A biodiversity hotspot losing its top predator: The challenge of jaguar conservation in the Atlantic Forest of South America

Paviolo, Agustín; De Angelo, Carlos; Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz, Kátia; Gonçalves Morato, Ronaldo; Martínez Pardo, Julia; Carolina Srbek‐Araujo, Ana; de Mello Beisiegel, Beatriz; Lima, Fernando; A. Sana, Dênis; Xavier da Silva, Marina; Velázquez, Myriam; Cullen, Laury; G. Crawshaw, Peter; Luisa S. P. Jorge, María; Manoel Galetti, Pedro; S. Di Bitetti, Mario; Cunha de Paula, Rogério; Eizirik, Eduardo; Mitchell Aide, T.; Cruz, Paula; Lúcia Lages Perilli, Miriam; Silos M. C. Souza, Andiara; Quiroga, Verónica; Yoshio Nakano, Eduardo; Ramírez Pinto, Fredy; Fernández, Sixto; Andrés Costa, Sebastián; A. Moraes, Edsel; César Cascelli de Azevedo, Fernando

doi:10.1038/srep37147

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A biodiversity hotspot losing its top predator: The challenge of jaguar conservation in the Atlantic Forest of South America

Published in Scientific Reports • Nov 16, 2016

Authors:

Agustín Paviolo

Carlos De Angelo

Kátia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz

Abstract

The jaguar is the top predator of the Atlantic Forest (AF), which is a highly threatened biodiversity hotspot that occurs in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. By combining data sets from 14 research groups across the region, we determine the population status of the jaguar and propose a spatial priori...

Subject

Jaguar

Threatened species

Carnivore

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