Environmental and anthropogenic factors synergistically affect space use of jaguars

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Thompson, Jeffrey J. ^{[1, 2, 3]} ; Morato, Ronaldo G. ^[4] ; Niebuhr, Bernardo B. ^{[5, 6, 4, 7]} ; Alegre, Vanesa Bejarano ^[7] ; Oshima, Julia Emi F. ^[7] ; de Barros, Alan E. ^[8] ; Paviolo, Agustin ^{[9, 10, 11]} ; Antonio de la Torre, J. ^{[12, 13]} ; Lima, Fernando ^{[7, 14]} ; McBride, Jr., Roy T. ^[15] ; de Paula, Rogerio Cunha ^[4] ; Cullen, Jr., Laury ^[14] ; Silveira, Leandro ^[16] ; Kantek, Daniel L. Z. ^[17] ; Ramalho, Emiliano E. ^{[5, 18]} ; Maranhao, Louise ^[18] ; Haberfeld, Mario ^{[19, 20, 21]} ; Sana, Denis A. ^{[5, 22]} ; Medellin, Rodrigo A. ^{[23, 24]} ; Carrillo, Eduardo ^[25] ; Montalvo, Victor H. ^{[25, 26]} ; Monroy-Vilchis, Octavio ^[27] ; Cruz, Paula ^{[9, 10, 11]} ; Jacomo, Anah T. A. ^[16] ; Alves, Giselle B. ^{[16, 28]} ; Cassaigne, Ivonne ^[29] ; Thompson, Ron ^[29] ; Saenz-Bolanos, Carolina ^{[25, 26]} ; Carlos Cruz, Juan ^{[26, 30]} ; Alfaro, Luis D. ^[25] ; Hagnauer, Isabel ^[31] ; da Silva, Marina Xavier ^[32] ; Vogliotti, Alexandre ^[33] ; Moraes, Marcela F. D. ^[32] ; Miyazaki, Selma S. ^[17] ; Araujo, Gediendson R. ^{[34, 35]} ; da Silva, Leanes Cruz ^{[35, 36]} ; Leuzinger, Lucas ^[35] ; Carvalho, Marina M. ^[37] ; Rampim, Lilian ^[19] ; Sartorello, Leonardo ^[19] ; Quigley, Howard ^[20] ; Tortato, Fernando R. ^[20] ; Hoogesteijn, Rafael ^[20] ; Crawshaw, Jr., Peter G. ^[4] ; Devlin, Allison L. ^{[38, 20, 39]} ; May Junior, Joares A. ^{[5, 19, 20, 40]} ; Powell, George V. N. ^[41] ; Tobler, Mathias W. ^[42] ; Carrillo-Percastegui, Samia E. ^[42] ; Payan, Esteban ^[20] ; Azevedo, Fernando C. C. ^{[43, 5]} ; Concone, Henrique V. B. ^{[5, 44]} ; Quiroga, Veronica A. ^{[45, 11, 46]} ; Costa, Sebastian A. ^{[9, 10, 11]} ; Arrabal, Juan P. ^{[11, 47]} ; Vanderhoeven, Ezequiel ^{[11, 47]} ; Di Blanco, Yamil E. ^{[9, 10, 11]} ; Lopes, Alexandre M. C. ^[48] ; Ribeiro, Milton Cezar ^[7]

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^[1] Inst Saite, Asuncion - Paraguay

^[2] Assoc Guyra Paraguay, Parque Ecol Asuncion Verde, Asuncion - Paraguay

^[3] CONACYT, Parque Ecol Asuncion Verde, Asuncion - Paraguay

^[4] Inst Chico Mendes Conservacao Biodiversidade, Ctr Nacl Pesquisa & Conservacao Mamiferos Carnivo, BR-12952011 Atibaia, SP - Brazil

^[5] Inst Procarnivoros, BR-12945010 Atibaia, SP - Brazil

^[6] Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Anim Nutr & Management, Uppsala - Sweden

^[7] Univ Estadual Paulista UNESP, Inst Biociencias, Dept Biodiversidade, Lab Ecol Espacial & Conservacao LEEC, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP - Brazil

^[8] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Dept Ecol, Rua Matao, Trav 14, 321 Cidade Univ, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[9] Univ Nacl Misiones, Inst Biol Subtrop, RA-3370 Puerto Iguazu, Misiones - Argentina

^[10] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, RA-3370 Puerto Iguazu, Misiones - Argentina

^[11] Assoc Civil Ctr Invest Bosque Atlantico, RA-3370 Puerto Iguazu, Misiones - Argentina

^[12] Bioconciencia AC, Programa Jaguares de la Selva Maya, Ciudad De Mexico - Mexico

^[13] Univ Nottingham Malaysia, Sch Environm & Geog Sci, Jalan Broga, Semenyih 43500, Selangor - Malaysia

^[14] IPE Inst Pesquisas Ecol, BR-12960000 Nazare Paulista, SP - Brazil

^[15] Faro Moro Eco Res, Dept Boqueron, Estancia Faro Moro - Paraguay

^[16] Inst Onca Pintada, BR-75830000 Mineiros, Go - Brazil

^[17] Inst Chico Mendes Conservacao Biodiversidade, Estacao Ecol Taiama, BR-78210625 Caceres, MT - Brazil

^[18] Inst Desenvolvimento Sustentavel Mamiraua, BR-69553225 Tefe, AM - Brazil

^[19] Assoc Oncafari, Rua Ferreira Araujo, Cj 14, Sala 4, BR-05428000 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[20] Panthera, 8 West 40th St, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10018 - USA

