Important areas for the conservation of felids in Neotropical seasonal dry forests

Abstract

Felids are highly sensitive to habitat loss and impacts associated with human activities, such as agriculture expansion and the proliferation of road networks. In the Neotropical seasonal dry forest of northwestern Argentina deforestation has transformed 90% of its original extent and remanent forest is poorly represented within the protected area network. Here, we provide the data of seven felids in the Neotropical seasonal dry forest of northwestern Argentina obtained through camera-trapping and scripts of the hierarchical multi-species occupancy modelling.