Predators, prey and habitat structure: can key conservation areas and early signs of population collapse be detected in neotropical forests?

De Thoisy B., Fayad I., Clément L., Barrioz S., Poirier E., Gond V.
2016

Tropical forests with a low human population and absence of large-scale deforestation provide unique opportunities to study successful conservation strategies, which should be based on adequate monitoring tools. This study explored the conservation status of a large predator, the jaguar, considered an indicator of the maintenance of how well ecological processes are maintained. We implemented an ...

Foresterie - Considérations générales; Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières; Ecologie végétale; Méthodes de relevé