Influencia del ciclo lunar sobre los patrones de actividad de la comunidad de felinos del magdalena medio, colombia

Activity patterns of large and medium-sized felids are usually influenced by a diverse set of factors, and their activity can vary throughout the circadian cycle, thus allowing their coexistence and increasing the survival. For nocturnal animals, several studies have addressed how lunar cycles can influence their activity patterns. Here, we evaluated whether the lunar cycle had an effect on the activity patterns of three of the felids that are found in the inter Andean Valleys of the Magdalena river in Colombia: The jaguar (Panthera onca), the puma (Puma concolor) and the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis). Through camera trapping, samples were collected between August 2013 November 2018, and the activity of these felids was analyzed across different lunar cycles. Also, we plotted their overlap in activity patterns in order to better understand their coexistence. Jaguars have a cathemeral activity pattern although nocturnal activity predominates, pumas is mainly cathemeral and ocelots are mostly nocturnal although some diurnal activity was recorded. We found no relation between felid activity and moon phases (luminosity), although we consider this association should be further studied as earlier studies have found contrasting results.

• Autores: Martínez Boada, Valentina
• Tipo de recurso: Trabajo de grado de pregrado
• Fecha de publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad de los Andes
• Repositorio: Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/51236
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/1992/51236
• Palabra clave: Felinos; Conservación de especies; Biología
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/