Differential utilization of surface and arboreal water bodies by birds and mammals in a seasonally dry Neotropical forest in southern Mexico. [PDF]
This study examined the utilization of surface and arboreal water sources by birds and mammals in a seasonally dry tropical forest in southern Mexico. Camera traps were deployed in waterholes, rock pools, and water‐filled tree holes in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.
Delgado-Martínez CM +3 more
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The Maya Are a People of Movement: Reconstructing Shifts in Maya Mobility From Oxygen Isotopes Across Three Millenia at Santa Rita Corozal (Chactemal), Northern Belize. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Objectives Decades of archaeological and bioarchaeological research have demonstrated that ancient Maya cities underwent dynamic changes over time, including shifts in sociopolitical organization as well as their cultural and economic ties to other areas of Mesoamerica.
Locker AJ +11 more
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Jaguar Density at the Northeastern Limit of Its Distribution in Mexico [PDF]
This study presents the first estimate of jaguar density in northeastern Mexico using a spatial capture–recapture model with random thinning, which incorporates both identified and unidentified camera trap detections. Conducted over 91 days with 104 cameras, the model yielded a density of 1.29 individuals per 100 km2 in the El Cielo–Sierra de Tamalave ...
Manuel‐de la Rosa Z +6 more
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El ocelote enfrenta problemas de conservación a lo largo de su distribución, debido principalmente a la caza ilegal y transformación del hábitat.
Fernando Marcos Contreras-Moreno +5 more
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Registro del coyote (Carnivora: Canidae) en la Reserva la Biosfera de Calakmul, México
El coyote (Canis latrans) es una especie que en los últimos años se ha expandido en las áreas tropicales de México y Centroamérica. En esta nota se reporta el primer registro de un individuo de coyote en la Reserva de la Biosfera de Calakmul en el ...
Fernando M. Contreras-Moreno +3 more
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Objetivo: evaluar a través del marco teórico de la gobernanza de los bienes comunes el impacto que los arreglos institucionales tienen en el proceso de construcción de capital social para el manejo forestal entre los ejidos que conforman la Asociación ...
Noé Manuel Mendoza Fuente +3 more
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Collared Peccary Wallows are Hubs of Animal Activity and Diversity in a Central American Wet Forest. [PDF]
Collared peccary wallows are used by a diverse assemblage of vertebrates in a Central American tropical wet forest. Wallows had significantly higher vertebrate activity and diversity compared to surrounding forest. Wallow visitors included 13 amphibian, 2 reptile, 11 bird, and 16 mammal species, engaged in behaviors including reproduction, drinking ...
Eckhoff A +6 more
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Waterhole use and diel activity pattern of ocelots in Calakmul rainforest, Mexico
We aimed to evaluate the temporal and spatial use of waterholes by ocelots in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (CBR), Mexico. From 2014 to 2017, we monitored 11 waterholes with camera traps.
Elisa Sandoval-Serés +2 more
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Arboreal frogs, tank bromeliads and disturbed seasonal tropical forest [PDF]
We investigated the relationship between arboreal frogs, tank bromeliads and landscape transformation in tropical forests of southeastern Campeche, Mexico. We surveyed frogs in six distinct habitats: slash and burn agriculture, seasonally flooded forest (
Augustine, Justine +3 more
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Collaborative and competitive strategies in the variability and resiliency of large-scale societies in Mesoamerica [PDF]
Examinations of the variation and duration of past large-scale societies have long involved a conceptual struggle between efforts at generalization and the unraveling of specific trajectories. Although historical particulars are critical to understanding
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