Correlates of pume-livestock conflicts in the Espinal of Central Argentina
- Autores
- Lucherini, Mauro; Guerisoli, Maria de Las Mercedes; Caruso, Nicolás; Casanave, Emma Beatriz; Luengos Vidal, Estela Maris
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- 2014
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- Puma (Puma concolor) still has a widespread distribution in Argentina. However, many populations are threatened by habitat destruction and direct killing associated to the spreading of croplands and ranchlands. This is the case of pumas inhabiting the Espinal of the central Argentina lowlands, an ecoregion marking the transition from the Pampas grasslands, where the puma has almost gone extinct, to the Monte woodlands. In this region, the intense fragmentation of natural habitats and decrease of native prey has increased the encroachment of pumas with livestock. Retaliatory killing, which is the common response to puma predation on cattle, is increasing and local ranchers are requesting a legal bounty system to hunt pumas. We report the results of the first steps of a project aiming to understand the ecology of puma populations in the Espinal, characterize puma-livestock conflicts, and identify conflict mitigation strategies. 148 semi-structured interviews to local ranchers show that 45.7% of respondents think that pumas cause major damage, 47.5% reported losses caused by pumas in the previous year and 70.2% considered that predator control was the best solution to conflicts. Landscape-scale camera trap surveys (totaling an effort of 7054 trap-days) produced 45 records of pumas in 11.5% of 184 sampling stations. A preliminary habitat suitability analysis based on 110 presence records suggests that most suitable locations for puma were away from cropland or urban areas and from the main roads, distances to roads and to scrubland patches were the variables affecting the most its niche breadth, and only 16.3% of the region has a high quality for this felid. Our results suggest that whereas pumas in central Argentina may tolerate some degree of habitat degradation and human-related mortality, humans are rarely willing to tolerate economic losses caused by depredation and that conflict mitigation measures are required to ensure puma conservation.
Fil: Lucherini, Mauro. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Cátedra de Fisiología Animal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur; Argentina
Fil: Guerisoli, Maria de Las Mercedes. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Cátedra de Fisiología Animal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur; Argentina
Fil: Caruso, Nicolás. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Cátedra de Fisiología Animal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur; Argentina
Fil: Casanave, Emma Beatriz. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Cátedra de Fisiología Animal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur; Argentina
Fil: Luengos Vidal, Estela Maris. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Cátedra de Fisiología Animal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur; Argentina
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Correlates of pume-livestock conflicts in the Espinal of Central ArgentinaLucherini, MauroGuerisoli, Maria de Las MercedesCaruso, NicolásCasanave, Emma BeatrizLuengos Vidal, Estela MarisPUMA CONCOLORHUMAN-CARNIVORE CONFLICTSLIVESTOCK PRODUCCTIONESPINALhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Puma (Puma concolor) still has a widespread distribution in Argentina. However, many populations are threatened by habitat destruction and direct killing associated to the spreading of croplands and ranchlands. This is the case of pumas inhabiting the Espinal of the central Argentina lowlands, an ecoregion marking the transition from the Pampas grasslands, where the puma has almost gone extinct, to the Monte woodlands. In this region, the intense fragmentation of natural habitats and decrease of native prey has increased the encroachment of pumas with livestock. Retaliatory killing, which is the common response to puma predation on cattle, is increasing and local ranchers are requesting a legal bounty system to hunt pumas. We report the results of the first steps of a project aiming to understand the ecology of puma populations in the Espinal, characterize puma-livestock conflicts, and identify conflict mitigation strategies. 148 semi-structured interviews to local ranchers show that 45.7% of respondents think that pumas cause major damage, 47.5% reported losses caused by pumas in the previous year and 70.2% considered that predator control was the best solution to conflicts. Landscape-scale camera trap surveys (totaling an effort of 7054 trap-days) produced 45 records of pumas in 11.5% of 184 sampling stations. A preliminary habitat suitability analysis based on 110 presence records suggests that most suitable locations for puma were away from cropland or urban areas and from the main roads, distances to roads and to scrubland patches were the variables affecting the most its niche breadth, and only 16.3% of the region has a high quality for this felid. Our results suggest that whereas pumas in central Argentina may tolerate some degree of habitat degradation and human-related mortality, humans are rarely willing to tolerate economic losses caused by depredation and that conflict mitigation measures are required to ensure puma conservation.Fil: Lucherini, Mauro. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Cátedra de Fisiología Animal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur; ArgentinaFil: Guerisoli, Maria de Las Mercedes. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Cátedra de Fisiología Animal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur; ArgentinaFil: Caruso, Nicolás. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Cátedra de Fisiología Animal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur; ArgentinaFil: Casanave, Emma Beatriz. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Cátedra de Fisiología Animal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur; ArgentinaFil: Luengos Vidal, Estela Maris. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Cátedra de Fisiología Animal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur; Argentina11th Mountain Lion Workshop "Integrating Scientific Findings into Management"UtahEstados UnidosThe Western Association of Fish and Wildlife AgenciesSouthern Utah UniversityShivik, John2014info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObjectWorkshopBookhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794info:ar-repo/semantics/documentoDeConferenciaapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/241747Correlates of pume-livestock conflicts in the Espinal of Central Argentina; 11th Mountain Lion Workshop "Integrating Scientific Findings into Management"; Utah; Estados Unidos; 2014; 75-75CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://wafwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/11th-Mountain-Lion-Workshop-Proceedings-2014.pdfInternacionalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:47:55Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/241747instacron: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 09:47:56.131CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse |
