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Polling the Public to Select Flagship Species for Tourism and Conservation-A 'Big Five' for the Peruvian Amazon? [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Flagship species are used to promote conservation and tourism, but selecting species purely for prescribed appealing characteristics may overlook unique flagships or homogenise selections. A strategy of polling the public can more directly identify existing preferences for species for marketing.
Recharte M, Lee PC, Vick SJ, Bowler M.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Use of community characteristics to predict hunting and game harvests in western Amazonian forests. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Wild game harvesting in Amazonia provides rural residents with protein and cash income but can threaten wildlife populations and forest ecosystem functions. As yet, the socioeconomic and environmental drivers that shape hunter livelihoods remain poorly understood.
Zayonc D, Robinson BE, Coomes OT, Takasaki Y, Abizaid C.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Assessing the Giant Panda Protected Areas and Habitat Trends for Sympatric Endangered Species: A Climate Change Perspective. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Here, we used a tuned MaxEnt model to investigate concurrent habitat trends of giant pandas and sympatric endangered species—forest musk deer—under various climate scenarios in the Liangshan Mountains. Additionally, we assessed the effectiveness of protected area boundaries designed for flagship species.
Du Y, Jiang Y, Zheng B, Liu T, Yu P, Yang M, Ran J.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Health Assessment and Seroepidemiologic Survey of Potential Pathogens in Wild Antillean Manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) [PDF]

, 2012
The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus), a subspecies of the West Indian manatee, inhabits fresh, brackish, and warm coastal waters distributed along the eastern border of Central America, the northern coast of South America, and throughout ...
Aguirre, A.A. (Alonso), Auil Gomez, N. (Nicole), Bonde, R.K. (Robert), Kreuder Johnson, C. (Christine), Luttrell, M.P. (Page), Nielsen, K. (Klaus), Osterhaus, A.D.M.E. (Albert), Powell, J. (James), Sulzner, K. (Kathryn)   +8 more
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Placentation in the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) [PDF]

Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 2008
Evidence from several sources supports a close phylogenetic relationship between elephants and sirenians. To explore whether this was reflected in similar placentation, we examined eight delivered placentae from the Amazonian manatee using light microscopy and immunohistochemistry.
Carter, Anthony M., Miglino, Maria Angelica, Ambrósio, Carlos Eduardo, dos Santos, Tatiana Carlesco, Weber Rosas, Fernando Cesar, D'Affonsêca Neto, José Anselmo, Lazzarini, Stella Maris, Carvalho, Ana Flávia de, Silva, Vera Maria Ferreira da   +8 more
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Cutaneous mycobacteriosis in a captive Amazonian manatee Trichechus inunguis [PDF]

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2018
An adult male Amazonian manatee Trichechus inunguis under human care presented with 3 circular cutaneous lesions on the dorsal aspect of the rostrum and between the nostrils (plenum). Initially these lesions were superficial, hypopigmented, without warmth and non-painful. Microbiological cultures of skin swabs isolated Candida sp.
Reisfeld, Laura, Ikuta, C. Y., Ippolito, Laura, Silvatti, Bruna, Neto, Josè Soares Ferreira, Catão-Dias, José Luiz, Weber Rosas, Fernando Cesar, D'Affonsêca Neto, José Anselmo, Silva, Vera Maria Ferreira da   +8 more
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Observation of a potential mating herd in Amazonian manatee [PDF]

Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 2018
We report what is believed to be the first description of a mating herd among Amazonian ...
Camila Carvalho de Carvalho, Diogo Maia Gräbin, Miriam Marmontel   +2 more
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Determination of the ecological water quality in the Orienco stream using benthic macroinvertebrates in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Volume 19, Issue 3, Page 615-625, May 2023., 2023
Abstract In recent years, pollution of watercourses in nearby protected ecosystems has increased due to urbanization. Standard physiochemical methods and probes are one way to monitor watercourses for quality. However, they often do not provide the full ecological status of the body of water.
Federico Sinche, Manuel Cabrera, Lenin Vaca, Edison Segura, Pablo Carrera   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The graviportal spine: Epaxial muscles of the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)

Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia, Volume 52, Issue 2, Page 135-147, March 2023., 2023
Abstract In this study, we present not only a new and detailed anatomical description of the epaxial muscles and adjacent ligamentous and fascial structures in the African savanna elephant but also a structural and functional comparison with other Afrotherian mammals and some domestic quadrupeds.
Caroline Maria Victoria Birgfellner, John Thomson Soley, Eva Polsterer, Gerhard Forstenpointner, Gerald Erwin Weissengruber   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The species-specific role of wildlife in the Amazonian food system

Ecology and Society, 2023
We examine ways in which the role of wild animals in the Amazonian food system may be socially differentiated and species-specific. We combine a hybrid framework of food choice preferences and theorizing on access to natural resources with fieldwork in ...
Willandia A. Chaves, Patricia Carignano Torres, Luke Parry   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source