Título:	Wildfires disproportionately affected jaguars in the Pantanal.
Autoria:	BARROS, A. E. de MORATO, R. G. FLEMING, C. H. PARDINI, R. OLIVEIRA-SANTOS, L. G. R. TOMAS, W. M. KANTEK, D. L. Z. TORTATO, F. R. FRAGOSO, C. E. AZEVEDO, F. C. C. THOMPSON, E. J. PRADO, P. I.
Afiliação:	ALAN EDUARDO DE BARROS, Universidade de São Paulo RONALDO GONÇALVES MORATO, Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade CHRISTEN H. FLEMING, University of Maryland College Park RENATA PARDINI, Universidade de São Paulo LUIZ GUSTAVO R. OLIVEIRA-SANTOS, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul WALFRIDO MORAES TOMAS, CPAP DANIEL L. Z. KANTEK, Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade FERNANDO R. TORTATO, Panthera CARLOS EDUARDO FRAGOSO, Associação Onçafari FERNANDO C. C. AZEVEDO, Universidade Federal de São João del Rei JEFFREY J. THOMPSON, Instituto Saite PAULO INÁCIO PRADO, Universidade de São Paulo.
Ano de publicação:	2022
Referência:	Communications Biology, v. 5, 1028, oct. 2022.
Conteúdo:	The Pantanal wetland harbours the second largest population of jaguars in the world. Alongside climate and land-use changes, the recent mega-fires in the Pantanal may pose a threat to the jaguars? long-term survival. To put these growing threats into perspective, we addressed the reach and intensity of fires that have affected jaguar conservation in the Pantanal ecoregion over the last 16 years. The 2020 fires were the most severe in the annual series, burned 31% of the Pantanal and affected 45% of the estimated jaguar population (87% of these in Brazil); 79% of the home range areas, and 54% of the protected areas within home ranges. Fires consumed core habitats and injured several jaguars, the Pantanal?s apex predator. Displacement, hunger, dehydration, territorial defence, and lower fecundity are among the impacts that may affect the abundance of the species. These impacts are likely to affect other less mobile species and, therefore, the ecological stability of the region. A solution to prevent the recurrence of mega-fires lies in combating the anthropogenic causes that intensify drought conditions, such as implementing actions to protect springs, increasing the number and area of protected areas, regulating fire use, and allocating fire brigades before dry seasons.
Thesagro:	Animal Selvagem Incêndio Proteção Ambiental
NAL Thesaurus:	Fire ecology Panthera Protected species
Palavras-chave:	Onça-pintada
Digital Object Identifier:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03937-1
Tipo do material:	Artigo de periódico
Acesso:	openAccess
Aparece nas coleções:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CPAP)