The world's small carnivores: Definitions, richness, distribution, conservation status, ecological roles, and research efforts

E Do Linh San, JJ Sato, JL Belant… - Small carnivores …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Small carnivores–here defined as members of the mammalian order Carnivora with a body
mass< 21.5 kg–occur worldwide, including in Oceania, following introductions. They are …

Ecological modeling, biogeography, and phenotypic analyses setting the tiger cats' hyperdimensional niches reveal a new species

TG de Oliveira, LA Fox-Rosales… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Recently, the tiger-cat species complex was split into Leopardus tigrinus and Leopardus
guttulus, along with other proposed schemes. We performed a detailed analysis integrating …

AMAZONIA CAMTRAP: A data set of mammal, bird, and reptile species recorded with camera traps in the Amazon forest

AC Antunes, A Montanarin, DM Gräbin… - 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The Amazon forest has the highest biodiversity on Earth. However, information on
Amazonian vertebrate diversity is still deficient and scattered across the published, peer …

Traditional livestock activities modify the spatial behavior of small wildcats in the high Andes

JC Huaranca, CE Valdivia, AJ Novaro… - Journal for Nature …, 2022 - Elsevier
Human activities lead to declines in species' abundance and diversity, as well as loss of
habitat quality from overexploitation. The effects of livestock grazing increase on small felids …

Rethinking forest monitoring for more meaningful global forest landscape change assessments

RC Estoque, BA Johnson, R Dasgupta, Y Gao… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Forest ecosystems play an indispensable role in addressing various pressing sustainability
and social-ecological challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and ecosystem …

Reproduction in South American wild canids—A review

JC Carvalho, FF Souza, JP Kastelic… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Canids occupy the top of the food chain and are fundamental in sustaining a wild
animal/environmental balance. South America, the most biodiverse continent, has 11 …

National parks and conservation concessions: a comparison between mammal populations in two types of tropical protected areas in Ucayali, Peru

R Bardales, M Hyde, J Gallo, V Boron - Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2023 - cambridge.org
Peru contains the second largest surface area of the Amazon biome. The Peruvian Amazon
is threatened by logging, illegal crops, mining, and agricultural expansion. While a number …

Flying through the forest canopy: movement patterns and habitat selection of rescued and wild Harpy Eagles in the Brazilian Amazon

FH Aguiar-Silva, TM Sanaiotti, RM Sanches… - …, 2023 - revistaecosistemas.net
Seis águilas arpías fueron monitoreadas mediante telemetría satelital desde 2011 a 2016
en la Amazonía brasileña, analizando el área utilizada, los parámetros de movimiento y las …

Wild canids and the ecological traps facing the climate change and deforestation in the Amazon Forest

GL de Oliveira, AB Viana‐Junior… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological traps occur when species choose to settle in lower‐quality habitats, even if this
reduces their survival or productivity. This happens in situations of drastic environmental …

Claws and Fangs: Carnivore Abundance and the conservation importance of Amazonia

TG de Oliveira, BC Lima, LA Fox-Rosales… - … : Current knowledge and …, 2024 - Springer
The Amazon biome spans 6.7 million km2 across nine South American countries and is
increasingly facing anthropogenic pressures. In this setting, we find a rich assemblage of …