Camera-trap studies of maned wolf density in the Cerrado and the Pantanal of Brazil |
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Authors: | Mogens Trolle Andrew J Noss Edson De S Lima Julio C Dalponte |
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Institution: | (1) Mammal Department, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;(2) Wildlife Conservation Society, 4424 NW 13th Street, A2, Gainesville, FL 32609, USA;(3) Departamento de Ciências Biológicas - UNEMAT, Campus de Nova Xavantina, 78690-000 Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brazil;(4) Present address: Pile Allé 19A 2tv, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark |
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Abstract: | The maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) is threatened by large-scale habitat loss, in particular due to conversion to agricultural land. This is the first published
study on maned wolf density and the first test of individual identification from camera-trap photographs. We present results
from two Brazilian regions: the Cerrado and the Pantanal. Using capture–recapture analysis of camera-trap data, we estimated
densities per 100 square kilometers of 3.64 ± 0.77 individuals at the Cerrado site and 1.56 ± 0.77 individuals at the Pantanal
site. Parallel radio-telemetry studies at the Pantanal site showed that maned wolves occupied home ranges of 39–58 km2 (mean = 50.3 ± 7.67 km2). Our study in the Cerrado took place in a private farm with a mixture of agricultural land and native habitats, representative
of the majority of the present-day Cerrado. Whereas many other mammalian species have suffered in the region, our results
show that the maned wolf may cope better with this highly fragmented landscape than one might have feared. Finally, the paper
briefly compares maned wolf density with density of puma (Puma concolor) in the Pantanal site. |
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Keywords: | Brazil Camera trapping Cerrado Chrysocyon Density Maned wolf Pantanal Puma |
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