The human-feline relationship from a biocultural perspective: perception, knowledge and traditional use of the six Mexican species, in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico

Ethnobiology and Conservation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14

Published: Feb. 25, 2025

La relación humano-felino ha sido evaluada principalmente desde la perspectiva de biología conservación. Sin embargo, es importante conocer las relaciones socioecológicas, desafortunadamente, estas han poco exploradas, a pesar documentación e importancia estos depredadores. En este estudio se documentaron percepciones y conocimientos, así como evaluación los roles culturales uso que realizan habitantes nahuas región noreste del estado Hidalgo, México; hacia seis especies felinos silvestres. Se aplicaron 150 entrevistas semiestructuradas tomaron fotografías evidencia o sus partes en posesión informantes. Los silvestres identifican con un nombre náhuatl español. especie presentó mayor frecuencia mención, valor cultural, fue el ´trigrillo´ (margay, Leopardus wiedii). identificaron nueve categorías uso, siendo ornamental más relevante. Además, documentamos consumo carne león (puma, Puma concolor) fenómeno socioecológico complejo, derivado retaliación. Así cacería cachorro tigre (jaguar, Panthera onca), capturado manera lúdica, pese manifestar pleno conocimiento trata una peligro extinción, protegida por legislación mexicana su caza ilegal. silvestres, declive causas antropocéntricas, siguen desempeñando papel relevante forman parte diversidad biocultural pueblos indígenas. Desafortunadamente, negativas sobrevaloración incentivan indirectamente extracción

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Activity Patterns of Native Carnivores in Central Chile: Are They Influenced by Landscape Type?

Diversity, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(3), P. 156 - 156

Published: Feb. 25, 2025

Landscapes can be selectively used by different carnivore species, leading to habitat specialization, which acts as a limiting resource for maintaining healthy populations. Between 1 March 2021 and 31 2022, we set up 30 camera traps in three landscapes of central Chile: (a) Mediterranean coastal sclerophyllous forest (SF), (b) thorn (TF), (c) exotic monoculture tree plantations (MP), with total capture effort 10,046 camera-days (3098 TF, 3446 MP, 3502 SF). We described the daily activity patterns each native species recorded landscape, based on density independent records per hour day. assessed overlap between macrohabitats their coefficient overlapping (Δ). identified 9120 records, corresponding 3888 events: 3140 Lycalopex fox 276 guiña Leopardus guigna, 434 skunk Conepatus chinga, 38 lesser grison Galictis cuja. Our study revealed differences high medium overlap, among landscape types C. chinga spp.—for skunk, forests plantations, foxes, all types. The community highly anthropized Chile is mostly composed generalists specialists adaptability fragmentation, has been crucial long-term survival.

Language: Английский

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Temporal activity patterns of tourists and pumas Puma concolor in public areas in the Patagonia National Park, Chile

Wildlife Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 1, 2025

The presence of humans and large carnivores in shared landscapes presents unique challenges for wildlife conservation management. This study explores the temporal activity patterns tourists pumas Puma concolor using camera traps to understand potential encounters between two groups Patagonia National Park, Chile. park, characterized by a cold temperate climate with diverse vegetation, spans over 304 527 hectares. Data collected from August 2020 March 2022 reveal distinct tourists, being primarily nocturnal more active during day. Despite low overall overlap coefficient (Dhat = 0.27), specific periods twilight hours showed increased interaction potential. Seasonal variations revealed significant increase autumn 2021, stable observed both before after this period. highlight need adaptive management strategies human–puma interactions. These findings underscore importance enforcing park regulations, promoting responsible tourism practices, implementing behavioral protocols ensure safety protected areas. provides valuable insights enhancing efforts face increasing wildlife‐watching worldwide.

Language: Английский

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Review of puma density estimates reveals sources of bias and variation, and the need for standardization

Global Ecology and Conservation, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 35, P. e02109 - e02109

