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BRAZIL ROAD-KILL: a data set of wildlife terrestrial vertebrate road-kills
Grilo, Clara; Coimbra, Michely R.; Cerqueira, Rafaela C.; Barbosa, Priscilla; Dornas, Rubem A. P.; Gonçalves, Larissa O.; Teixeira, Fernanda Z.Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:22:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-01-01; Mortality from collision with vehicles is the most visible impact of road traffic on wildlife. Mortality due to roads (hereafter road-kill) can affect the dynamic of populations of many species and can, therefore, increase the risk of local decline or extinction. This is especially true in Brazil, where...
Can scat analysis describe the feeding habits of big cats? A case study with ja...
Perilli, Miriam L. L.; Lima, Fernando; Rodrigues, Flávio H. G.; Cavalcanti, Sandra M. C.Large cats feeding habits have been studied through two main methods: scat analysis and the carcasses of prey killed by monitored animals. From November 2001 to April 2004, we studied jaguar predation patterns using GPS telemetry location clusters on a cattle ranch in southern Pantanal. During this period, we recorded 431 carcasses of animals preyed upon by monitored jaguars. Concurrently, we collected 125 jagu...