Estimating puma densities from camera trapping across three study sites: Bolivia, Argentina, and Belize

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Kelly, Marcella J.; Noss, Andrew; Di Bitetti, Mario Santiago; Maffei, Leonardo; Arispe, Rosario L.; Paviolo, Agustin Javier; de Angelo, Carlos Daniel; Di Blanco, Yamil Edgardo
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2008
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Estimates of abundance are extremely valuable for species conservation, yet determining abundance for elusive, wide-ranging, carnivores is difficult. We estimated density of pumas using remote cameras across study sites in Bolivia, Argentina, and Belize. We used obvious and subtle markings to identify individual pumas in photographs and conducted double-blind identifications to examine the degree of agreement among investigators. Average agreement on identification between pairs of investigators was nearly 80.0% and 3-way agreement was 72.9%. Identification of pumas as different individuals was uncommon (7.8% pairwise, 0.69% 3-way disagreement) with the remainder described as unidentifiable. Densities of pumas varied consistently from site to site regardless of investigator. Bolivian pumas moved the shortest distances between camera stations and Argentinean pumas the longest, but distances among cameras and area covered by surveys varied among sites. We applied a correction factor to the Bolivian data to account for the small area surveyed and found that, averaged across investigator, Bolivia had significantly more pumas per 100 km2 (mean ± SD; 6.80 ± 1.5) than Belize (3.42 ± 1.3) or Argentina (0.67 ± 0.2). Numbers of pumas in Argentina match those of low-density North American sites, and those for Belize are consistent with the Pantanal and high-density North American sites. Densities of pumas can be reliably estimated with remote cameras for these sites, and our work presents the 1st density estimates for Central America and for forested environments in South America. © 2008 American Society of Mammalogists.
Fil: Kelly, Marcella J.. Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Noss, Andrew. Wildlife Conservation Society Eastern Bolivia; Bolivia
Fil: Di Bitetti, Mario Santiago. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; Argentina
Fil: Maffei, Leonardo. Wildlife Conservation Society Eastern Bolivia; Bolivia
Fil: Arispe, Rosario L.. Wildlife Conservation Society Eastern Bolivia; Bolivia
Fil: Paviolo, Agustin Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; Argentina
Fil: de Angelo, Carlos Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; Argentina
Fil: Di Blanco, Yamil Edgardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; Argentina
Materia
Camera Traps
Density
Individual Identification
Neotropics
Puma
Puma Concolor
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spelling Estimating puma densities from camera trapping across three study sites: Bolivia, Argentina, and BelizeKelly, Marcella J.Noss, AndrewDi Bitetti, Mario SantiagoMaffei, LeonardoArispe, Rosario L.Paviolo, Agustin Javierde Angelo, Carlos DanielDi Blanco, Yamil EdgardoCamera TrapsDensityIndividual IdentificationNeotropicsPumaPuma Concolorhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Estimates of abundance are extremely valuable for species conservation, yet determining abundance for elusive, wide-ranging, carnivores is difficult. We estimated density of pumas using remote cameras across study sites in Bolivia, Argentina, and Belize. We used obvious and subtle markings to identify individual pumas in photographs and conducted double-blind identifications to examine the degree of agreement among investigators. Average agreement on identification between pairs of investigators was nearly 80.0% and 3-way agreement was 72.9%. Identification of pumas as different individuals was uncommon (7.8% pairwise, 0.69% 3-way disagreement) with the remainder described as unidentifiable. Densities of pumas varied consistently from site to site regardless of investigator. Bolivian pumas moved the shortest distances between camera stations and Argentinean pumas the longest, but distances among cameras and area covered by surveys varied among sites. We applied a correction factor to the Bolivian data to account for the small area surveyed and found that, averaged across investigator, Bolivia had significantly more pumas per 100 km2 (mean ± SD; 6.80 ± 1.5) than Belize (3.42 ± 1.3) or Argentina (0.67 ± 0.2). Numbers of pumas in Argentina match those of low-density North American sites, and those for Belize are consistent with the Pantanal and high-density North American sites. Densities of pumas can be reliably estimated with remote cameras for these sites, and our work presents the 1st density estimates for Central America and for forested environments in South America. © 2008 American Society of Mammalogists.Fil: Kelly, Marcella J.. Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University; Estados UnidosFil: Noss, Andrew. Wildlife Conservation Society Eastern Bolivia; BoliviaFil: Di Bitetti, Mario Santiago. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; ArgentinaFil: Maffei, Leonardo. Wildlife Conservation Society Eastern Bolivia; BoliviaFil: Arispe, Rosario L.. Wildlife Conservation Society Eastern Bolivia; BoliviaFil: Paviolo, Agustin Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; ArgentinaFil: de Angelo, Carlos Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; ArgentinaFil: Di Blanco, Yamil Edgardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; ArgentinaAlliance Communications Group Division Allen Press2008-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/61307Kelly, Marcella J.; Noss, Andrew; Di Bitetti, Mario Santiago; Maffei, Leonardo; Arispe, Rosario L.; et al.; Estimating puma densities from camera trapping across three study sites: Bolivia, Argentina, and Belize; Alliance Communications Group Division Allen Press; Journal of Mammalogy; 89; 2; 4-2008; 408-4180022-2372CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1644/06-MAMM-A-424R.1info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article/89/2/408/930235info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:51:20Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/61307instacron: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 09:51:20.791CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Estimating puma densities from camera trapping across three study sites: Bolivia, Argentina, and Belize
title Estimating puma densities from camera trapping across three study sites: Bolivia, Argentina, and Belize
spellingShingle Estimating puma densities from camera trapping across three study sites: Bolivia, Argentina, and Belize
Kelly, Marcella J.
