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- Title
A review of environmental and anthropogenic variables used to model jaguar occurrence.
- Authors
Montalvo, Víctor H.; Sáenz-Bolaños, Carolina; Carrillo, Eduardo; Fuller, Todd K.
- Abstract
Jaguars (Panthera onca) are a landscape species of conservation importance and our understanding of environmental and anthropogenic drivers of jaguar occurrence is necessary to improve conservation strategies. We reviewed available literature to simply describe environmental and anthropogenic variables used and found to be significant in occurrence modeling. We reviewed 95 documents published from 1980 to 2021 that focused on jaguar occurrence and that used 39 variable types (21 anthropogenic, 18 environmental) among different techniques, scales, and approaches. In general, these variables included both anthropogenic (roads, land use, human activities, and population) and environmental (climate, vegetation, ecological interactions, topographic, water, and others) factors. Twelve variables were identified as affecting jaguar occurrence overall, eleven at local scale and seven at broad scales (regional and continental). Focusing more specifically on the variables that correlate with occurrence should help researchers to make better predictions in areas without quantitative jaguar data.
- Subjects
JAGUAR; WILDLIFE conservation; LAND use
- Publication
Neotropical Biology & Conservation, 2023, Vol 18, Issue 1, p31
- ISSN
1809-9939
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3897/neotropical.18.e98437