Ocelot home range, overlap and density: comparing radio telemetry with camera trapping

Dillon and Kelly combined camera trapping with radio telemetry to study ocelots, using telemetry-derived home-range information to inform and validate camera-trap density estimates. By comparing movement data with photographic capture patterns, they evaluated how assumptions about animal movement and the effective sampling area influence density figures, and examined home-range overlap among individuals. The pairing of methods offered a check on the buffer corrections then common in camera-trap density estimation and highlighted the value of independent movement data. The study contributed both ecological insight into ocelot spacing and methodological lessons about reconciling camera and telemetry approaches. It is a regularly cited reference in ocelot research and in discussions of how to define sampling areas for camera-trap density estimates.