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Correlates of pume-livestock conflicts in the Espinal of Central Argentina |
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Correlates of pume-livestock conflicts in the Espinal of Central Argentina Lucherini, Mauro PUMA CONCOLOR HUMAN-CARNIVORE CONFLICTS LIVESTOCK PRODUCCTION ESPINAL |
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Correlates of pume-livestock conflicts in the Espinal of Central Argentina |
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Correlates of pume-livestock conflicts in the Espinal of Central Argentina |
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Correlates of pume-livestock conflicts in the Espinal of Central Argentina |
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Correlates of pume-livestock conflicts in the Espinal of Central Argentina |
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Correlates of pume-livestock conflicts in the Espinal of Central Argentina |
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Lucherini, Mauro Guerisoli, Maria de Las Mercedes Caruso, Nicolás Casanave, Emma Beatriz Luengos Vidal, Estela Maris |
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Lucherini, Mauro |
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Lucherini, Mauro Guerisoli, Maria de Las Mercedes Caruso, Nicolás Casanave, Emma Beatriz Luengos Vidal, Estela Maris |
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Guerisoli, Maria de Las Mercedes Caruso, Nicolás Casanave, Emma Beatriz Luengos Vidal, Estela Maris |
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Shivik, John |
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PUMA CONCOLOR HUMAN-CARNIVORE CONFLICTS LIVESTOCK PRODUCCTION ESPINAL |
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PUMA CONCOLOR HUMAN-CARNIVORE CONFLICTS LIVESTOCK PRODUCCTION ESPINAL |
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Puma (Puma concolor) still has a widespread distribution in Argentina. However, many populations are threatened by habitat destruction and direct killing associated to the spreading of croplands and ranchlands. This is the case of pumas inhabiting the Espinal of the central Argentina lowlands, an ecoregion marking the transition from the Pampas grasslands, where the puma has almost gone extinct, to the Monte woodlands. In this region, the intense fragmentation of natural habitats and decrease of native prey has increased the encroachment of pumas with livestock. Retaliatory killing, which is the common response to puma predation on cattle, is increasing and local ranchers are requesting a legal bounty system to hunt pumas. We report the results of the first steps of a project aiming to understand the ecology of puma populations in the Espinal, characterize puma-livestock conflicts, and identify conflict mitigation strategies. 148 semi-structured interviews to local ranchers show that 45.7% of respondents think that pumas cause major damage, 47.5% reported losses caused by pumas in the previous year and 70.2% considered that predator control was the best solution to conflicts. Landscape-scale camera trap surveys (totaling an effort of 7054 trap-days) produced 45 records of pumas in 11.5% of 184 sampling stations. A preliminary habitat suitability analysis based on 110 presence records suggests that most suitable locations for puma were away from cropland or urban areas and from the main roads, distances to roads and to scrubland patches were the variables affecting the most its niche breadth, and only 16.3% of the region has a high quality for this felid. Our results suggest that whereas pumas in central Argentina may tolerate some degree of habitat degradation and human-related mortality, humans are rarely willing to tolerate economic losses caused by depredation and that conflict mitigation measures are required to ensure puma conservation. Fil: Lucherini, Mauro. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Cátedra de Fisiología Animal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur; Argentina Fil: Guerisoli, Maria de Las Mercedes. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Cátedra de Fisiología Animal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur; Argentina Fil: Caruso, Nicolás. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Cátedra de Fisiología Animal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur; Argentina Fil: Casanave, Emma Beatriz. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Cátedra de Fisiología Animal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur; Argentina Fil: Luengos Vidal, Estela Maris. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Cátedra de Fisiología Animal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur; Argentina 11th Mountain Lion Workshop "Integrating Scientific Findings into Management" Utah Estados Unidos The Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies |
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Puma (Puma concolor) still has a widespread distribution in Argentina. However, many populations are threatened by habitat destruction and direct killing associated to the spreading of croplands and ranchlands. This is the case of pumas inhabiting the Espinal of the central Argentina lowlands, an ecoregion marking the transition from the Pampas grasslands, where the puma has almost gone extinct, to the Monte woodlands. In this region, the intense fragmentation of natural habitats and decrease of native prey has increased the encroachment of pumas with livestock. Retaliatory killing, which is the common response to puma predation on cattle, is increasing and local ranchers are requesting a legal bounty system to hunt pumas. We report the results of the first steps of a project aiming to understand the ecology of puma populations in the Espinal, characterize puma-livestock conflicts, and identify conflict mitigation strategies. 148 semi-structured interviews to local ranchers show that 45.7% of respondents think that pumas cause major damage, 47.5% reported losses caused by pumas in the previous year and 70.2% considered that predator control was the best solution to conflicts. Landscape-scale camera trap surveys (totaling an effort of 7054 trap-days) produced 45 records of pumas in 11.5% of 184 sampling stations. A preliminary habitat suitability analysis based on 110 presence records suggests that most suitable locations for puma were away from cropland or urban areas and from the main roads, distances to roads and to scrubland patches were the variables affecting the most its niche breadth, and only 16.3% of the region has a high quality for this felid. Our results suggest that whereas pumas in central Argentina may tolerate some degree of habitat degradation and human-related mortality, humans are rarely willing to tolerate economic losses caused by depredation and that conflict mitigation measures are required to ensure puma conservation. |
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