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Jaguar (Panthera onca) hunting activity: effects of prey distribution and availability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2009

Eduardo Carrillo ,
Todd K. Fuller  and
Joel C. Saenz
Eduardo Carrillo
Affiliation:
Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9285, USA Instituto Internacional en Manejo y Conservacion de Vida Silvestre, Universidad Nacional, Apdo 1350-3000, Heredia, Costa Rica
Todd K. Fuller*
Affiliation:
Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9285, USA
Joel C. Saenz
Affiliation:
Instituto Internacional en Manejo y Conservacion de Vida Silvestre, Universidad Nacional, Apdo 1350-3000, Heredia, Costa Rica
*
1Corresponding author. Email: tkfuller@nrc.umass.edu
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Geographic variation in behaviour of individuals within a species is well known (Foster & Endler 1999), both across ranges (Iriarte et al. 1990) and locally (Hertz & Huey 1981). For predators, variation in prey use within a given site is often seasonal (Brillhart & Kaufman 1995), and related to changes in relative abundance and/or vulnerability of various prey (Kunkel et al. 2004). Behavioural diversity also occurs because prey behaviours vary and predators change foraging tactics, even on a daily basis (Ropert-Coudert et al. 2002).

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CheloniaCosta RicaLepidochelispeccarypredationTayassuturtle
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 25 , Issue 5 , September 2009 , pp. 563 - 567
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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