Data from: Back to the wild: Post-translocation GPS monitoring of a rehabilitated ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in a high competition, forest-agriculture matrix

Wicks S, Christopher B, Schellmann CA, Flatt E, Beita SQ, Rocha RP, Whitworth A. 2024. Data from: Back to the wild: Post-translocation GPS monitoring of a rehabilitated ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in a high competition, forest-agriculture matrix. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.348

Abstract

The sparsity of post-translocation monitoring data for rehabilitated felids leaves a pressing gap in our current understanding of their integration into and use of novel landscapes. Remote monitoring tools such as GPS collars can provide crucial insights into animal movement behavior and habitat selection following translocation and assist in the decision-making process for rehabilitation and release sites. In January 2023, a young male ocelot was released on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, after eight months of rehabilitation following a vehicle strike. Six months of post-translocation monitoring using a GPS and VHF-enabled collar revealed distinctive spatial patterns between the ocelot’s initial exploratory phase (~75 days) and subsequent residential period, as well as a selection for agricultural-forest matrix habitat over primary forest. We discuss the findings in terms of learning lessons for future post-release monitoring effects and provide insight into an individual’s patterns of habitat selection in an anthropogenically modified landscape.

Keywords

Leopardus pardalis, animal movement, animal tracking, conservation biology, gps, ocelot

Taxa

Taxon

Leopardus pardalis

Ocelot

Sensors

Sensor

GPS

DOIs of related Publications

https://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.19.e124324

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https://datarepository.movebank.org/handle/10255/move.3195

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@misc{001/1_348,
  title = {Data from: Back to the wild: Post-translocation GPS monitoring of a rehabilitated ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in a high competition, forest-agriculture matrix},
  author = {Wicks, S and Christopher, B and Schellmann, CA and Flatt, E and Beita, SQ and Rocha, RP and Whitworth, A},
  year = {2024},
  URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.348},
  doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.348},
  publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}

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AU  - Christopher, Beirne
AU  - Schellmann, Cristina Azzopardi
AU  - Flatt, Eleanor
AU  - Beita, Sandy Quirós
AU  - Rocha, Rigoberto Pereira
AU  - Whitworth, Andrew
Y1  - 2024/12/30
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