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Bianchi, Rita de Cassia
[1, 2]
;
Olifiers, Natalie
[3]
;
Riski, Leticia Lutke
[4]
;
Gouvea, Jessica Abonizio
[1, 2]
;
Cesario, Clarice Silva
[1, 2]
;
Fornitano, Larissa
[1, 2]
;
Zanirato, Gisele Lamberti
[1, 2]
;
de Oliveira, Mateus Yan
[1]
;
Rodrigues de Morais, Kimberly Danielle
[1]
;
Alves Ribeiro, Renan Lieto
[1]
;
D'Andrea, Paulo Sergio
[5]
;
Gompper, Matthew E.
[6, 7]
Total Authors: 12
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Estadual Paulista Unesp, Fac Ciencias Agr & Vet, Dept Biol Aplicada Agr, Jaboticabal, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Paulista Unesp, Programa Posgrad Biol Anim, Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, SP - Brazil
[3] Univ Veiga Almeida, Rio De Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
[4] Univ Fed Rio De Janeiro, Programa Posgrad Ecol, Rio De Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
[5] Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Inst Oswald Cruz, Rio De Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
[6] Univ Missouri, Sch Nat Resources, Columbia, MO - USA
[7] New Mexico State Univ, Dept Fish Wildlife & Conservat Ecol, Las Cruces, NM 88003 - USA
Total Affiliations: 7
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH; v. 66, n. 3 APR 6 2020. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 2 |
| Abstract | |
Free-ranging dogs (Canis familiaris) negatively impact wildlife worldwide. Yet despite being members of the order Carnivora, we have relatively little information on the role that dogs play in carnivore communities. To evaluate if activity patterns of wild carnivores are influenced by the activity of dogs and if the latter is influenced by the activity of pumas (Puma concolor), we placed camera traps in eight protected areas in Sao Paulo State and in six in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, from 2011 to 2017. We obtained 551 photo-captures of dogs in 20,524 trap nights in 11 of the 14 protected areas. Dogs were active primarily during the day and therefore overlapped mainly with diurnal carnivores, such as tayras (Eira barbara) and coatis (Nasua nasua). Mesocarnivore temporal activity did not appear affected by the activity of dogs, since the activity patterns of tayras, coatis, maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus), and ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) were similar (from 67 to 82% of overlap) in areas with and without dogs. Further, the activity of dogs was not influenced by puma activity; dog activity patterns in areas with pumas and without pumas overlapped by 84%, with minimal differences. While mesocarnivores might alter their spatial behavior to avoid overlap with dogs, it appears that dog use of protected areas does not result in shifts in the temporal activity of mesocarnivores. Further, we hypothesize that dogs that use protected areas are mostly provisioned by humans (owners), and therefore, their activity patterns may be more related to that of their owners than to the presence of native carnivore species. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 17/03501-1 - Temporal partitioning among armadillo species in a Cerrado landscape in the Northeast of the São Paulo State |
| Grantee: | Mateus Yan de Oliveira |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/18526-9 - The importance of cerrado's remnants to the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) in the Northeast of São Paulo State |
| Grantee: | Rita de Cassia Bianchi |
| Support Opportunities: | BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 17/06060-6 - Importance of Cerrado remnants in the maintenance of cracids in the north of São Paulo |
| Grantee: | Kimberly Danielle Rodrigues de Morais |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation |
| FAPESP's process: | 18/15793-0 - Armadillo ecology in an heterogeneous Cerrado landscape of São Paulo: occupancy and spatial overlap |
| Grantee: | Mateus Yan de Oliveira |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation |