Fig 1.
(a) Map of South America showing the Brazilian Pantanal (in blue). The lines cross at the study area (Nhumirim Ranch and neighboring areas); (b) thematic map of the study area showing the grid of camera-traps. The coordinates of the thematic map are shown as meters in zone 21k of the Universal Transverse Mercator system.
Table 1.
Estimates of home range size of ocelots, crab-eating foxes, and brown-nosed coatis radio-tracked from December 2005 to May 2008 in Nhumirim Ranch, Pantanal, Brazil.
UD = Utilization distribution calculated from 95% fixed kernel estimates.
Fig 2.
Thematic maps of the Nhumirim ranch and neighboring areas showing the home range contours (estimated by 95% fixed kernels) of: (a) three female and two male ocelots (male home ranges are shown in blue shades); (b) four female and three male crab-eating foxes (male home ranges are shown in shades of blue); (c) four female and three male coatis (male home range are shown in blue shades). The coordinates of thematic maps are shown as meters in zone 21k of the Universal Transverse Mercator system. Data were collected from December 2005 to September 2008.
Fig 3.
Cumulative curves of home range size (minimum convex polygon 100%) by number of locations of (a) ocelots, (b) crab-eating foxes and (c) coatis.
Table 2.
Percentage of home range overlap (PHR) among the studied species, from December 2005 to May 2008 in Nhumirim Ranch, Pantanal, Brazil.
Values of PHR in columns represent the probability of these animals being in the UD of the animals in rows. The joint distribution of use (UDOI) between the studied species is shown in parentheses.
Table 3.
Matrix and habitat ranking of Type III (Third order) resource selection by ocelots from December 2005 to May 2008 in Nhumirim Ranch, Pantanal, Brazil.
Higher ranks represent higher levels of selection. P-values are given in parentheses.
Table 4.
Matrix and habitat ranking of Type II (second order) resource selection by crab-eating foxes captured from December 2005 to May 2008 at Nhumirim Ranch, Pantanal, Brazil.
Higher ranks represent higher levels of selection. P-values are given in parentheses.
Table 5.
Matrix and habitat ranking of Type III (third order) resource selection by coatis from December 2005 to May 2008 in Nhumirim Ranch, Pantanal, Brazil.
Higher ranks represent higher levels of selection. P-values are given in parentheses.
Fig 4.
Overlap of active period among carnivore species.
Gray = 95% overlap, black = 50% overlap. Lp = Leopardus pardalis (ocelot), Ct = Cerdocyon thous (crab-eating fox), Nn = Nasua nasua (brown-nosed coati), Pc = Procyon cancrivorus (crab-eating raccoon).