Camera Traps
Density
Individual Identification
Neotropics
Puma
Puma Concolor
title_short Estimating puma densities from camera trapping across three study sites: Bolivia, Argentina, and Belize
title_full Estimating puma densities from camera trapping across three study sites: Bolivia, Argentina, and Belize
title_fullStr Estimating puma densities from camera trapping across three study sites: Bolivia, Argentina, and Belize
title_full_unstemmed Estimating puma densities from camera trapping across three study sites: Bolivia, Argentina, and Belize
title_sort Estimating puma densities from camera trapping across three study sites: Bolivia, Argentina, and Belize
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Kelly, Marcella J.
Noss, Andrew
Di Bitetti, Mario Santiago
Maffei, Leonardo
Arispe, Rosario L.
Paviolo, Agustin Javier
de Angelo, Carlos Daniel
Di Blanco, Yamil Edgardo
author Kelly, Marcella J.
author_facet Kelly, Marcella J.
Noss, Andrew
Di Bitetti, Mario Santiago
Maffei, Leonardo
Arispe, Rosario L.
Paviolo, Agustin Javier
de Angelo, Carlos Daniel
Di Blanco, Yamil Edgardo
author_role author
author2 Noss, Andrew
Di Bitetti, Mario Santiago
Maffei, Leonardo
Arispe, Rosario L.
Paviolo, Agustin Javier
de Angelo, Carlos Daniel
Di Blanco, Yamil Edgardo
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Camera Traps
Density
Individual Identification
Neotropics
Puma
Puma Concolor
topic Camera Traps
Density
Individual Identification
Neotropics
Puma
Puma Concolor
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Estimates of abundance are extremely valuable for species conservation, yet determining abundance for elusive, wide-ranging, carnivores is difficult. We estimated density of pumas using remote cameras across study sites in Bolivia, Argentina, and Belize. We used obvious and subtle markings to identify individual pumas in photographs and conducted double-blind identifications to examine the degree of agreement among investigators. Average agreement on identification between pairs of investigators was nearly 80.0% and 3-way agreement was 72.9%. Identification of pumas as different individuals was uncommon (7.8% pairwise, 0.69% 3-way disagreement) with the remainder described as unidentifiable. Densities of pumas varied consistently from site to site regardless of investigator. Bolivian pumas moved the shortest distances between camera stations and Argentinean pumas the longest, but distances among cameras and area covered by surveys varied among sites. We applied a correction factor to the Bolivian data to account for the small area surveyed and found that, averaged across investigator, Bolivia had significantly more pumas per 100 km2 (mean ± SD; 6.80 ± 1.5) than Belize (3.42 ± 1.3) or Argentina (0.67 ± 0.2). Numbers of pumas in Argentina match those of low-density North American sites, and those for Belize are consistent with the Pantanal and high-density North American sites. Densities of pumas can be reliably estimated with remote cameras for these sites, and our work presents the 1st density estimates for Central America and for forested environments in South America. © 2008 American Society of Mammalogists.
Fil: Kelly, Marcella J.. Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Noss, Andrew. Wildlife Conservation Society Eastern Bolivia; Bolivia
Fil: Di Bitetti, Mario Santiago. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; Argentina
Fil: Maffei, Leonardo. Wildlife Conservation Society Eastern Bolivia; Bolivia
Fil: Arispe, Rosario L.. Wildlife Conservation Society Eastern Bolivia; Bolivia
Fil: Paviolo, Agustin Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; Argentina
Fil: de Angelo, Carlos Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; Argentina
Fil: Di Blanco, Yamil Edgardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; Argentina
description Estimates of abundance are extremely valuable for species conservation, yet determining abundance for elusive, wide-ranging, carnivores is difficult. We estimated density of pumas using remote cameras across study sites in Bolivia, Argentina, and Belize. We used obvious and subtle markings to identify individual pumas in photographs and conducted double-blind identifications to examine the degree of agreement among investigators. Average agreement on identification between pairs of investigators was nearly 80.0% and 3-way agreement was 72.9%. Identification of pumas as different individuals was uncommon (7.8% pairwise, 0.69% 3-way disagreement) with the remainder described as unidentifiable. Densities of pumas varied consistently from site to site regardless of investigator. Bolivian pumas moved the shortest distances between camera stations and Argentinean pumas the longest, but distances among cameras and area covered by surveys varied among sites. We applied a correction factor to the Bolivian data to account for the small area surveyed and found that, averaged across investigator, Bolivia had significantly more pumas per 100 km2 (mean ± SD; 6.80 ± 1.5) than Belize (3.42 ± 1.3) or Argentina (0.67 ± 0.2). Numbers of pumas in Argentina match those of low-density North American sites, and those for Belize are consistent with the Pantanal and high-density North American sites. Densities of pumas can be reliably estimated with remote cameras for these sites, and our work presents the 1st density estimates for Central America and for forested environments in South America. © 2008 American Society of Mammalogists.
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