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08-04-2017, 10:44 PM( This post was last modified: 09-24-2018, 07:05 AM by epaiva )
Predator-prey interactions: Jaguar predation on caiman in a floodplain forest
F.C.C. Azavedo & M. Verdade (2011)
Photo credit Rafael Hoogesteijn
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*This image is copyright of its original author
In the Pantanal region of Brazil predation of Caiman (Caiman yacare) by Jaguars provide a unique opportunity test predictions regarding prey selection, They used living animals captured to predict the BM (Kg) in from body and head measurements by general linear regression. In atached table can be seen estimated body mass of 22 predated Caiman, Caiman yacare. They examined patterns of Jaguar predation on Caiman in Southern Pantanal, Brazil. Body mass in kilograms was predicted by linear regression from dorsal cranial length (DCL) measured from skulls of Caiman predated by Jaguars collected from 2003 to 2008.