Camera-trap study of ocelot and other secretive mammals in the northern Pantanal

✍ Scribed by Trolle, Mogens; Kéry, Marc

• Book ID: 120702103
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 229 KB
• Volume: 69
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0025-1461
• DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2005.032

✦ Synopsis

Reliable information on abundance of the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is scarce. We conducted the first camera-trap study in the northern part of the Pantanal wetlands of Brazil, one of the wildlife hotspots of South America. Using capture-recapture analysis, we estimated a density of 0.112 independent individuals per km^2^(SE 0.069). We list other mammals recorded with camera traps and show that camera-trap placement on roads or on trails has striking effects on camera-trapping rates.