Published: March 30, 2022

Range-wide status assessments of wildlife are critical to effective species conservation and management. Reliability these is contingent on having accurate precise demographic estimates for local populations, but large carnivores, such often biased, imprecise, or unavailable. Despite being the most widely distributed carnivore in Americas, little known about range-wide population puma (Puma concolor). Population density frequently primary metric used management decision-making policy; therefore, we conducted a comprehensive, range-wide, systematic review capture-recapture mark-resight model-based published through 2021 Bayesian multilevel models investigate potential sources bias variation. Model-based have been produced just 8 countries (42% with populations) study areas that cumulatively represent < 1% extant range. Most applied small (median = 265 km2), protected (70%), represented high quality habitats, as forests mixed savannas (89%). Nonspatial likely overestimated by an average 63%, inclusion dependent individuals (e.g., kittens) detection histories resulted were, average, ~33% higher than independent only, highlighting need standardization. After correcting those biases, mean median densities were 1.81 1.63 pumas/100 km2 (95% CI 1.62, 2.02), respectively, 95th percentile 3.64 km2. Although did not differ between North South America, unprotected areas, among human disturbance severities, support existed varying at landscape-scale function multiple geographical, environmental, climatic characteristics biome, precipitation, vegetation quality, elevation). However, imprecise (90% had CV > 0.20) positively primarily because area sizes issues associated some sampling analytical methods; example, observed 31–33% overestimation when spatially unstructured genetic was used. Consequently, many existing may be inadequate reliable decision-making, current number geographical extent insufficient inform useful continental species.

Language: Английский

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An unlikely form of violence: conservation and conflict in the Chilean mountains

Scottish Geographical Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 140(3-4), P. 541 - 562

Published: Oct. 1, 2024

This article explores the relationship between legal frameworks, mountain communities and puma in Chile. Delving into effects of how pumas' lives have been reshaped by myriad factors (economy, law, global change), we address question 'killability' is distributed one Chilean basin where species endangered: Maule. We pay attention to a three-level that distributes sets rules around right maim kill bodies, encompassing state's, rancher's puma's intrusions. explore distribution 'killable' as ongoing actions cast upon bodies. These shape interspecies life-death ecological relationships. continue deepening contextual vulnerability human non-human forced compete, or set new agreements, improve rearrange state mandates, experiencing symptoms an environmental political crisis which they must either endure perish. Finally, interplay economy, conservationism animal redistribute value of, grievability among, species.

Language: Английский

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Native Carnivore Diversity and Relative Abundance in Landscapes of the Coast Range in Central Chile: Insights for Conservation Decision-Making

Conservation, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 3(3), P. 379 - 393

Published: July 20, 2023

Natural habitats in South America have been intensively used and modified, including their conversion to exotic tree plantations, impacting the terrestrial fauna communities. Carnivores play an important role functioning of ecosystems as apex predators. Landscape characteristics resource availability determine composition abundance co-occurring carnivores. We hypothesized that diversity relative native carnivores varied relation different vegetation macrohabitats. predicted forests support a higher compared plantations. Between 1 March 2021 31 2022, we estimated species’ richness, composition, three landscapes Coast Range central Chile: (a) monoculture plantation Pinus radiata (MP); (b) Mediterranean coastal thorn forest (TF); (c) sclerophyllous (SF). monitored area 1000 ha each landscape, installing 10 camera traps (total 30 traps). monitoring transect with unbaited separated by km, total photo-trapping effort 10,046 days. The classification, organization, analysis trap data were conducted using CameraSweet software. number independent carnivore species events (photos > 60 min) recorded landscape 1564 SF, 1412 TF, 775 MP. Carnivore richness not significantly all landscapes. detected five species. Relative was SF MP for Leopardus guigna, Conepatus chinga, Galictis cuja also TF L. guigna. Our results suggest cover must be preserved maintain viable abundant populations, crucially relevant highly impacted human-dominated global biodiversity hotspot Central Chile. This study contributes informing evidence-based decision-making conservation strategies at level mitigate loss.

Language: Английский

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“I Did, I Did Taw a Puddy Tat!” Pumas in Urban Ecosystems of Latin America: A Review of the Mediatic Information

Frontiers in Conservation Science, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 3

Published: May 24, 2022

The concentration of people living in small areas has increased the last decade, with more than half world's population cities. This is particularly true for Latin America, a region no particular high contribution to world total population, but hosts several large increase urbanization causes threats wildlife that face loss their habitat and novel environmental pressures. As number entering cities seems have year, we characterize temporal geographical events widely distributed carnivore, puma, Puma concolor . We performed an exhaustive search media news regarding sighting, capture, and/or killing pumas within human settlement areas, tried relate them potential explanatory variables. found 162 America period 10 years, concentrated year 2020. Most records came from Brazil, followed by Argentina, Chile, Mexico. Of total, 41% were only sightings, 58% captures, minor percentage considered as mascotism. Almost same highly populated (cities) low (rural) important differences between countries. countries urban (Brazil Mexico) showed larger surface occupied most rural (Argentina Chile) present opposite pattern surface. might indicate different percentages dedicated or spaces explain among variable related puma was sky brightness, while density cattle explained parts. “anthropause” due COVID-19 pandemic 2020, absence high-quality habitats fragmentation density, force enter searching food. Minor values night lights could be facilitation efficiency foraging behavior. Although some bias exist data, results should taken into account general statements all analyzed

