Accurately estimating home range and understanding movement behavior can provide
important information on ecological processes. Advances in data collection and analysis …

Habitat loss and fragmentation represent major threats for the conservation of apex
predators, such as the jaguar (Panthera onca). Investigating species' resource selection …

This study was designed to evaluate the efficiency of medetomidine anesthesia for semen
collection through urethral catheter in wild and captive jaguars. Six captive and five wild …

Coexistence, as a concept and as a management goal and practice, has attracted
increasing attention from researchers, managers and decision-makers dedicated to …

Agonistic encounters among carnivores can be potentially avoided or minimized by shifts in
daily activity patterns. Here, we investigated the temporal ecology of mesocarnivores which …

The jaguar, Panthera onca, is a top predator with the extant population found within the
Brazilian Caatinga biome now known to be on the brink of extinction. Designing new …

Hunting is responsible for the decline of more than half of all mammal species from Brazil;
however, very few studies relating to hunting exist for the Eastern region of the Amazon …

Abstract The state of Mato Grosso is one of the largest (903 357 km.) and most diverse in
terms of vegetation in Brazil, encompassing three distinct Neotropical biomes–the Amazon …

Sambaquis are archaeological shell mounds and middens formed by pre-Columbian
populations inhabiting the Atlantic Forest coast of Brazil between the Middle and Late …

Jaguars (Panthera onca) exert critical top-down control over large vertebrates across the
Neotropics. Yet, this iconic species have been declining due to multiple threats, such as …