Activity pattern of puma (Puma concolor) and its main prey in central Mexico

作者：Soria Diaz Leroy; Monroy Vilchis Octavio^*; Zarco Gonzalez Zuleyma

来源：Animal Biology, 2016, 66(1): 13-20.

DOI：10.1163/15707563-00002487

• Activity pattern
• central Mexico
• interaction
• predator-prey relationships
• Puma concolor

Predator-prey dynamics are primarily determined by the predator's ability to hunt and the prey's strategies to avoid it. This dynamic can be influenced by ecological, environmental or anthropogenic factors. We analyzed the activity pattern of puma (Puma concolor) and its main prey species, armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), coati (Nasua narica) and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) by means of photographic records. The pattern of activity of the predator species is not distributed uniformly throughout the day. No dependence of the activity pattern of the species on the moon phase was found. In addition, a statistically significant relationship between the activity pattern of puma and its main prey (armadillo) was obtained.

• 出版日期2016