Ecology and status of the jaguarundi Puma yagouaroundi: a synthesis of existing knowledge

AJ Giordano - Mammal Review, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The ecology of the jaguarundi is poorly known, so I reviewed the literature for all original
data and remarks on jaguarundi observations, ecology, and behaviour, to synthesize what is …

Effects of human impacts on habitat use, activity patterns and ecological relationships among medium and small felids of the Atlantic Forest

P Cruz, ME Iezzi, C De Angelo, D Varela, MS Di Bitetti… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Competition theory and niche theory suggest that two morphologically similar species may
coexist by reducing the overlap of at least one dimension of their ecological niche. The …

Intraguild predation and interspecific killing as structuring forces of carnivoran communities in South America

TG de Oliveira, JA Pereira - Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2014 - Springer
Intraguild predation (IGP) and interspecific killing (IK) have been recently acknowledged as
important ecological forces that could influence community structure. Not only can …

Defaunation and fragmentation erode small mammal diversity dimensions in tropical forests

RS Bovendorp, FT Brum, RA McCleery, B Baiser… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Forest fragmentation and defaunation are considered the main drivers of biodiversity loss,
yet the synergistic effects of landscape changes and biotic interactions on assemblage …

Impact of ecotourism on abundance, diversity and activity patterns of medium-large terrestrial mammals at Brownsberg Nature Park, Suriname

DA Ouboter, VS Kadosoe, PE Ouboter - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The impacts of ecotourism on biodiversity are poorly understood and the outcome of this
type of research is often contradictory. On the one hand ecotourism could impact the …

[HTML][HTML] Galictis cuja (Mammalia): an update of current knowledge and geographic distribution

DA Poo-Muñoz, LE Escobar, AT Peterson… - Iheringia. Série …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
The lesser grison (Galictis cuja) is one of the least-known mustelids in the Neotropics,
despite its broad range across South America. This study aimed to explore current …

[图书][B] Opossums: an adaptive radiation of New World marsupials

RS Voss, SA Jansa - 2021 - books.google.com
Opossums are the most diverse and ecologically important group of New World marsupials,
although only the Virginia opossum is familiar to North American residents. In fact, many …

Effects of large mammal exclusion on seedling communities depend on plant species traits and landscape protection in human‐modified Costa Rican forests

N Huanca‐Nuñez, RL Chazdon… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Large terrestrial herbivorous mammals (LTH‐mammals) influence plant community structure
by affecting seedling establishment in mature tropical forests. Many of these LTH‐mammals …

Interspecific patterns of small cats in an intraguild-killer free area of the threatened Caatinga drylands, Brazil

LA Fox-Rosales, TG de Oliveira - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The semi-arid Caatinga is the largest dry forest ecoregion in the Americas; nevertheless, it is
experiencing alarming rates of habitat loss. Most vegetation fragments in the biome are …

Temporal and dietary segregation in a neotropical small-felid assemblage and its relation to prey activity

MB Nagy-Reis, VHS Iwakami, CA Estevo, EZF Setz - Mammalian Biology, 2019 - Springer
Mechanisms that decrease niche overlap in at least one of its dimensions (ie, spatial,
temporal, or dietary) tend to facilitate coexistence of similar, sympatric species. We …