Pumas (Puma concolor) as ecological brokers.xlsx

We reviewed the published literature to address the question of what role puma (Puma concolor) plays within the diverse set of ecosystems it inhabits across the western hemisphere. We searched the ISI Web of Science databases and Google Scholar for keywords (page 1) associated with puma species interactions and their ecological roles and found 162 studies published between 1950-2020. These studies reported evidence of 542 distinct ecological interactions between pumas and other biota, across 484 distinct species.