Mario S. Di Bitetti
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View article: When the wild things are: Defining mammalian diel activity and plasticity
When the wild things are: Defining mammalian diel activity and plasticity Open
Circadian rhythms are a mechanism by which species adapt to environmental variability and fundamental to understanding species behavior. However, we lack data and a standardized framework to accurately assess and compare temporal activity …
Variation in mesopredator abundance and nest predation rate of the endangered Strange‐tailed Tyrant (<i>Alectrurus risora</i>) Open
Nest predation is the main cause of nest failure in passerine birds and thus is a key determinant of breeding traits. Accordingly, nest predator community composition and abundance modulate nest predation rates. When top predators are abse…
Prioritizing Areas for Primate Conservation in Argentina Open
Argentina lies within the southernmost distributional range of five neotropical primates, the brown howler monkey Alouatta guariba, the black-and-gold howler monkey Alouatta caraya, the black-horned capuchin Sapajus nigritus, the Azara’s c…
Assessing the drivers of connectivity declines for jaguars in the Atlantic Forest Open
Context.Habitat loss is a major factor influencing declines in landscape connectivity for many species, but forest patch configuration and changes in matrix permeability can also represent important drivers. To evaluate which of these fact…
Grooming site preferences in black capuchin monkeys: Hygienic vs. social functions revisited Open
When primates groom each other, they tend to concentrate on those parts of the body they cannot efficiently self‐groom (i.e., not visually accessible), and prefer to intensify grooming in areas with high hair density, thus suggesting a hyg…
THE LAST 25 YEARS OF RESEARCH ON TERRESTRIAL CARNIVORE CONSERVATION IN ARGENTINA Open
Twenty-seven species of terrestrial carnivores (Order Carnivora) inhabit Argentina, representing 10.0% and 38.6% of the global and Neotropical diversity of terrestrial carnivores, respectively.We evaluate the main topics of research on car…
Landscape use by two opossums is shaped by habitat preferences rather than by competitive interactions Open
Given the phylogenetic proximity and similar morphology of opossums (Didelphis spp.), they are good models to study factors that facilitate or impede coexistence of syntopic species and to better understand how landscape changes affect spe…
New locality for the rare sigmodontine Abrawayaomys ruschii (Rodentia, Cricetidae) in Argentina, with comments about its regional conservation status Open
We document a new locality for the rare sylvan sigmodontine Abrawayaomys ruschii from Misiones, Argentina. The individual, recognized by its distinctive spiny hairs, was recovered from a scat of an ocelot, Leopardus pardalis (Mammalia, Fel…
Cats under cover: Habitat models indicate a high dependency on woodlands by Atlantic Forest felids Open
Four Neotropical small and medium felids—the ocelot, jaguarundi, margay, and southern tiger cat—have overlapping geographic distributions in the endangered Atlantic Forest. Local studies show that these felids avoid areas with high human i…
View article: <scp>ATLANTIC</scp>‐<scp>PRIMATES</scp>: a dataset of communities and occurrences of primates in the Atlantic Forests of South America
<span>ATLANTIC</span>‐<span>PRIMATES</span>: a dataset of communities and occurrences of primates in the Atlantic Forests of South America Open
Primates play an important role in ecosystem functioning and offer critical insights into human evolution, biology, behavior, and emerging infectious diseases. There are 26 primate species in the Atlantic Forests of South America, 19 of th…
Effects of human impacts on habitat use, activity patterns and ecological relationships among medium and small felids of the Atlantic Forest Open
Competition theory and niche theory suggest that two morphologically similar species may coexist by reducing the overlap of at least one dimension of their ecological niche. The medium and small Neotropical felids are an interesting group …
Ecological correlates of the spatial co‐occurrence of sympatric mammalian carnivores worldwide Open
The composition of local mammalian carnivore communities has far‐reaching effects on terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. To better understand how carnivore communities are structured, we analysed camera trap data for 108 087 trap days across…
Tree monocultures in biodiversity hotspots: impact of pine plantations on the mammal assemblages of the Atlantic Forest and the Southern Cone Mesopotamian Savanna ecoregions of South America Open
Large scale plantations of exotic trees (mostly Pinus and Eucalyptus) are replacing vast areas of native environments in South America, with still poorly known consequences on local communities. This is particularly worrisome in endangered…
Experimental testing of reciprocal effects of nutrition and parasitism in wild black capuchin monkeys Open
Nutritional stress may predispose individuals to infection, which in turn can have further detrimental effects on physical condition, thus creating an opportunity for reciprocal effects between nutrition and parasitism. Little experimental…
View article: <scp>ATLANTIC</scp>‐<scp>CAMTRAPS</scp>: a dataset of medium and large terrestrial mammal communities in the Atlantic Forest of South America
<span>ATLANTIC</span>‐<span>CAMTRAPS</span>: a dataset of medium and large terrestrial mammal communities in the Atlantic Forest of South America Open
Our understanding of mammal ecology has always been hindered by the difficulties of observing species in closed tropical forests. Camera trapping has become a major advance for monitoring terrestrial mammals in biodiversity rich ecosystems…
The giant armadillo (priodontes maximus) in the argentine Chaco Open
El tatú carreta (Priodontes maximus) en el Chaco argentino. El tatú carreta (Priodontes maximus) es una especie difícil de estudiar debido a sus hábitos nocturnos y fosoriales y a sus bajas densidades poblacionales. En Argentina no hay est…
Assessing global patterns in mammalian carnivore occupancy and richness by integrating local camera trap surveys Open
Aim Biodiversity loss is a major driver of ecosystem change, yet the ecological data required to detect and mitigate losses are often lacking. Recently, camera trap surveys have been suggested as a method for sampling local wildlife commun…
Habitat selection and home-range use by resident and reintroduced giant anteaters in 2 South American wetlands Open
One of the benefits of modeling habitat selection for a given population is the ability to predict patterns in another population that inhabits an ecologically similar area. We studied habitat selection and home ranges of reintroduced and …
The vocal repertoire of the black-horned capuchin (Cebus [Sapajus] nigritus): an acoustic and contextual analysis Open
La comunicación entre individuos es un aspecto fundamental del comportamiento social. La comunicación vocal representa una parte importante, sino la mayor, del repertorio de señales que intervienen en la comunicación en la mayoría de los p…
Space Use and Movement of a Neotropical Top Predator: The Endangered Jaguar Open
Accurately estimating home range and understanding movement behavior can provide important information on ecological processes. Advances in data collection and analysis have improved our ability to estimate home range and movement paramete…