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| Craighead, K.A.; Yacelga, M. | |
| Plasticity on interference competition - puma and ocelot: an isolated event? | |
| 2020 Cat News (71): 40-42 | |
Interference competition is a fundamental ecological process that shapes community structure. We report the details of an interspecific encounter of a top predator, puma _Puma concolor_, and a mesopredator, ocelot_ Leopardus pardalis_, resulting in non-antagonistic behaviour. We posit plasticity on interference competition to explain the non-aggressive interaction between the pair of Neotropical felid species. While isolated, this observation may provide insight into, perhaps, diverged behaviours of two syntopic species inhabiting a human-altered landscape. |
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