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Jaguar (Panthera onca) and puma (Puma concolor) diets in Quintana Roo, Mexico [PDF]
A study was carried out for two years in Northwest Quintana Roo, México, using scat analysis to determine the diet and prey preferences of pumas and jaguars. Cat species and gender were determined using molecular techniques (rapid classificatory protocol:
Chávez, C. +4 more
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Individual variation in animal communication: from species averages to unique voices
ABSTRACT The comparative study of communicative behaviour in non‐human animals, especially primates, has yielded crucial insights into the evolution of human language. This research, mostly focused on the species and population level, has improved our understanding of the various socio‐ecological factors that shape communication systems.
Angèle Lombrey, Marlen Fröhlich
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Ecomorphological determinations in the absence of living analogs:The predatory behavior of the marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex) as revealed by elbow joint morphology [PDF]
Thylacoleo carnifex, or the “pouched lion” (Mammalia: Marsupialia: Diprotodontia: Thylacoleonidae), was a carnivorous marsupial that inhabited Australia during the Pleistocene.
Alberto Martín-Serra +32 more
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We conducted mammal surveys in the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca (Sierra Norte) in Oaxaca, Mexico, and recorded the occurrence of two conspicuous mammal species: the spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus) and the coyote (Canis latrans cagottis).
Miguel Briones-Salas +3 more
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Optimal random search, fractional dynamics and fractional calculus
What is the most efficient search strategy for the random located target sites subject to the physical and biological constraints? Previous results suggested the L\'evy flight is the best option to characterize this optimal problem, however, which ...
Chen, YangQuan, Zeng, Caibin
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The acoustic structure of spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) calls is related both to caller goal and arousal [PDF]
José D. Ordóñez‐Gómez +2 more
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ABSTRACT Conservation education activities employing multimodal knowledge transmission, including art‐based workshops, are a multidisciplinary tool that can be used to raise awareness of the natural environment in which we live. In this study, we implemented a conservation education workshop that combined different forms of knowledge transmission, to ...
Miquel Llorente +2 more
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Revisiting Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus capucinus) and the Ancient Maya
Two genera of nonhuman primates, howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata and A. pigra) and spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) currently reside throughout the area inhabited by the modern Maya. Michael Coe (1978, 1989) suggested that the Classic Maya (A.D.
Mary Baker
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Introducción: La Cordillera de Talamanca en el sureste de Costa Rica, es una región prioritaria para la conservación, posee ecosistemas y especies poco conocidas.
Roger González Tenorio +2 more
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Con el objetivo de evaluar y comparar el efecto que tiene el paso de las semillas del higo Ficus insipida Willd (Moraceae), por el tracto digestivo de dos especies de vertebrados frugívoros, se ofrecieron frutos a individuos cautivos de tucán (Ramphastos
Laura E Domínguez-Domínguez +2 more
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