Fig 1.
Jaguar conservation units, jaguar corridors, and protected areas in Costa Rica.
Reprinted from Panthera and [60] under a CC BY license, with permission from Panthera and Repositorio TEC, original copyright 2013 and 2008.
Fig 2.
Our sampling grid of 16 km2 cells in the study area.
Camera traps to survey medium and large-sized mammals were placed in the CVC JCU (August 2014 to April 2015), Block 1 (Oct 2013—January 2014) and Block 2 (January 2014—May 2014) of the Corridor, and the TC JCU (September 2016 to April 2017). Study area: Barbilla-Destierro Biological Corridor (Corridor) and portions of the Central Volcanic Cordillera (CVC) and Talamanca-Cordillera Central (TC) Jaguar Conservation Units (JCUs). Strictly protected areas refer to IUCN Ia & II categories. Reprinted from Panthera and [60] under a CC BY license, with permission from Panthera and Repositorio TEC, original copyright 2013 and 2008.
Fig 3.
Graphic representation of a 16 km2 cell, 4 km2 sub-cells and the planned distribution of the camera stations in the study area.
Cell: 16 km2; Sub-cells: 4 km2. Black dots represent camera stations and brown lines represent human-made trails. Study area: Barbilla-Destierro Biological Corridor (Corridor) and portions of the Central Volcanic Cordillera (CVC) and Talamanca-Cordillera Central (TC) Jaguar Conservation Units (JCUs) from 2013–2017.
Table 1.
Medium and large-sized mammal species included in the global analysis (N = 25).
Those included in the habitat use analysis for jaguars and pumas are indicated by a check mark. Barbilla-Destierro Biological Corridor and portions of the Central Volcanic Cordillera (CVC) and Talamanca-Cordillera Central (TC) Jaguar Conservation Units (JCUs), surveyed with camera traps from 2013–2017.
Table 2.
Community-level summary of hyperparameters for the covariates on detection and habitat use in the top model driving occurrence of medium and large wild mammals and domestic pig (n = 25).
We present the posterior means with standard deviation and 95% credible intervals, and an indicator of convergence (), for which values <1.1 indicate convergence. Barbilla-Destierro Biological Corridor and portions of the Central Volcanic Cordillera (CVC) and Talamanca-Cordillera Central (TC) Jaguar Conservation Units (JCUs), surveyed with camera traps from 2013–2017.
Fig 4.
Community-level hyperparameter estimates (with 95% Bayesian Credible Intervals) for the influence of forest cover on habitat use (Ψ) of medium and large mammals and domestic pig (N = 25 species).
Barbilla-Destierro Biological Corridor (Corridor) and portions of Central Volcanic Cordillera (CVC) and Talamanca-Cordillera Central (TC) Jaguar Conservation Units (JCUs), surveyed with camera traps from 2013–2017.
Fig 5.
Richness of native (a) medium and large-sized mammals, (b) large prey, (c) medium jaguar prey, and (d) medium puma prey. The two main roads are shown in dotted lines; and the strictly protected areas are shown as striped polygons. Barbilla-Destierro Biological Corridor (Corridor, white polygon) and portions of Central Volcanic Cordillera (CVC) and Talamanca-Cordillera Central (TC) Jaguar Conservation Units (JCUs) (black outline), surveyed with camera traps from 2013–2017. Reprinted from Panthera and [60] under a CC BY license, with permission from Panthera and Repositorio TEC, original copyright 2013 and 2008.
Fig 6.
Habitat use probability for (a) jaguar and (b) puma. The two main roads are shown in dotted lines; and the strictly protected areas are shown as striped polygons. Barbilla-Destierro Biological Corridor (Corridor, white polygon) and portions of Central Volcanic Cordillera (CVC) and Talamanca-Cordillera Central (TC) Jaguar Conservation Units (JCUs) (black outline), surveyed with camera traps from 2013–2017. Reprinted from Panthera and [60] under a CC BY license, with permission from Panthera and Repositorio TEC, original copyright 2013 and 2008.