Food habits of Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) in the central Monte desert of Argentina

Autores
Bisceglia, Silvina Beatriz Catalina; Pereira, Javier Adolfo; Teta, Pablo Vicente; Quintana, Ruben Dario
Año de publicación
2008
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) is a little-known South American felid. Here we report the first detailed data on its seasonal food habits in a protected area of the central Monte desert, Argentina. We collected and analyzed 182 scats, identifying a total of 441 prey items, with 2.4±1.5 prey items per scat (range=1-10). Our results confirm that, as with most other felids, Geoffroy's cat is a small-sized predator specialized in capturing vertebrates. Small mammals were the most frequent prey items, representing at least the 63.3% of the food items in each season. The Sigmodontinae rodents Akodon molinae and Calomys musculinus were the most important prey throughout the study period, whereas birds and reptiles were consumed mainly during warmer seasons. Seasonal differences in diet composition were higher between warmer and colder seasons, suggesting that diet composition is constrained by seasonal fluctuation and disponibility of prey.
Fil: Bisceglia, Silvina Beatriz Catalina. Asociación para la Conservación y el Estudio de la Naturaleza; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Pereira, Javier Adolfo. Asociación para la Conservación y el Estudio de la Naturaleza; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; Argentina
Fil: Teta, Pablo Vicente. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; Argentina
Fil: Quintana, Ruben Dario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Argentina
Materia
DIET
FELIDAE
GEOFFROY'S CAT
LEOPARDUS GEOFFROYI
NICHE BREADTH
SCATS ANALYSIS
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso abierto
Condiciones de uso
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
Repositorio
CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Institución
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
OAI Identificador
oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/135737
Acceder
id CONICETDig_0c6b9dbe86dcdd1394b74ac2288246bf
oai_identifier_str oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/135737
network_acronym_str CONICETDig
repository_id_str 3498
network_name_str CONICET Digital (CONICET)
spelling Food habits of Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) in the central Monte desert of ArgentinaBisceglia, Silvina Beatriz CatalinaPereira, Javier AdolfoTeta, Pablo VicenteQuintana, Ruben DarioDIETFELIDAEGEOFFROY'S CATLEOPARDUS GEOFFROYINICHE BREADTHSCATS ANALYSIShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) is a little-known South American felid. Here we report the first detailed data on its seasonal food habits in a protected area of the central Monte desert, Argentina. We collected and analyzed 182 scats, identifying a total of 441 prey items, with 2.4±1.5 prey items per scat (range=1-10). Our results confirm that, as with most other felids, Geoffroy's cat is a small-sized predator specialized in capturing vertebrates. Small mammals were the most frequent prey items, representing at least the 63.3% of the food items in each season. The Sigmodontinae rodents Akodon molinae and Calomys musculinus were the most important prey throughout the study period, whereas birds and reptiles were consumed mainly during warmer seasons. Seasonal differences in diet composition were higher between warmer and colder seasons, suggesting that diet composition is constrained by seasonal fluctuation and disponibility of prey.Fil: Bisceglia, Silvina Beatriz Catalina. Asociación para la Conservación y el Estudio de la Naturaleza; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Pereira, Javier Adolfo. Asociación para la Conservación y el Estudio de la Naturaleza; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; ArgentinaFil: Teta, Pablo Vicente. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; ArgentinaFil: Quintana, Ruben Dario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; ArgentinaAcademic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd2008-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/135737Bisceglia, Silvina Beatriz Catalina; Pereira, Javier Adolfo; Teta, Pablo Vicente; Quintana, Ruben Dario; Food habits of Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) in the central Monte desert of Argentina; Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd; Journal of Arid Environments; 72; 6; 6-2008; 1120-11260140-1963CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.11.003info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0140196307003059?via%3Dihubinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:57:58Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/135737instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:57:58.511CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Food habits of Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) in the central Monte desert of Argentina
title Food habits of Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) in the central Monte desert of Argentina
spellingShingle Food habits of Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) in the central Monte desert of Argentina
Bisceglia, Silvina Beatriz Catalina
DIET
FELIDAE
GEOFFROY'S CAT
LEOPARDUS GEOFFROYI
NICHE BREADTH
SCATS ANALYSIS
title_short Food habits of Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) in the central Monte desert of Argentina