^[21] Inst Sos Pantanal, R Gutemberg, 328 Ctr, BR-79002160 Campo Grande, MS - Brazil

^[22] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS, Inst Biociencias, Programa Posgrad Biol Anim, BR-91501970 Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil

^[23] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ecol, Ciudad Univ, Mexico City 04318, DF - Mexico

^[24] CONACyT, Ciudad Univ, Mexico City 04318, DF - Mexico

^[25] Univ Nacl Costa Rica, Inst Int Conservac & Manejo Vida Silvestre, Heredia 13503000 - Costa Rica

^[26] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Environm Conservat, Amherst, MA 01003 - USA

^[27] Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Ctr Invest Ciencias Biol Aplicadas, Inst Literario 100, Toluca 50000, Estado De Mexic - Mexico

^[28] Univ Fed Uberl Ndia, Inst Biol, Lab Ecol Mamiferos LEMA, BR-38408100 Uberlandia, MG - Brazil

^[29] Primero Conservat, Box 1588, Pinetop, AZ 85935 - USA

^[30] Nama Conservat, Heredia 40101 - Costa Rica

^[31] Rescate Anim Zooave, Fdn Restaurac Nat, Apdo 1327-4050, Alajuela - Costa Rica

^[32] Projeto Carnivoros Iguacu, BR-85851970 Foz Do Iguacu, PR - Brazil

^[33] Univ Fed Integracao Latino Amer, Inst Latino Amer Ciencias Vida & Nat, BR-85851970 Foz Do Iguacu, PR - Brazil

^[34] Univ Fed Mato Grosso do Sul, Fac Med Vet & Zootecnia, BR-79070900 Campo Grande, MS - Brazil

^[35] Fazenda Barranco Alto, Inst Oncas Rio Negro, BR-79208000 Aquidauana, MS - Brazil

^[36] Univ Fed Vicosa, Dept Med Vet, BR-36570 Vicosa, MG - Brazil

^[37] Inst Def & Preservacao Felideos Brasileiros, BR-72960000 Corumba De Goias, Go - Brazil

^[38] SUNY Coll Environm Sci & Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210 - USA

^[39] Univ Montana, WA Franke Coll Forestry & Conservat, Wildlife Biol Program, Missoula, MT 59812 - USA

^[40] Univ Sul Santa Catarina, BR-88704900 Tubarao, SC - Brazil

^[41] Wildlife Protect Solut, 2501 Welton St, Denver, CO 80205 - USA

^[42] Inst Conservat Res, San Diego Zoo Global, 15600 San Pasqual Valley Rd, Escondido, CA 92027 - USA

^[43] Univ Fed Sao Joao Del Rei, Dept Ciencias Nat, BR-36301160 Sao Joao Del Rei, MG - Brazil

^[44] Univ Sao Paulo ESALQ CENA, Lab Ecol Manejo & Conservacao Fauna Silvestre, Programa Posgrad Interunidades Ecol Aplicada, BR-13418900 Piracicaba, SP - Brazil

^[45] Univ Nacl Cordoba, Fac Ciencias Exactas Fis & Nat, Ctr Zool Aplicada, Cordoba - Argentina

^[46] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn CONICET, Inst Diversidad & Ecol Anim IDEA, Cordoba - Argentina

^[47] Minist Salud Nac, Inst Nacl Med Trop ANLIS, RA-3370 Puerto Iguazu, Misiones - Argentina

^[48] Inst Pesquisa & Conservacao Tamanduas Brasil, BR-64200025 Parnaiba, PI - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Current Biology; v. 31, n. 15, p. 3457+, AUG 9 2021.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

Large terrestrial carnivores have undergone some of the largest population declines and range reductions of any species, which is of concern as they can have large effects on ecosystem dynamics and function.1-4 The jaguar (Panthera onca) is the apex predator throughout the majority of the Neotropics; however, its distribution has been reduced by >50% and it survives in increasingly isolated populations.5 Consequently, the range-wide management of the jaguar depends upon maintaining core populations connected through multi-national, transboundary cooperation, which requires understanding the movement ecology and space use of jaguars throughout their range.6-8 Using GPS telemetry data for 111 jaguars from 13 ecoregions within the four biomes that constitute the majority of jaguar habitat, we examined the landscape-level environmental and anthropogenic factors related to jaguar home range size and movement parameters. Home range size decreased with increasing net productivity and forest cover and increased with increasing road density. Speed decreased with increasing forest cover with no sexual differences, while males had more directional movements, but tortuosity in movements was not related to any landscape factors. We demonstrated a synergistic relationship between landscape-scale environmental and anthropogenic factors and jaguars' spatial needs, which has applications to the conservation strategy for the species throughout the Neotropics. Using large-scale collaboration, we overcame limitations from small sample sizes typical in large carnivore research to provide a mechanism to evaluate habitat quality for jaguars and an inferential modeling framework adapt (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 18/13037-3 - Movement ecology of the neotropical apex predator through different habitats and their interplay with preys
• Grantee: Vanesa Fabiola Bejarano Alegre
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 18/24891-5 - How do jaguars move through the landscape? Integrated step selection and movement analyses applied to jaguar ecology and conservation
• Grantee: Alan Eduardo de Barros
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• FAPESP's process: 14/24921-0 - Jaguar movement pattern and habitat selection: new analytical challenges using GPS-satellite telemetry data
• Grantee: Ronaldo Gonçalves Morato
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research