Sloth capture and radiotracking
We captured seven maned sloths between May 2011 and March
2012 (Table 1). The sloths were physically immobilized following
a technique used in previous studies (Chiarello, 1998; Chiarello
et al., 2004; Cassano et al., 2011), and each sloth was fitted with a
ball-chain collar attached to a VHF radiotransmitter (Biotrack Ltd.;
Model TW3SM) weighing 30 g (