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| Elbroch, L.M.; Saucedo, C.; Wittmer, H.U. | |
| Swimming by pumas in Patagonia: rethinking barriers to puma movement | |
| 2010 Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment (45): 187-190 | |
Observations of pumas (_Puma concolor_) swimming across large bodies of water remain anecdotal in the scientific literature. Here we report long-distance swimming by a foraging male puma in Chilean Patagonia, as revealed by Argos and GPS technology. Our observation raises the question as to what might constitute a barrier to puma movements and gene flow in southern South America. Pumas are a flagship species used in identifying wildlife corridors and in landscape-scale conservation efforts in North America, and we feel a better understanding of puma metapopulation dynamics in South America is essential to both future conservation of the species and landscape-scale conservation efforts in southern South America as well. |
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