Title
When waterholes get busy, rare interactions thrive: Photographic evidence of a jaguar (Panthera onca) killing an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
Author(s)
Perera-Romero, Lucy; Garcia-Anleu, Rony; McNab, Roan Balas; Thornton, Daniel H.
Published
2021
Publisher
Biotropica
Abstract
During a camera trap survey conducted in Guatemala in the 2019 dry season, we documented a jaguar killing an ocelot at a waterhole with high mammal activity. During severe droughts, the probability of aggressive interactions between carnivores might increase when fixed, valuable resources such as water cannot be easily partitioned.
Keywords
activity overlap;activity patterns;carnivores;interspecific killing;drought;climate change;Maya forest;Guatemala
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