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Thresholds of riparian forest use by terrestrial mammals in a fragmented Amazonian deforestation frontier [PDF]

, 2018
Species persistence in fragmented landscapes is intimately related to the quality, structure, and context of remaining habitat remnants. Riparian vegetation is legally protected within private landholdings in Brazil, so we quantitatively assessed ...
A Fonseca, A Uezu, AC Lees, AF Bennett, AS Bueno, B Zimbres, BA Endress, Barbara Zimbres, C Gascon, CA Peres, Carlos A. Peres, CL Armour, CM Souza Jr, DA Saunders, DB Lindenmayer, DI MacKenzie, DI MacKenzie, DP Tubelis, E Broadbent, ESRI, F Michalski, F Michalski, F Umetsu, FW Preston, G Mendieta-Aguilar, G Sparovek, Gabriel Penido, H Beck, J Hawes, J Royle, J Terborgh, JA Hilty, JA Tracey, JA Wiens, JB Dunning, JF Eisenberg, JJ Gerwing, K Henle, L Parry, LC Garcia, M Kéry, M Sberze, NM Haddad, NM Haddad, P Beier, P Beier, PD Taylor, PM Fearnside, PR Prist, R Fraga De, RC Richards, RF Noss, RH MacArthur, Ricardo B. Machado, RJ Hobbs, RJ Naiman, RL Harrison, TA Gardner, TG Martin, TH Ricketts, WF Laurance, WZ Lidicker   +61 more
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When Calves Get Vulnerable, Ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) Get Bold: A Camera Trap Record of Opportunistic Foraging in a Fragmented Landscape

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
We report the first confirmed record of an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) dragging a newborn calf in a degraded forest fragment of southeastern Brazil. Using camera trap records, we reveal an opportunistic foraging event involving a vulnerable domestic prey within a highly fragmented landscape.
Álvaro Augusto Naves Silva, Vinícius da Fontoura Sperandei, Cássio Cardoso Pereira   +2 more
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Consumption of an adult Puma yagouaroundi (Felidae) by the snake Boa constrictor (Boidae) in Central Mexico Consumo de un jaguarundi adulto Puma yagouaroundi (Felidae) por la serpiente Boa constrictor (Boidae) en el centro de México

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2011
Few felids have been recorded as being preyed upon by the Boa constrictor snake (Boa constrictor). Documentation of predation on felids by reptiles is scarce, and natural predators of the adult jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi) are poorly known.
Octavio Monroy-Vilchis, Óscar Sánchez, Vicente Urios   +2 more
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Monitoring wild animal communities with arrays of motion sensitive camera traps [PDF]

, 2010
Studying animal movement and distribution is of critical importance to addressing environmental challenges including invasive species, infectious diseases, climate and land-use change.
Carbone, Chris, Eggert, Jay, Fountain, Tony, He, Zhihai, Jansen, Patrick A., Kays, Roland, Kranstauber, Bart, Rowcliffe, Marcus J., Tilak, Sameer   +8 more
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Terrestrial mammal responses to habitat structure and quality of remnant riparian forests in an Amazonian cattle-ranching landscape [PDF]

, 2017
Extensive 1970–2010 deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has generated a ~ 1.5 Mha fragmented region known as the ‘arc of deforestation’. Farmers and cattle ranchers throughout Brazil are legally required to set-aside riparian forest strips within their
Machado, Ricardo Bomfim, Peres, Carlos A., Zimbres, Barbara   +2 more
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Combining Geographic Distribution and Trait Information to Infer Predator–Prey Species-Level Interaction Properties [PDF]

, 2023
Biotic interactions are a key component of the proper functioning of ecosystems. However, information on biotic interactions is spatially and taxonomically biased and limited to several groups. The most efficient strategy to fill these gaps is to combine
Dáttilo, W., Kissling, W.D., Santiago-Alarcon, D., Sánchez-Barradas, A., Villalobos, F.   +4 more
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Fallen Logs Act as Natural Bridges Over Rivers in a Tropical Wet Forest

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.
We studied how vertebrate species used logs as bridges over rivers in a tropical rainforest. Most mammals present in the area used logs, but the frequency and probability of crossing varied widely among species, between seasons, and in relation to the dimensions of the log and the river below.
Juan S. Vargas Soto, Carolina Pinto, Eleanor J. Flatt, Andrew Whitworth   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regional evolutionary distinctiveness and endangerment as a means of prioritizing protection of endangered species [PDF]

, 2015
Conservation is costly, and choices must be made about where to best allocate limited resources. I propose a regional evolutionary diversity and endangerment (RED-E) approach to prioritization of endangered species.
Brantner, Emily K
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Recurrent Evolution of Melanism in South American Felids [PDF]

, 2015
Morphological variation in natural populations is a genomic test bed for studying the interface between molecular evolution and population genetics, but some of the most interesting questions involve non-model organisms that lack well annotated reference
Absher, Devin, Barsh, Gregory S., David, Victor A., Day, Kenneth, Eizirik, Eduardo, Henegar, Corneliu, Menotti-Raymond, Marilyn, Napolitano, Constanza, O\u27Brien, Stephen J., Schneider, Alexsandra, Silveira, Leandro   +10 more
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Mammals with large home ranges, low reproductive rates and small body sizes are most vulnerable to roads: A meta‐analysis

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 62, Issue 12, Page 3227-3239, December 2025.
Road mitigation for mammals should ideally be informed by site‐level knowledge and generally involve prioritizing species with the combination of larger home ranges, lower reproductive rates and smaller body sizes. To protect these vulnerable mammals from roads, we should maintain low road densities and instal small‐mesh mitigation fencing along roads.
Sean Patterson, Lenore Fahrig, Jochen A. G. Jaeger, Oriana Meek‐Sauriol, Fernanda Z. Teixeira, Aurora Torres, Trina Rytwinski   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source