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. 2016 May 18;11(5):e0154624. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154624

Table 2. Ocelot density estimate comparison.

Study sites where camera-trap surveys in combination with capture-recapture models have been used to estimate ocelot density. Studies are listed chronologically. Density is reported in ocelots per 100 km2. Asterisk (*) indicate that the density is the average of density estimates from more than one surveys in the same area. Method refers to how the effective surveyed area was estimated (HMMDM—buffer width of half the mean maximum distance moved of all animals captured in more than one camera-trap station were added to the survey trapping area; Telemetry—home range size estimates based on radio-tracked animals were used to inform the buffer width added to the survey trapping area, SCR—information on capture history of individuals in combination with spatial information of captures were used to directly estimate density).

Country Study site Ecoregion Density Method Source
Brazil Morro do Diabo State Park Atlantic forest 31.3 HMMDM [40]
Brazil Reserve of UNIDERP Pantanal 56.4 HMMDM [4]
Brazil Estância Ecológica SESC Pantanal Pantanal 11.2 HMMDM [21]
Bolivia Ravelo, Kaa-lya del Gran Chaco National Park Transitional Chaco-Chiquitano dry forest 59* HMMDM [6]
Bolivia San Miguelito, Kaa-lya del Gran Chaco National Park Transitional Chaco-Chiquitano dry forest 56 HMMDM [6]
Bolivia Cerro Cortado, Kaa-lya del Gran Chaco National Park Chaco dry forest 29.5* HMMDM [6]
Bolivia Tucavaca, Kaa-lya del Gran Chaco National Park Transitional Chaco-Chiquitano dry forest 29* HMMDM [6]
USA, Texas Yturria Ranch Western Gulf coastal grassland 30 HMMDM [41]
Argentina Urugua-í Atlantic forest 13.3 HMMDM [42]
Argentina Iguazú National Park Atlantic forest 19.9 HMMDM [42]
Belize Chiquibul Forest Reserve and National Park Broad-leaf rain-forest 25.8 HMMDM [43]
Belize Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Belizean pine forest 3.1 HMMDM [43]
Brazil Ilha do Cardoso State Park Atlantic forest 40 HMMDM [44]
Brazil Feliciano Miguel Abdala Reserve Atlantic forest 52.1 HMMDM [45]
Brazil / Argentina Iguaçú / Iguazú National Parks and San Jorge Forest Reserve Atlantic forest 16.8 HMMDM [14]
Argentina Yabotí Biosphere Reserve Atlantic forest 8.6 HMMDM [14]
Brazil Caraguatá Reserve Atlantic forest 4 HMMDM [46]
Brazil Ponte Branca—ESEC MPL Atlantic forest 17 HMMDM [47]
Brazil Seis R Atlantic forest 25 HMMDM [47]
Brazil Santa Mônica Atlantic forest 62 HMMDM [47]
Panama Darién National Park Tropical wet forest 62.7 HMMDM [48]
Peru Oil concession (Block 39) Amazon forest 84.8* HMMDM [38]
Costa Rica Talamanca Caribbean Biological Corridor Tropical wet forest 6.5 Telemetry [49]
Colombia Sociedad Civil Palmarito Natural Reserve Colombian llanos 11 HMMDM [50]
Brazil Serra da Capivara National Park Semi-arid Caatinga 4.5 HMMDM [5]
Bolivia Palmar, Kaa-lya del Gran Chaco National Park Transitional Chaco-Chiquitano dry forest 77 HMMDM [34]
Bolivia Estación Isoso, Kaa-lya del Gran Chaco National Park Chaco-Amazon forest 11* HMMDM [34]
Mexico Sierra Abra-Tanchipa Biosphere Reserve Tropical deciduous forest 2.9 SCR [32]
Brazil Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve Amazon forest 28.9* HMMDM this study
Brazil Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve Amazon forest 24.84* SCR this study