Records of Puma concolor in the Carcarañá basin, south of the Province of Santa Fe, Argentina

Nine records of Puma concolor from southern Santa Fe Province (Argentina) are reported in the present contribution, being its relationships to environmental variables analyzed. The study area is located at the Carcarañá basin of the Pampean region, one the most modified wild ecosystems of the world....

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Autores: Rimoldi, Pablo Guillermo, Noriega, Jorge Ignacio, Sione, Walter Fabian
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/18843
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/18843
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:PUMA
HUNTING
RECOLONIZATION
SANTA FE
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Sumario:Nine records of Puma concolor from southern Santa Fe Province (Argentina) are reported in the present contribution, being its relationships to environmental variables analyzed. The study area is located at the Carcarañá basin of the Pampean region, one the most modified wild ecosystems of the world. Among the four environmental units sampled, Puma concolor was reported at the halophilic communities of espartillar. Its presence could be indicative of a reoccupying process of areas where the species would have previously disappeared. The relative species abundance was of 0.37 traits per km. Concerning the environmental variables analyzed, it can be remarked that all the records have been related to water bodies in areas dominated by Spartina spartinae and at long distances from important routes and cities. This fact seems to be related to the pressure that the urbanization have on the species.