ABUNDANCE & SURVEY METHODS |
The available abundance data for jaguars is provided below, along with details of techniques being used in situ to study jaguars and obtain such data. |
Country |
Region |
Density Estimate |
Population Estimate |
Reference |
| Argentina & Brazil |
Green Corridor, Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest |
0.93 ± 0.2 to 1.74 ± 0.34/ 100km2 |
25-53 (in the Green Corridor) |
Paviolo et al 2008 |
| Belize |
Cockscomb |
1/15km2 |
600-1000 (Total for Belize) |
Rabinowitz & Nottingham 1986 |
| Bolivia |
Kaa-lya, Gran Chaco |
1.8-5.3/100km2 |
1000 (in 34,400km2) |
Maffei et al 2004 |
| Brazil |
Pantanal |
1.4/100km2 |
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Quigley & Crawshaw 1992 |
| Brazil |
Parque Estadual Morro do Diabo |
2.2/100km2 |
8-9 (in 370km2) |
Cullen et al 2005 |
| Guatemala |
Maya Biosphere Reserve |
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465-550
(in 15,000km2) |
Aranda 1990 |
| Mexico |
Calakmul Biosphere Reserve |
1/26-32km2 |
125-180 (in 4000km2) |
Aranda 1990 |
| Mexico |
Chiapas State |
1/15-40km2 |
~405 (4 populations over 8800km2) |
Aranda 1991 |
| Paraguay |
Chaco |
1/25-75km2 |
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Swank & Teer 1987;
Brooks 1990 |
| Details of academic or conservation projects using either mark-recapture techniques (camera trapping), or telemetry (collaring & tracking), or both, are detailed below: |
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| Useful Literature & Websites |
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A selection of useful literature about survey methods
For the full references of the papers and reports listed below see the Publications page, or simply click the links.
| Camera Trapping |
| Maffei et al 2004 |
One thousand jaguars (Panthera onca) in Bolivia's Chaco? Camera trapping in Kaa-lya National Park |
| Paviolo et al 2008 |
Jaguar Panthera onca population decline in the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest of Angentina and Brazil |
| Silver 2004 |
Assessing Jaguar Abundance using Remotely Triggered Cameras (Wildlife Conservation Society Report available from WCS in English, Spanish & Portuguese) |
| Silver et al 2004 |
The use of camera traps for estimating jaguar Panthera onca abundance and density using capture/recapture analysis. |
| Soisalo & Cavalcanti 2006 |
Estimating the density of a jaguar population in the Brazilian Pantanal using camera-traps and capture-recapture sampling in combination with GPS radio-telemetry |
| Wallace et al 2003 |
Camera trapping for jaguar (Panthera onca) in the Tuichi Valley, Bolivia |
| CamTrakker |
Producers of remotely triggered cameras |
| WWF |
Basic camera trap information |
Telemetry |
| Rabinowitz 1986 |
Jaguar predation on livestock in Belize |
| Soisalo & Cavalcanti 2006 |
Estimating the density of a jaguar population in the Brazilian Pantanal using camera-traps and capture-recapture sampling in combination with GPS radio-telemetry |
| BlueSky Telemetry |
BlueSky Telemetry 'designs and manufactures specialist and highly innovative wildlife telemetry GPS (Global Positioning System) collars and associated accessories to track wild herbivores, carnivores and semi domesticated farm animals for predominantly research purposes'. |
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