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Understanding Mammalian Habitat Use With a Multi‐Species, Multi‐Scale Approach: The Jaguar Protection Corridor in Guaviare, Colombia

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
We applied a multi‐scale, multi‐species framework to quantify how landscape structure and human infrastructure influence habitat use across a terrestrial mammal community within a biological corridor in the Colombian Amazon. Forest cover and spatial configuration influenced wildlife habitat use at spatial scales associated with species dispersal ...
Gabriel P. Andrade‐Ponce, Eduardo Molina‐González, Jaime Andrés Cabrera   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Catfishes of the genus Auchenipterichthys (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae): a revisionary study

Neotropical Ichthyology
The Neotropical auchenipterid catfish genus Auchenipterichthys is reviewed and found to include four species. Auchenipterichthys thoracatus, formerly considered to be widely distributed throughout the Amazon River basin, is found to be restricted to the ...
Carl J. Ferraris Jr., Richard P. Vari, Sandra J. Raredon   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Timing the Sacred: A Multi‐Step Chronological Framework for the Llullaillaco Inca Burial

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Absolute radiocarbon dating offers high precision, but its application to historical contexts, such as the Inca civilization, requires a rigorous methodological approach. This research examines methods to enhance chronological accuracy through a case study of artifacts from the Llullaillaco Capacocha sacrifice.
Dominika Sieczkowska‐Jacyna, Gabriela Recagno Browning, Mario Bernaski, Fernanda Zigaran, Maksymilian Jędrzejowski, Jacek Pawlyta, Andrzej Rakowski, Johan Reinhard, Sturt W. Manning, Dagmara Socha   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geometric Morphometrics Reveal Body Shape Variation in Freshwater Shrimps of the Genus Macrobrachium Lacking a Mandibular Palp (Formerly Pseudopalaemon Sollaud, 1911) (Decapoda: Palaemonidae)

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Shape variation in the cephalothorax of Macrobrachium species without mandibular palp using geometric morphometrics was used as a tool to support species differentiation and propose new diagnostic characters for taxonomic identification.
Thaís Arrais Mota, Ana Carla Soares da Silva, Lucas Jhones de Santana Neves, Carlos Eduardo Rocha Duarte Alencar, Fabrício Lopes Carvalho   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying hotspots of faunal data deficiency to direct urgent research and monitoring

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Data deficiency is a substantial challenge for extinction risk assessments because incomplete data means we cannot accurately identify priority protected areas for conservation. Here, we use the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) distributions of amphibians, sharks and rays, fish, mammals, birds, and reptiles to identify ...
Matt W. Hayward, Danielle Verdon‐Kidd, K. Colyvas, Ellen Saxon, Andrea S. Griffin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Historical deforestation drives strong rainfall decline across the southern Amazon basin

Nature Communications
The Amazon forest has recently experienced substantial human-induced loss of forest cover. However, the extent to which such historical deforestation has altered regional observed precipitation through inter-regional atmospheric moisture transport ...
Jiangpeng Cui, Shilong Piao, Chris Huntingford, Tao Wang, Dominick V. Spracklen   +4 more
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Protected areas on international borders show uneven conservation outcomes

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Border protected areas (BPAs) are national protected areas that are immediately adjacent to a country's border or span two or more countries; they are characterized by distinctive opportunities and pressures. They play a critical role in protecting carbon‐rich ecosystems, conserving endangered biodiversity, reducing cross‐border environmental ...
Rachakonda Sreekar, Hoong Chen Teo, Tiantian Zhang, Jiajia Liu, Aakash Lamba, Jun Ying Lim, Lian Pin Koh, Sean Jing Wen Ng, Janice Ser Huay Lee, James E. M. Watson, Yiwen Zeng   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The pantropical biodiversity footprint of oil palm

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Although oil palm expansion is a main driver of tropical deforestation, this is the first study that integrates species‐specific habitats to assess oil palm's biodiversity footprint globally. We find that 4.5% of forest‐dependent species lost more than 1% of their potential habitats to oil palm; São Tomé and Sri Lanka have the highest per‐hectare ...
Yingtong Zhu, Jacqueline Choo, Cong Xia, Luis Roman Carrasco   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geographical distribution of the Pinnated Bittern (Botaurus pinnatus): Update and seasonal movement pattern

Ibis, EarlyView.
The Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus (Ardeidae) is a widely distributed Neotropical wading bird whose distribution and seasonal status remain poorly resolved. Discrepancies among published literature, citizen science records and the range currently assumed by BirdLife International indicate that both its geographical distribution and migratory ...
Helon Simões Oliveira, Tuany Siqueira‐Silva, Sérgio Roberto Posso, Sidney Feitosa Gouveia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fire‐driven forest degradation enhances termite activity and accelerates litter decomposition in the Amazonia rainforest

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Forest degradation increased termite‐mediated litter decomposition, whereas no such effect was detected in undisturbed forests. Reduced ant predation and altered forest conditions were associated with higher termite abundance and faster litter decomposition.
Vanessa S. Ribeiro, José Henrique Schoereder, Tathiana G. Sobrinho, Paulo M. Brando, Filipe Viegas de Arruda, Ludmila Rattis, Og DeSouza, Márcia N. Macedo, Leonardo Maracahipes‐Santos, Lucas Navarro Paolucci   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source