Daily activity patterns and occurrence of Leopardus guttulus (Carnivora, Felidae) in Lami Biological Reserve, southern Brazil

Linck, Paloma; Tirelli, Flávia Pereira; Bastos, Maria Carmen; Fonseca, Anderson N.; Cardoso, Liliana F.; Trigo, Tatiane Campos

doi:10.1590/1678-4766e2021006

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“…Understanding temporal activity patterns and habitat preferences of wild living species are crucial steps in identifying their ecological requirements (Linck et al 2021), offering important implications for the conservation of elusive and rare species (Gese 2001;Nichols et al 2011). Assessing basic aspects of behaviour and ecology of these species is a challenging task, and camera trapping is an increasingly adopted tool to meet this goal (Caravaggi et al 2017).…”

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Spatio-temporal patterns of the European wildcat in a Mediterranean coastal area

Ferretti

Lazzeri²,

Sforzi³

2022

Mamm Biol

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Like most small felids, the European wildcat Felis silvestris is a rather elusive species, poorly detectable in the wild, due to several aspects of its biology. Camera trapping can represent a suitable tool to understand temporal activity patterns and habitat preferences of such elusive species. We used intensive camera trapping over two full years to investigate spatio-temporal patterns of the wildcat in a Mediterranean coastal protected area (Maremma Regional Park, central Italy). At the seasonal scale, the wildcat showed a marked twilight activity in summer and winter (mating period), and nocturnal activity in autumn. Conversely, a peak of activity during the day, i.e., in broad daylight, was reported in spring. Reproductive females may limit their nocturnal movements in spring to increase protection from predators to their kittens at the den, although further data are required to support this conclusion. At seasonal, semestral, and yearly temporal scales, the frequency of wildcat detections increased along with availability of shrubwood. These results emphasise the importance for this small felid of areas with dense vegetation cover (Mediterranean maquis and shrubwood, in our study area). Areas densely covered with shrubby vegetation are expected to provide benefits to this elusive small cat in terms of reduced human disturbance (included tourists), availability of prey (e.g., small mammals), as well as shelter, essential to ensure protection towards potential larger predators.

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Spatio-temporal patterns of the European wildcat in a Mediterranean coastal area

Ferretti

Lazzeri²,

Sforzi³

2022

Mamm Biol

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Site occupancy of Dasypus novemcinctus (Mammalia, Cingulata) and daily activity of four armadillo species in the Uruguayan Savanna and southern Atlantic Forest

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Daily and seasonal activity patterns of a felid assemblage in a forest-grassland mosaic in southern Brazil

Alberti

Tirelli

Prestes

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Iheringia, Sér. Zool.

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The mechanisms of ecological segregation involved in the coexistence between Neotropical felids are the key to support strategies for conservation. Due to their inconspicuous and elusive behavior, camera trapping constitute a strategic, non-invasive method to study these species. The present work aimed to evaluate the daily and seasonal activity patterns of four felid species: Leopardus guttulus (Hensel, 1872), L. pardalis (Linnaeus, 1758), L. wiedii (Schinz, 1821) and Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771), in the Papagaios-de-Altitude Private Protected Area, state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. Data were collected from January 2018 to December 2019, using 25 sites of camera traps among the study area. We collected 624 independent records from L. guttulus (108), L. pardalis (55), L. wiedii (77) and P. concolor (384) in a sampling effort of 12,266 camera-traps/day. All species analysed showed a non-uniform distribution of daily activity, when considering the two years. We report the peak of seasonal activity for all species between the months of June and September, coinciding with the Araucaria nut harvest in the study area, and with the increase in populations of small rodents. We also report a high overlap between the activity patterns of the four species. The daily and seasonal activity patterns of the species in this study seem to reflect the intrinsic dynamics of the Araucaria Forest, as well as possible adaptations to prey availability.

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Daily activity patterns and occurrence of Leopardus guttulus (Carnivora, Felidae) in Lami Biological Reserve, southern Brazil

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Spatio-temporal patterns of the European wildcat in a Mediterranean coastal area

Spatio-temporal patterns of the European wildcat in a Mediterranean coastal area

Site occupancy of Dasypus novemcinctus (Mammalia, Cingulata) and daily activity of four armadillo species in the Uruguayan Savanna and southern Atlantic Forest

Daily and seasonal activity patterns of a felid assemblage in a forest-grassland mosaic in southern Brazil

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