3-4 female home-ranges similar to that recorded for other cat species (Stander et al, 1997;Sliwa, 2004;Simcharoen et al, 2008;Goodrich et al, 2010;Anile et al, 2017;Nuñez-Perez and Miller, 2019) suggesting that overlapping home-range results from males attempting to monopolize access to females. In some cases, LC-A overlapped a breeding female home-range 52.65% and fought off a smaller male, LC-H (1.8 kg), at a time when LC-H attempted to mate with a female inside LC-A's home-range.…”

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Activity and Ranging Behavior of Leopard Cats (Prionailurus bengalensis) in an Oil Palm Landscape

Putra¹,

Amran²,

Huda³

et al. 2021

Front. Environ. Sci.

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The leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) is the most widespread feline in Asia. It has been recorded in a range of habitats, including monoculture landscapes, such as oil palm plantations. Here, we report on a study on the presence, home range, activity patterns and diet of the species in an oil palm landscape to assess their viability as biological pest controller of rats. The study took place in United Plantations/PT SSS estate in Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. From July 2014 to March 2018, we captured 11 leopard cats in purpose-built cage-traps and fitted them with VHF radio-transmitters. They were tracked for a 44 months study period, during which we collected a total of 2.031 GPS locations used for estimating the respective cats’ activities and home-ranges. The cats are strictly nocturnal and prefer to hide and rest in thick bush, primarily consisting of sword-fern (Nephrolepis sp.) during day-time, but forage both on the ground and in the palm canopy at night. The average home range (95% FK) for male leopard cats is 1.47 km2 (n = 7; SD = 0.62 km2) with slightly smaller home range for females at 1.29 km2 (n = 4; SD = 0.28 km2). All individuals studied were recorded strictly within the oil palm plantation landscape, although mangrove forest habitat makes up 7% of the greater plantation landscape. In conclusion, leopard cats survive and reproduce well in oil palm habitats and are effective biological controllers of rats that can replace the traditionally used expensive and environmentally polluting chemical rat poisons.

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confidence: 75%

Activity and Ranging Behavior of Leopard Cats (Prionailurus bengalensis) in an Oil Palm Landscape

Putra¹,

Amran²,

Huda³

et al. 2021

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…All animals captured were part of three long‐term jaguar conservation programs aimed at studying the movement patterns of large felids (Cruz et al, 2021; de la Torre et al, 2017; Nuñez‐Perez & Miller, 2019). All procedures for trapping and handling animals followed the guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the use of wild mammals in research and were approved by the Mexican Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (SGPA/DGVS/11347/10, SGPA/DGVS/09421/12, SGPA/DGVS/01315/14, SGPA/DGVS/03116/15, SGPA/DGVS/06741/16, SGPA/DGVS/03769/16, SGPA/DGVS/00635/18, SGPA/DGVS/004041/19, SGPA/DGVS/00583/20, SGPA/DGVS/03315/20).…”

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“…onca ) and pumas ( P . concolor ) varies considerably according to the landscape, ranging from 11.7 to 540.9 km 2 (de la Torre et al, 2017; Nuñez‐Perez & Miller, 2019), and at least 85 species of prey have been described for these large felids (Harmsen et al, 2010). Although 73 vector‐borne pathogens and 144 arthropod ectoparasites, including ticks, have been reported in wild carnivores worldwide (Lindenfors et al, 2007), little is known about the role parasites and vectors can play in large felid host populations.…”

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Spatial distribution patterns of tick community structure in sympatric jaguars (Panthera onca) and pumas (Puma concolor) from three ecoregions in Mexico

López‐Pérez

López-Fernández

Backus

et al. 2022

Medical Vet Entomology

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We examined tick communities on wild felid hosts in three ecoregions of Mexico. We collected 186 ticks of 7 species from 10 pumas (Puma concolor) and 9 jaguars (Panthera onca). Tick community composition varied across the ecoregions, and across host species within each region. Overall, Ixodes affinis, Amblyomma ovale, and Amblyomma tenellum were the most abundant species; however, only the latter two ticks were distributed across all three ecoregions, while I. affinis, along with Ixodes spinipalpis, Amblyomma inornatum, and Amblyomma parvum were restricted to more limited geographical regions. Ixodes affinis occurred strictly in southern tropical rainforest ecoregions and was significantly more abundant in Selva Lacandona compared with the Yucatán Peninsula. Amblyomma ovale was significantly more common in the tropical dry forest in the Pacific coastal ecoregion. Amblyomma tenellum abundance tended to be higher on jaguars, while I. affinis abundance was higher on pumas. Regional distribution patterns of some tick species (e.g., I. affinis and I. spinipalpis) may be determined by off‐host environmental conditions rather than host factors. In contrast, at the local scale, occurrence and abundance of some tick species (e.g., A. tenellum, A. ovale and Rhipicephalus microplus) might be driven by ecological‐host factors, such as habitat use or predator–prey relationships.

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“…For jaguars, we used an estimate obtained using radio tracking on males in an earlier study in the same population (Rabinowitz and Nottingham 1986). We assumed females had a home range 50% that of males based on Nuñez-Perez and Miller (2019). To measure the trap density for each species and sex, we first calculated the radius of a circle with an area equal to the estimated true area.…”

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Are trapping data suited for home‐range estimation?

2023

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Modern home‐range estimation typically relies on data derived from expensive radio‐ or GPS‐tracking. Although trapping represents a low‐cost alternative to telemetry, evaluation of the performance of home‐range estimators on trap‐derived data is lacking. Using simulated data, we evaluated three variables reflecting the key trade‐offs ecologists face when designing a trapping study: 1) the number of observations obtained per individual, 2) the trap density and 3) the proportion of the home range falling inside the trapping area. We compared the performance of five home‐range estimators (MCP: Minimum Convex Polygon, LoCoH: Local Convex Hull, KDE: Kernel Density Estimation, AKDE: Autocorrelated Kernel Density Estimation, BicubIt: Bicubic Interpolation). We further explored the potential benefits of combining these estimators with asymptotic models, which leverage the saturating behavior of changes in the estimated home‐range area as the number of observations increases to improve accuracy, as well as different data‐ordering procedures. We then quantified the bias in home‐range size under the different scenarios investigated. The number of observations and the proportion of the home range within the trapping grid were the most important predictors of the accuracy and the precision of home‐range estimates. The use of asymptotic models helped to obtain accurate estimates at smaller sample sizes, while distance ordering improved the precision and asymptotic consistency of estimates. While AKDE was the best performing estimator under most conditions evaluated, bicubic interpolation was a viable alternative under common real‐world conditions of low trap density and area covered. A case study using empirical data from white‐tailed deer in Florida and another from jaguars in Belize demonstrated support for the findings of our simulation results. Although researchers with trap data often overlook home‐range estimation, our results indicate that these data have the capacity to yield accurate estimates of home‐range size. Trapping data can, therefore, lower the economic costs of home‐range analysis, potentially enlarging the span of species, researchers and questions studied in ecology and conservation.

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Movements and Home Range of Jaguars (Panthera onca) and Mountain Lions (Puma concolor) in a Tropical Dry Forest of Western Mexico

Cited by 16 publications

References 42 publications

Activity and Ranging Behavior of Leopard Cats (Prionailurus bengalensis) in an Oil Palm Landscape

Activity and Ranging Behavior of Leopard Cats (Prionailurus bengalensis) in an Oil Palm Landscape

Spatial distribution patterns of tick community structure in sympatric jaguars (Panthera onca) and pumas (Puma concolor) from three ecoregions in Mexico

Are trapping data suited for home‐range estimation?

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