Mammal defaunation as surrogate of trophic cascades in a biodiversity hotspot

MLSP Jorge, M Galetti, MC Ribeiro… - Biological …, 2013 - Elsevier
Preserving large tracts of natural habitats is essential to maintain biodiversity. Nevertheless,
even large areas may still suffer from less “visible” impacts such as loss of ecological …

A biodiversity hotspot losing its top predator: The challenge of jaguar conservation in the Atlantic Forest of South America

A Paviolo, C De Angelo, KM Ferraz, RG Morato… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The jaguar is the top predator of the Atlantic Forest (AF), which is a highly threatened
biodiversity hotspot that occurs in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. By combining data sets …

The jaguar's spots are darker than they appear: assessing the global conservation status of the jaguar Panthera onca

JA De La Torre, JF González-Maya, H Zarza… - Oryx, 2018 - cambridge.org
The IUCN Red List is widely used to guide conservation policy and practice. However, in
most cases the evaluation of a species using IUCN Red List criteria takes into account only …

Large-scale assessment of genetic diversity and population connectivity of Amazonian jaguars (Panthera onca) provides a baseline for their conservation and …

G Lorenzana, L Heidtmann, T Haag, E Ramalho… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Jaguar population genetics has so far not been investigated on a broad scale in the Amazon
rainforest, which constitutes the largest remaining block of continuous habitat for the …

Implications of fine-grained habitat fragmentation and road mortality for jaguar conservation in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil

L Cullen Jr, JC Stanton, F Lima, A Uezu, MLL Perilli… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Jaguar (Panthera onca) populations in the Upper Paraná River, in the Brazilian Atlantic
Forest region, live in a landscape that includes highly fragmented areas as well as relatively …

Are we headed towards the defaunation of the last large Atlantic Forest remnants? Poaching activities in one of the largest remnants of the Tabuleiro forests in …

JAC Sousa, AC Srbek-Araujo - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2017 - Springer
Hunting is a problem to animal conservation in different parts of the world and it has caused
the local extinction of several species. The aim of this study was to characterize the …

Worrisome isolation: noninvasive genetic analyses shed light on the critical status of a remnant jaguar population

AC Srbek-Araujo, T Haag, AG Chiarello… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Many carnivore species, particularly felids, are sensitive to land use changes and may
disappear from landscapes with reduced natural habitat and increased fragmentation. The …

Predicting acceptability of jaguars and pumas in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil

MT Engel, JJ Vaske, AJ Bath… - Human Dimensions of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Jaguars and pumas are threatened species in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, especially at the
borders of protected areas. This article assessed the influence of emotions, attitudes …

Atlantic rainforest's jaguars in decline

M Galetti, E Eizirik, B Beisiegel, K Ferraz, S Cavalcanti… - Science, 2013 - science.org
IN HER NEWS FOCUS STORY “PREDATORS IN THE'hood”(20 September, p. 1332), V.
Morell reported that top predator populations are coming back across much of North …

[PDF][PDF] Species distribution modeling for conservation purposes

KMPMB Ferraz, SFB Ferraz… - Natureza & …, 2012 - treinamentoava.icmbio.gov.br
Species distribution models (SDMs) can be useful for different conservation purposes. We
discuss the importance of fitting spatial scale and using current records and relevant …