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| Dillon, A. | |
| Camera trapping ocelots in Belize, Central America | |
| 2005 Wild Cat News: 1-3 | |
Five remote camera grids of varying camera spacing were conducted in the broadleaf rainforest habitat, and two remote camera grids of varying camera spacing were conducted in the pine forest habitat between January 2002 and June 2004. For this particular study, the camera trapping technique was used to estimate the density of ocelots in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve and National Park (CFRNP) of western Belize. This area, together with the Peten region of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, makes up the largest contiguous tropical broadleaf forest remaining in Central America. The estimated ocelot density for the rainforest habitat was 18.91 to 20.75 ocelots per 100 km2, whereas the estimated ocelot density in the pine forest habitat was 2.31 to 3.80 ocelots per 100 km2. |
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