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| Gon‡alves da Silva, L. | |
| The importance of wildlife roadkill records in the southern region of Brazil and their relevance to conservation: a case study with wild cats | |
| 2015 Full Book | |
Wildlife is an important natural resource and the balance of ecosystems depends on the maintenance of natural populations and ecological relationships. Within this context, highways represent a problem for wildlife, as they potentially contribute to the fragmentation of ecosystems, bringing associated impacts such as de-characterisation of natural environments, increased mortality rates and hunting. In this context, the southern region of Brazil is of particular interest in a study of the impacts of motorways on wildlife because it has a large road network to transport its large agricultural production. Southern Brazil can be considered a 'key area' for the conservation of feline species. It has two distinct biomes that predominate in its geographical extension (Atlantic Forest and Pampa) and, as a result, the occurrence of eight species of wild cat: _Panthera onca _(jaguar),_ Puma concolor _(puma), _Puma yagouaroundi_ (jaguarundi), _Leopardus colocolo_ (pampas cat), _Leopardus pardalis_ (ocelot), _Leopardus geoffroyi _(Geoffroy's cat),_ Leopardus guttulus_ (tiger cat) and _Leopardus wiedii_ (margay) (Table 1). In Brazil, there are still no detailed studies on the impact of motorways on these species. |
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