Language: Английский

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Habitat suitability and protected area coverage for an expanding cougar Puma concolor population in Canada

Ecology and Evolution, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(9)

Published: Aug. 30, 2024

Abstract Successful conservation of expanding large carnivore populations and management human–wildlife conflict to promote coexistence requires sufficient spatiotemporal knowledge inform appropriate action. In Canada, cougars ( Puma concolor ) are their range eastwards little research is available for use in decision making by land managers planners. To proactive regarding we utilized open‐source cougar presence land‐cover data a maximum entropy habitat suitability model determine potentially suitable across the country. We then used gap analysis effectiveness existing formal protected areas protect potential habitat. Suitable exists range‐expanding dispersing through central eastern provinces Atlantic coast. While highly fragmented, highest occurs medium road density, indicating that new human–cougar will likely involve residents exurban rural areas. Protected offered 16% coverage habitat, although most overlap predicted not enough effectively conserve home requirements cougars. Synthesis Applications: High fragmentation ensure appropriately sized connected maintained establishment populations. Many actions intended aid can also serve mitigate arising as consequence an population, such highway wildlife crossing structures protection.

Language: Английский

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Unraveling the impact of dog‐friendly spaces on urban–wildland pumas and other wildlife

Wildlife Biology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Aug. 27, 2024

As the most widespread large carnivore on planet, domestic dogs Canis lupus familiaris can pose a major threat to wildlife, even within protected areas (PAs). Growing human presence in PAs, coupled with increasing pet dog ownership underscores urgency understand influence of wildlife activity and health. This knowledge mitigate adverse repercussions recreation, optimizing PA management. Drawing five years (2017–2021) data from 101 camera traps San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States, we measured spatiotemporal responses puma Puma concolor , bobcat Lynx rufus coyote latrans mule deer Odocoileus hemionus towards dogs. Additionally, using six (2017–2022) community science data, explored impacts policies sightings outside park boundaries. provide insights into broader ecological impacts, while analyses bobcat, coyote, offer comprehensive understanding species dog‐friendly spaces. Because be perceived as predators or competitors by anticipated shifts spatial temporal patterns response Wildlife included avoidance (bobcat, puma) overlap (mule deer) for more dogs, no effect (coyote). Mule may benefit “human shield” provided people pumas bobcats appeared sensitive, coyotes adaptable. Dog influenced activity, increased nocturnal PAs. Bobcat was less variable PAs similar between treatments. Outside disturbance. Our study trade‐offs recreation conservation, emphasizing need quantify is vital informing conservation strategies promoting coexistence environments.

Language: Английский

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Factors Affecting the Adoption of Anti-Predation Measures by Livestock Farmers: The Case of Northern Chile

Diversity, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(9), P. 567 - 567

Published: Sept. 11, 2024

Livestock farming has been a practice of great importance for the evolution civilization, not only influencing social, economic, and cultural aspects at global level, but also food, economy, sustainability, especially in developing countries, where it generates significant pressure on natural resources biodiversity. In this context, conflict arises between wildlife, mainly top predators, livestock farmers. Despite efforts different communities to implement measures against predation, continues increase. Latin America, sector is growing much higher rate than rest world, particularly Chile, around third agricultural production units use as their main source livelihood. To understand factors behavior goat farmers when adopting measures, we applied hurdle model with spatial, productive information assess decision adopt intensity adoption such practices. perform this, used data from survey, administered 2014 476 located three provinces Coquimbo Region. Our dependent variable was defined by six measures: protection dog, night confinement herd, supervised grazing, anti-carnivore corral, death or capture predator, repelling predator. The decision, well adoption, were influenced location, household size, type livestock, income generated health management, access technical advice. system whether self-sustaining, while herd size number losses due predation. results showed adjusting support initiatives study area, including those that could be created, based differentiated according profiles territory.

Language: Английский

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