Wetlands are keystone habitats for jaguars in an intercontinental biodiversity hotspot.

Agricultural development was the major contributor to South America's designation as the continent with the highest rates of forest loss from 2000-2012. As the apex predator in the Neotropics, jaguars (Panthera onca) are dependent on forest cover but the species' response to habitat fragme...

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Main Authors: Joe J Figel, Sebastián Botero-Cañola, German Forero-Medina, Juan David Sánchez-Londoño, Leonor Valenzuela, Reed F Noss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221705