Affiliations 

  • 1 Asociación Guyra Paraguay and CONACYT, Parque Ecológico Asunción Verde, Asunción, Paraguay; Insituto Saite, Asunción, Paraguay. Electronic address: jthompson.py@gmail.com
  • 2 Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Mamíferos Carnívoros, Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, Atibaia, SP 12952011, Brazil
  • 3 Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Mamíferos Carnívoros, Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, Atibaia, SP 12952011, Brazil; Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Laboratório de Ecologia Espacial e Conservação LEEC, Rio Claro, SP 13506900, Brazil; Instituto Pró-Carnívoros, Atibaia, SP 12945010, Brazil; Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
  • 4 Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Laboratório de Ecologia Espacial e Conservação LEEC, Rio Claro, SP 13506900, Brazil
  • 5 Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Trav. 14, no. 321, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil
  • 6 Instituto de Biología Subtropical, Universidad Nacional de Misiones and CONICET, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones 3370, Argentina; Asociación Civil Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones 3370, Argentina
  • 7 Programa Jaguares de la Selva Maya, Bioconciencia A.C., Ciudad de México, México; School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 8 Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Laboratório de Ecologia Espacial e Conservação LEEC, Rio Claro, SP 13506900, Brazil; IPÊ-Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Nazaré Paulista, SP 12960000, Brazil
  • 9 Faro Moro Eco Research, Estancia Faro Moro, Departamento de Boquerón, Paraguay
  • 10 IPÊ-Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Nazaré Paulista, SP 12960000, Brazil
  • 11 Instituto Onça Pintada, Mineiros, GO 75830000, Brazil
  • 12 Estacao Ecológica Taiamã, Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, Cáceres, MT 78210625, Brazil
  • 13 Instituto Pró-Carnívoros, Atibaia, SP 12945010, Brazil; Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá, Tefé, AM 69553225, Brazil
  • 14 Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá, Tefé, AM 69553225, Brazil
  • 15 Associação Onçafari, Rua Ferreira de Araújo, 221, Cj.14, Sala 4, Pinheiros, São Paulo, SP 05428-000, Brazil; Panthera, 8 West 40th Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10018, USA; Instituto SOS Pantanal, R. Gutemberg, 328 Centro, Campo Grande, MS 79002-160, Brazil
  • 16 Instituto Pró-Carnívoros, Atibaia, SP 12945010, Brazil; Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS 91501970, Brazil
  • 17 Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and CONACyT, Ciudad Universitaria, México D.F. 04318, México
  • 18 Instituto Internacional en Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Heredia 1350-3000, Costa Rica
  • 19 Instituto Internacional en Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Heredia 1350-3000, Costa Rica; Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
  • 20 Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Biológicas Aplicadas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Instituto Literario 100, Col. Centro C.P. 50000, Toluca, Estado de México
  • 21 Instituto Onça Pintada, Mineiros, GO 75830000, Brazil; Instituto de Biologia, Laboratório de Ecologia de Mamíferos LEMA, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG 38408100, Brazil
  • 22 Primero Conservation, Box 1588, Pinetop, AZ 85935, USA
  • 23 Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA; Namá Conservation, Heredia 40101, Costa Rica
  • 24 Rescate Animal Zooave, Fundación Restauración de la Naturaleza, Apdo 1327-4050, Alajuela, Costa Rica
  • 25 Projeto Carnívoros do Iguaçu, Foz do Iguaçu, PR 85851970, Brazil
  • 26 Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana, Instituto Latino-Americano de Ciências da Vida e da Natureza, Foz do Iguaçu, PR 85851970, Brazil
  • 27 Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Campo Grande, MS 79070-900, Brasil; Instituto Onças do Rio Negro, Fazenda Barranco Alto, Aquidauana, MS 79208000, Brazil
  • 28 Instituto Onças do Rio Negro, Fazenda Barranco Alto, Aquidauana, MS 79208000, Brazil; Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570, Brazil
  • 29 Instituto Onças do Rio Negro, Fazenda Barranco Alto, Aquidauana, MS 79208000, Brazil
  • 30 Instituto de Defesa e Preservação dos Felídeos Brasileiros, Corumbá de Goiás, GO 72960000, Brazil
  • 31 Associação Onçafari, Rua Ferreira de Araújo, 221, Cj.14, Sala 4, Pinheiros, São Paulo, SP 05428-000, Brazil
  • 32 Panthera, 8 West 40th Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10018, USA
  • 33 Panthera, 8 West 40th Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10018, USA; SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA; Wildlife Biology Program, W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
  • 34 Instituto Pró-Carnívoros, Atibaia, SP 12945010, Brazil; Associação Onçafari, Rua Ferreira de Araújo, 221, Cj.14, Sala 4, Pinheiros, São Paulo, SP 05428-000, Brazil; Panthera, 8 West 40th Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10018, USA; Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina, Tubarão, SC 88704-900, Brazil
  • 35 Wildlife Protection Solutions, 2501 Welton Street, Denver, CO 80205, USA
  • 36 San Diego Zoo Global, Institute for Conservation Research, 15600 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA 92027, USA
  • 37 Instituto Pró-Carnívoros, Atibaia, SP 12945010, Brazil; Universidade Federal de São João del Rei, Departamento de Ciências Naturais, São João del Rei, MG 36301160, Brazil
  • 38 Instituto Pró-Carnívoros, Atibaia, SP 12945010, Brazil; Laboratório de Ecologia, Manejo e Conservação de Fauna Silvestre, Programa de Pós-Graduação Interunidades em Ecologia Aplicada, Universidade de São Paulo ESALQ/CENA, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900, Brazil
  • 39 Asociación Civil Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones 3370, Argentina; Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Centro de Zoología Aplicada, Córdoba, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas CONICET, Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal IDEA, Córdoba, Argentina
  • 40 Asociación Civil Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones 3370, Argentina; Instituto Nacional de Medicina Tropical ANLIS, Ministerio de Salud de la Nación, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones 3370, Argentina
  • 41 Instituto de Pesquisa e Conservação de Tamanduás do Brasil, Parnaíba, PI 64200025, Brazil
Curr Biol, 2021 Aug 09;31(15):3457-3466.e4.
PMID: 34237270 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.029

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 adaptable to the conservation of other large terrestrial carnivores.

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