title_full Food habits of Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) in the central Monte desert of Argentina
title_fullStr Food habits of Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) in the central Monte desert of Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Food habits of Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) in the central Monte desert of Argentina
title_sort Food habits of Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) in the central Monte desert of Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bisceglia, Silvina Beatriz Catalina
Pereira, Javier Adolfo
Teta, Pablo Vicente
Quintana, Ruben Dario
author Bisceglia, Silvina Beatriz Catalina
author_facet Bisceglia, Silvina Beatriz Catalina
Pereira, Javier Adolfo
Teta, Pablo Vicente
Quintana, Ruben Dario
author_role author
author2 Pereira, Javier Adolfo
Teta, Pablo Vicente
Quintana, Ruben Dario
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv DIET
FELIDAE
GEOFFROY'S CAT
LEOPARDUS GEOFFROYI
NICHE BREADTH
SCATS ANALYSIS
topic DIET
FELIDAE
GEOFFROY'S CAT
LEOPARDUS GEOFFROYI
NICHE BREADTH
SCATS ANALYSIS
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) is a little-known South American felid. Here we report the first detailed data on its seasonal food habits in a protected area of the central Monte desert, Argentina. We collected and analyzed 182 scats, identifying a total of 441 prey items, with 2.4±1.5 prey items per scat (range=1-10). Our results confirm that, as with most other felids, Geoffroy's cat is a small-sized predator specialized in capturing vertebrates. Small mammals were the most frequent prey items, representing at least the 63.3% of the food items in each season. The Sigmodontinae rodents Akodon molinae and Calomys musculinus were the most important prey throughout the study period, whereas birds and reptiles were consumed mainly during warmer seasons. Seasonal differences in diet composition were higher between warmer and colder seasons, suggesting that diet composition is constrained by seasonal fluctuation and disponibility of prey.
Fil: Bisceglia, Silvina Beatriz Catalina. Asociación para la Conservación y el Estudio de la Naturaleza; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Pereira, Javier Adolfo. Asociación para la Conservación y el Estudio de la Naturaleza; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; Argentina
Fil: Teta, Pablo Vicente. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; Argentina
Fil: Quintana, Ruben Dario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Argentina
description Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) is a little-known South American felid. Here we report the first detailed data on its seasonal food habits in a protected area of the central Monte desert, Argentina. We collected and analyzed 182 scats, identifying a total of 441 prey items, with 2.4±1.5 prey items per scat (range=1-10). Our results confirm that, as with most other felids, Geoffroy's cat is a small-sized predator specialized in capturing vertebrates. Small mammals were the most frequent prey items, representing at least the 63.3% of the food items in each season. The Sigmodontinae rodents Akodon molinae and Calomys musculinus were the most important prey throughout the study period, whereas birds and reptiles were consumed mainly during warmer seasons. Seasonal differences in diet composition were higher between warmer and colder seasons, suggesting that diet composition is constrained by seasonal fluctuation and disponibility of prey.
publishDate 2008
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2008-06
dc.type.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
info:ar-repo/semantics/articulo
format article
status_str publishedVersion
dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv http://hdl.handle.net/11336/135737
Bisceglia, Silvina Beatriz Catalina; Pereira, Javier Adolfo; Teta, Pablo Vicente; Quintana, Ruben Dario; Food habits of Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) in the central Monte desert of Argentina; Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd; Journal of Arid Environments; 72; 6; 6-2008; 1120-1126
0140-1963
CONICET Digital
CONICET
url http://hdl.handle.net/11336/135737
identifier_str_mv Bisceglia, Silvina Beatriz Catalina; Pereira, Javier Adolfo; Teta, Pablo Vicente; Quintana, Ruben Dario; Food habits of Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) in the central Monte desert of Argentina; Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd; Journal of Arid Environments; 72; 6; 6-2008; 1120-1126
0140-1963
CONICET Digital
CONICET
dc.language.none.fl_str_mv eng
language eng
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.11.003
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0140196307003059?via%3Dihub
dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
rights_invalid_str_mv https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv application/pdf
application/pdf
application/pdf
application/pdf
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd
publisher.none.fl_str_mv Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
reponame_str CONICET Digital (CONICET)
collection CONICET Digital (CONICET)
instname_str Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
repository.name.fl_str_mv CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
repository.mail.fl_str_mv dasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.ar
_version_ 1842269492766310400
score 13.13397

Publicaciones similares