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Diversity and Abundance of the Species of Arboreal Mammals in a Tropical Rainforest in Southeast Mexico. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Arboreal camera trapping provides insights about mammals' community in a human‐modified landscape. High species richness in the area nourish the notion of HML as refuges for fauna. ABSTRACT Habitat loss threatens biodiversity worldwide being particularly detrimental in tropical rainforests where a cumulative deforestation expands for decades.
Rojas-Sánchez JV, Coates RI, Sánchez-Cordero V, Lavariega MC, Flores-Martínez JJ.   +4 more
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Molecular Detection of <i>Histoplasma capsulatum</i> in Small Wild Mammals, Dogs, and Cats from Areas of Remaining Forest in the Brazilian Amazon. [PDF]

Transbound Emerg Dis, 2023
Histoplasma capsulatum is the etiological agent of histoplasmosis, which can infect birds and different mammal species, including humans. In Brazil, the disease is not notifiable, and little is known about its infection in domestic and wild mammals. This study aimed to perform the molecular detection of H.
de Farias DM, Leite Barros FN, Sampaio-Júnior FD, Dos Santos Cruz Vieira J, de Sousa Gonçalves T, da Costa Rodrigues AN, de Lima Macedo RC, Duarte Cerqueira V, Mendes de Oliveira AC, Souza da Paz G, Góes-Cavalcante G, Scofield A.   +11 more
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Pollination and plant reproduction in the Cerrado, the world's most biodiverse savanna. [PDF]

Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
ABSTRACT The Brazilian Cerrado is a continental‐wide biodiversity hotspot and the most species‐rich savanna ecosystem in the world. The main aspect characterising this biodiversity is that the landscape is arranged as an intricate mosaic of different plant formations, including grasslands, savannas, and forests, each harbouring distinct but ...
Cardoso JCF, Trevizan R, Maruyama PK, Caetano APS, Gonçalves RV, Antonini Y, Oliveira PE.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Spatiotemporal walking gait kinematics of semi‐arboreal red pandas (Ailurus fulgens)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, Volume 339, Issue 8, Page 755-766, October 1, 2023., 2023
While footfall patterns are consistent across arboreal and terrestrial locomotion, flexibility in other kinematic variables allow semi‐arboreal red pandas to navigate disparate biomechanical challenges inherent to arboreal versus terrestrial locomotion.
Maura R. Plocek, Noah T. Dunham
wiley   +1 more source

Tails in Action: Comparative Use of the Prehensile Tail and Substrate in Alouatta macconnelli, Sapajus apella, and Potos flavus. [PDF]

Am J Primatol
Barplot representing the frequencies (percentages) of positional behaviors in relation to tail use for Alouatta macconnelli (left), Potos flavus (middle), and Sapajus apella (right). For each species, the left barplot represents all positional behaviors, the middle one postural behaviors, and the right one locomotor behaviors.
Naas AG, Mensah JB, Forget PM, Guilbert É, Herrel A.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Oral transmission of Chagas disease from a One Health approach: A systematic review

Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 28, Issue 9, Page 689-698, September 2023., 2023
Abstract Objective To analyse acute Chagas disease (CD) outbreaks through a qualitative systematic review and discuss the determinants for its prevention and control. Methods Review of studies in which clinical cases of oral transmission were confirmed by parasitological and/or serological tests that included an epidemiological investigation of sources
Alejandra López‐García, Juan A. Gilabert   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Form, function and evolution of the human hand

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 181, Issue S76, Page 6-57, August 2023., 2023
Abstract The modern human hand is an intriguing mix of primitive morphology and derived function. Traditionally, its form and function are explained as a functional “trade‐off” between the requirements of locomotion and manipulation, but recently acquired comparative, experimental and fossil evidence suggests that this functional trade‐off is more ...
Tracy L. Kivell, Niguss Baraki, Victoria Lockwood, Erin Marie Williams‐Hatala, Bernard A. Wood   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tropical forest loss impoverishes arboreal mammal assemblages by increasing tree canopy openness

Ecological Applications, Volume 33, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Landscape‐scale deforestation poses a major threat to global biodiversity, not only because it limits habitat availability, but also because it can drive the degradation of the remaining habitat. However, the multiple pathways by which deforestation directly and indirectly affects wildlife remain poorly understood, especially for elusive ...
Sabine J. Cudney‐Valenzuela, Víctor Arroyo‐Rodríguez, José C. Morante‐Filho, Tarin Toledo‐Aceves, Ellen Andresen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fur glowing under ultraviolet: in situ analysis of porphyrin accumulation in the skin appendages of mammals

Integrative Zoology, Volume 18, Issue 1, Page 15-26, January 2023., 2023
We investigated the UV‐induced photoluminescence of the fur of 23 species of monotremes, marsupial, and placental mammals. We used emission and excitation spectroscopy as well as multispectral imaging to detect, characterize, and map the chemical compounds responsible for the reddish photoluminescence.
Séverine L. D. TOUSSAINT, Jasper PONSTEIN, Mathieu THOURY, Rémi MÉTIVIER, Daniela C. KALTHOFF, Benoît HABERMEYER, Roger GUILARD, Steffen BOCK, Peter MORTENSEN, Sverre SANDBERG, Pierre GUERIAU, Eli AMSON   +11 more
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Daily activity of threatened canopy mammals in a private protected natural area of tropical southeastern Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2023
Private conservation areas (PCA) are a complementary resource that can be used to favor the conservation of mammals in tropical regions of the world. However, their reduced extent can exert a differential influence on the behavior of the species present,
Jaime Pelayo-Martínez, Liliana Ortíz-Lozada, Vinicio J. Sosa, Claudio Mota-Vargas, Jessica Durán-Antonio   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source