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Mogens Trolle, Marc Kry

Camera-trap study of ocelot and other secretive mammals in the northern Pantanal

Keywords: Brazil, camera trapping, Density, Felidae, Leopardus, Neotropics, ocelot, Pantanal

Reliable information on abundance of the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is scarce. We conducted the first camera-trap study in the northern part of the Pantanal wetlands of Brazil, one of the wildlife hotspots of South America. Using capture-recapture analysis, we estimated a density of 0.112 independent individuals per km² (SE 0.069). We list other mammals recorded with camera traps and show that camera-trap placement on roads or on trails has striking effects on camera-trapping rates.

Mammalia, Walter de Gruyter

Print ISSN: 0025-1461
Volume: 69, 12/2005
Pages: 409 - 416

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