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Jaguar movement database: a GPS‐based movement dataset of an apex predator in the Neotropics
2018; Wiley; Volume: 99; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1002/ecy.2379
ISSN1939-9170
AutoresRonaldo Gonçalves Morato, Jeffrey J. Thompson, Agustín Paviolo, J. Antonio de la Torre, Fernando Lima, Roy McBride, Rogério Cunha de Paula, Laury Cullen, Leandro Silveira, Daniel Luis Zanella Kantek, Emiliano Esterci Ramalho, Louise Maranhão, Mario Haberfeld, Dênis A. Sana, Rodrigo A. Medellín, Eduardo Carrillo, Víctor Montalvo, Octavio Monroy‐Vilchis, Paula Cruz, Anah T. A. Jácomo, Natália Mundim Tôrres, Giselle Bastos Alves, Ivonne Cassaigne, Ron Thompson, Carolina Saens‐Bolanos, Juan Carlos Hinojosa Cruz, Luiz D. Alfaro, Isabel Hagnauer, Xavier Marina da Silva, Alexandre Vogliotti, Marcela Figuerêdo Duarte Moraes, Selma Samiko Miyazaki, Thadeu Deluque Costa Pereira, Gediendson Ribeiro de Araújo, Leanes Cruz da Silva, Lucas Leuzinger, Marina Mouzinho Carvalho, Lilian Rampin, Leonardo Sartorello, Howard Quigley, Fernando Rodrigo Tortato, Rafael Hoogesteijn, Peter G. Crawshaw, Allison L. Devlin, Joares Adenílson May-Júnior, Fernando César Cascelli de Azevedo, Henrique Villas Boas Concone, Verónica Quiroga, Sebastián Andrés Costa, Juan Pablo Arrabal, Ezequiel Vanderhoeven, Yamil E. Di Blanco, Alexandre Martins Costa Lopes, Cynthia Elisa Widmer, Milton Cézar Ribeiro,
Tópico(s)Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
ResumoAbstract The field of movement ecology has rapidly grown during the last decade, with important advancements in tracking devices and analytical tools that have provided unprecedented insights into where, when, and why species move across a landscape. Although there has been an increasing emphasis on making animal movement data publicly available, there has also been a conspicuous dearth in the availability of such data on large carnivores. Globally, large predators are of conservation concern. However, due to their secretive behavior and low densities, obtaining movement data on apex predators is expensive and logistically challenging. Consequently, the relatively small sample sizes typical of large carnivore movement studies may limit insights into the ecology and behavior of these elusive predators. The aim of this initiative is to make available to the conservation‐scientific community a dataset of 134,690 locations of jaguars ( Panthera onca ) collected from 117 individuals (54 males and 63 females) tracked by GPS technology. Individual jaguars were monitored in five different range countries representing a large portion of the species’ distribution. This dataset may be used to answer a variety of ecological questions including but not limited to: improved models of connectivity from local to continental scales; the use of natural or human‐modified landscapes by jaguars; movement behavior of jaguars in regions not represented in this dataset; intraspecific interactions; and predator‐prey interactions. In making our dataset publicly available, we hope to motivate other research groups to do the same in the near future. Specifically, we aim to help inform a better understanding of jaguar movement ecology with applications towards effective decision making and maximizing long‐term conservation efforts for this ecologically important species. There are no costs, copyright, or proprietary restrictions associated with this data set. When using this data set, please cite this article to recognize the effort involved in gathering and collating the data and the willingness of the authors to make it publicly available.
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