Land‐use change and an exotic potential prey for the jaguar: a reply to da Rosa et al.

Large felids as predators of wild boars in the Atlantic Forest: reconciling Verdade et al. and Rosa et al.

“…Their arguments were questioned by Rosa, Puertas & Galetti (2016) in their 'Letter to the Editor' published in Animal Conservation, where the authors raised doubts about jaguars' ability to control wild boar invasion in Brazil, because of the large body size of adult wild boars in relation to jaguars, except for when they prey upon juveniles and piglets. Verdade et al (2017) responded to Rosa et al (2016) reinforcing the idea that jaguars could prey upon wild boars since they are known to prey upon other large preys such as capybaras, and caimans.…”