Ranging ecology and resource selection of white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari) in the world's largest tropical agricultural frontier

Costa, Hugo C.M., Storck-Tonon, Danielle, dos Santos-Filho, Manoel, da Silva, Dionei José, Campos-Silva, João Vitor and Peres, Carlos A. (2023) Ranging ecology and resource selection of white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari) in the world's largest tropical agricultural frontier. Ecology and Evolution, 13 (10). ISSN 2045-7758

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Abstract

Agricultural commodity production is one the main drivers of deforestation in Legal Brazilian Amazonia resulting in a deforested and/or fragmented landscape formed by forest remnants of different sizes and shape embedded within the agricultural matrix. As an ecosystem engineer and a crucial seed predator, white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari) play a pivotal role in forest structure, biodiversity, and nutrient cycling. However, they are highly sensitive to habitat fragmentation and hunting pressure. White-lipped peccaries are, therefore, a wide-ranging “landscape species,” the spatial and ecological requirements of which can be used to guide conservation planning in human-modified landscapes. Using data from GPS-tracked individuals in large-scale mechanized agriculture landscapes in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil's largest soybean and maize producer, we investiated the home range size and resource selection during both the crop and non-crop season. We observed a seasonal variation in home range size and an increased selection for croplands during the crop season. White-lipped peccaries favored native vegetation patches and also exhibited avoidance of locations distant from perennial water bodies and distant cropland locations far from forest remmants. This study can contribute to inform effective conservation strategies and land management practices aimed at preserving suitable habitats and promoting wildlife coexistence with working agricultural landscapes.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT: Data is available at the Movebank repository ID 1208812623.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	akde,habitat use,home range,telemetry,umbrella species,ungulates,ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics,ecology,nature and landscape conservation,sdg 15 - life on land ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1105
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	31 Mar 2026 08:30
Last Modified:	06 Apr 2026 00:20
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/102657
DOI:	10.1002/ece3.10624

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