Habitat use of jaguar (Panthera onca) in a tropical forest in northern Quintana Roo, Mexico

• DOI: 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2019.90.2186
• Publication Date: 2019-02-19T00:11:46Z
• Authors: Dulce María Ávila...; Marco Antonio Laz...; Cuauhtémoc Chávez; Sergio Pérez-Eliz...; Barbara Tigar; Germán David Mendoza
• Keywords: Jaguar; Crepuscular; Odocoileus; Camera trap

The study was carried out in a median stature tropical forest the north of Quintana Roo during 2008, 2010-2012, using camera traps to record activity and habitat use by jaguar other vertebrates. Spatial temporal variations use, patterns, species associations were analyzed chi-squared test (x2). Generalizedlinear models (GLM) used determine which variables influenced presence jaguars area. Jaguars most frequently recorded acahual (80%) on roads (66.9%). There significant differences between years, with selection for particular trail types 2008 2011 (all χ2 p <0.001). mainly crepuscular-nocturnal (68.5% records). They showed spatial Meleagris ocellata, Dasypus novemncinctus, Mazama temama, Nasua narica, Odocoileus virginianus, Leopardus pardalis, Didelphis spp., andPecari tajacu. Generalized linear based prey, co-predators, human gave best fit occurrence. felids responded environmental changes (hurricanes fires) modifying their resources.