Space use by giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) in a protected area within human-modified landscape.

ABSTRACT: Spatial ecology data are essential for conservation purposes, especially when extinction risk is influenced by anthropogenic actions. Space use can reveal how individuals use the habitat, how they organize in space, and which components are key resources for the species.We evaluated the space use and multiscale habitat selection of giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), a vulnerable Neotropical mammal, in a Cerrado site within a human-modified landscape in southeastern Brazil.We used GPS transmitters to track eight anteaters in the wild. With the resulting dataset, we estimated home range and core-area sizes and then used two overlap indexes. We assessed habitat selection by compositional analysis and analyzed events of spatio-temporal proximity.The average Brownian bridge kerne

SUBMITTER: Bertassoni A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7417248 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature