Landscapes attributes and their consequences on jaguar Panthera onca and cattle depredation occurrence

摘要: Human activities affect large carnivores worldwide by increasing mortality due to destruction and fragmentation of habitats, decrease prey availability, hunting pressure. The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a carnivore strongly influenced these threats, with poaching predators being primarily retaliatory response that motivated depredation domestic animals. We investigate the distribution jaguars cattle in 21 sampling units located Central Brazil. consider native availability as well landscape configuration composition possible contributory factors. removed correlated variables conducted set logistic regressions step-wise approach. used difference between χ2 newest previous model evaluate if addition variable increased explanatory power model. Jaguar occurrence was richness, which habitat aggregation landscape, revealing attributes can act proxies for environmental quality jaguar. relationship richness also suggests surrogate presence other species. related non-native such cattle, but not depredation, suggesting could be an opportunistic event. Patterns warrant further study because human-wildlife conflict one greatest threats conservation.