phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at o:2990 DOI 10.1017/S0030605322001570 Habitat destruction threatens jaguars in a mixed land-use region of eastern Bolivia Large carnivores such as the jaguar Panthera onca are particularly susceptible to population decline and local extinction as a result of habitat loss. Here we report on the long-term monitoring of a local jaguar population in a mixed land-use area in the eastern lowlands of Bolivia from March 2017 to December 2019. We recorded 15 jaguar individuals and four reproduction events (five offspring from three females), suggesting that our study area harbours a resident breeding population. Seven iterations of spatially explicit capture-recapture models provided density estimates of 1.32-3.57 jaguars per 100 km(2). Jaguar capture rates were highest in forested areas, with few to no jaguar captures in pastures used for livestock. Massive deforestation after the survey period reduced the proportion of dense forest cover by 33%, shrinking the availability of suitable jaguar habitat and placing the resident jaguar population at risk. We use the jaguar as an indicator species to highlight the threat of habitat destruction in the Chiquitano region and we emphasize the importance of intact forest patches for jaguar conservation. eng Panthera-Onca; Camera-Traps; Chiquitano Region; National-Park; Density; Population; Ecology; Mammals; Deforestation; Connectivity 2024-05-16T08:43:33.800Z LOMv1.0 Author BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Meißner;René; FN:René Meißner X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2829-1607 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Jansen;Martin; FN:Martin Jansen X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2631-4601 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Aramayo Bejarano;José Luis; FN:José Luis Aramayo Bejarano X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0946-1260 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Condori Callisaya;Yannet; FN:Yannet Condori Callisaya X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4922-0827 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Aramayo Ledezma;Gabriel; FN:Gabriel Aramayo Ledezma X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6821-2163 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Beukes;Maya; FN:Maya Beukes X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6775-2747 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Blumer;Moritz; FN:Moritz Blumer X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5775-1767 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Weiß;Merlin; FN:Merlin Weiß X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5801-6123 END:VCARD https://w3id.org/kim/hcrt/scheme https://w3id.org/kim/hcrt/text Textdokument Text LOMv1.0 yes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 application/pdf 964901 https://phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at/o:2990 https://phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at/api/object/o:2990/thumbnail LOMv1.0 discipline