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3 summaries matching “jaguar” in Predator-Prey Dynamics on puma
Ecological meltdown in predator-free forest fragments
PaperTerborgh and colleagues exploited a natural experiment created by a Venezuelan hydroelectric reservoir that isolated land-bridge islands lacking large predators such as jaguars and pumas. On predator-…
Terborgh, J., Lopez, L., Nunez, P. et al. · Science · 2001
Food habits of sympatric jaguars and pumas across a gradient of human disturbance
PaperFoster and colleagues compared the diets of jaguars and pumas in Belize using scat analysis along a gradient of human disturbance. They found the two big cats partition prey to some degree, with jagua…
Foster, R.J., Harmsen, B.J., Valkenburgh, B., Doncaster, C.P. · Journal of Zoology · 2010
Research overview: jaguar-puma coexistence and prey partitioning
OverviewA survey of how jaguars and pumas, the two large cats of the Neotropics, coexist across much of their shared range by partitioning prey, space and time. Jaguars generally take larger prey, including p…