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Soria-Diaz, L.; Monroy-Vilchis, O.; Zarco-Gonzalez, Z.
Activity pattern of puma (_Puma concolor_) and its main prey in central Mexico
2016 Animal Biology (66): 13-20
Predator-prey dynamics are primarily determined by the predator's ability to hunt and the prey's strategies to avoid it. This dynamic can be influenced by ecological, environmental or anthropogenic factors. We analyzed the activity pattern of puma (_Puma concolor_) and its main prey species, armadillo (_Dasypus novemcinctus_), coati (_Nasua narica_) and white-tailed deer (_Odocoileus virginianus_) by means of photographic records. The pattern of activity of the predator species is not distributed uniformly throughout the day. No dependence of the activity pattern of the species on the moon phase was found. In addition, a statistically significant relationship between the activity pattern of puma and its main prey (armadillo) was obtained.
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