Seasonal home-range size of the white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus thomasi, in a tropical wetland of southeastern Mexico

Contreras‐Moreno, Fernando M.; Hidalgo‐Mihart, Mircea G.; Reyna-Hurtado, Rafael; López‐González, Carlos A.; Cruz, Alejandro Jesús-de la

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“…Identifying the functionality of artificial water troughs in improving the habitats of deer has become a research priority in México. In this regard, studies in the Maya Forest have recorded that the movements of deer and the size of their home range change during the drought season (Contreras-Moreno et al 2019a, 2021a. Knowing the functionality of water availability for deer in artificial troughs would help improve conservation and management programs for the various deer species (Fulbrigth and Ortega-S. 2007).…”

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Use of artificial water troughs by deer in the Maya forest, México

Contreras-Moreno,

Jesús-Espinosa,

Sánchez

et al. 2024

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Artificial water troughs have been implemented in the Calakmul region as a measure that contributes to the maintenance of wildlife populations during the drought season. The aim of this study was to estimate the use of artificial water troughs by three species of deer (Odocoileus virginianus, M. pandora, and Mazama temama) in the Maya Forest of Campeche in southeastern México. The study was carried out in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (CBR, in Spanish) in southeastern México. Seventy artificial water troughs were installed, most of them within the core areas of the CBR. Between December 2018 and August 2021, eight digital traps were placed in eight artificial water troughs to monitor the presence of deer. The Photographic Visit Index (PVI) was calculated, and the visit rates of each species were compared by sampling year for each monitoring station. Deer activity patterns were evaluated using circular statistics to assess whether there were differences between visiting times. Watson-Williams tests were performed during the different sampling months. The density of records was analyzed to identify the degree of overlap in the deer activity patterns. With a sampling effort of 4,672 nights/camera, we captured 477 records of O. virginianus, 229 of M. pandora, and three of M. temama using artificial water troughs in the CBR. Due to the scarce records of M. temama in water troughs, comparative analyses were performed only with the other two deer species. According to the PVI, in the case of O. virginianus, highly significant differences were found between the three sampling years (H = 12.575, df = 2, P < 0.001); similarly, M. pandora showed highly significant differences between sampling years (H = 9.29, df = 2, P = 0.001). Regarding activity patterns, O. virginianus is mainly diurnal, with peaks of activity in the early hours of the day (8:00 h to 9:00 h). M. pandora was also mainly diurnal, showing the highest peaks of activity in the early hours of the day and before dusk. O. virginianus and M. pandora regularly visit water troughs, and the presence of deer in water troughs responds to their need to drink water for thermoregulation. The activity pattern of deer was mainly diurnal; it is safer for both species to move during the day because predators were recorded constantly in the study area. The degree of overlap recorded between O. virginianus and M. pandora suggests that both species are active at the same times of the day.

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Use of artificial water troughs by deer in the Maya forest, México

Contreras-Moreno,

Jesús-Espinosa,

Sánchez

et al. 2024

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Occupancy Modeling Reveals That Landscape Scale Drives Habitat Use by White-Tailed Deer in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Mandujano,

Andrade-Ponce,

Zavaleta

et al. 2023

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Landscape patterns in the occupancy of jaguars (Panthera onca) and their primary prey species in a disturbed region of the Selva Maya in Mexico

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In order to prioritize the conservation and management efforts to protect jaguars (Panthera onca), it is of utmost importance to determine their tolerance in face of human disturbances, habitat modifications and varying degrees of prey availability. We assessed the occupancy probability of jaguars and five of their most common prey species throughout a heterogeneous landscape in the Selva Maya in southern Mexico: armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), coati (Nasua narica), paca (Cuniculus paca), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), and collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu). Additionally, we projected prey and Jaguar occupancies onto a 5993 km2 landscape based on the habitat type in the area. We averaged the best prey models ranked by QAICc and found that white-tailed deer had the highest average occupancy probability of 0.72 ± 0.06 and paca the lowest with 0.14 ± 0.04. The average occupancy probability for jaguars was 0.35 ± 0.07 and the strongest predictor of jaguar occupancy was a positive effect of collared peccary occupancy. These findings support previous studies that show that predator distribution is largely influenced by their prey availability, even in the midst of degraded habitats, and underlies the essential need to incorporate protection plans for prey species in jaguar conservation strategies.

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Seasonal home-range size of the white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus thomasi, in a tropical wetland of southeastern Mexico

Abstract: Seasonal home-range size of the white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus thomasi, in a tropical wetland of southeastern Mexico Tamaño del ámbito hogareño estacional del venado de cola blanca, Odocoileus virginianus thomasi, en un humedal tropical del sureste de México

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Use of artificial water troughs by deer in the Maya forest, México

Use of artificial water troughs by deer in the Maya forest, México

Occupancy Modeling Reveals That Landscape Scale Drives Habitat Use by White-Tailed Deer in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Landscape patterns in the occupancy of jaguars (Panthera onca) and their primary prey species in a disturbed region of the Selva Maya in Mexico

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