Registros recientes de Caluromys derbianus (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae), Tamandua mexicana (Pilosa: Myrmecophagidae) y Coendou mexicanus (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) en Oaxaca, México [PDF]
Mammalogy Notes, 2019 Presentamos registros notables de tlacuache dorado (Caluromys derbianus), oso hormiguero (Tamandua mexicana) y puerco espín (Coendou mexicanus), tres especies crípticas, de hábitos arborícolas consideradas amenazadas en México, cuya presencia en Oaxaca ...
Elena Rosa Galindo-Aguilar +4 more
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Tropical forest loss impoverishes arboreal mammal assemblages by increasing tree canopy openness. [PDF]
Ecol Appl, 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 ...
Cudney-Valenzuela SJ +4 more
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Species, taxonomic, and functional group diversities of terrestrial mammals at risk under climate change and land-use/cover change scenarios in Mexico. [PDF]
Glob Chang Biol, 2022 We combined trait‐based and correlative approaches to assign risks to species, taxonomic orders, and functional groups of terrestrial mammals in Mexico, under climate change (CC) and land‐use/cover change (LUCC) scenarios. Risk scores were obtained as a function of vulnerability, exposure, and hazard, using the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Ureta C +7 more
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Arboreal camera trapping sheds light on seed dispersal of the world's only epiphytic gymnosperm: Zamia pseudoparasitica. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 We conducted arboreal camera trapping in three sites along the Talamanca Cordillera to assess for potential seed dispersal agents of Zamia pseudoparasitica, which is the only known gymnosperm species to be epiphytic and it is endemic to the mountains of Western Panama.
Monteza-Moreno CM +4 more
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Daily activity of threatened canopy mammals in a private protected natural area of tropical southeastern Mexico [PDF]
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 +4 more
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Geographic variation in Caluromys derbianus and Caluromys lanatus (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) [PDF]
Zoologia (Curitiba), 2015 We analyzed the geographic variations in the shape and size of the cranium and mandible of two woolly opossums, Caluromys derbianus and Caluromys lanatus. Using geometric morphometrics we analyzed 202 specimens of C.
Raul Fonseca, Diego Astúa
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Phylogenetic measures applied to the conservation of Mexican marsupials [PDF]
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2015 The didelphimorphs in Mexico are found all over the country except for the Baja California Peninsula. The aim of this study was to use three methods to assess the phylogenetic diversity of the species: Marmosa mexicana, Tlacuatzin canescens, Caluromys ...
Irene Goyenechea
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Euarchontan Opsin Variation Brings New Focus to Primate Origins. [PDF]
Mol Biol Evol, 2016 Debate on the adaptive origins of primates has long focused on the functional ecology of the primate visual system. For example, it is hypothesized that variable expression of short- (SWS1) and middle-to-long-wavelength sensitive (M/LWS) opsins, which ...
Melin AD +10 more
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Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research. [PDF]
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc, 2020 ABSTRACT Preserved melanin pigments have been discovered in fossilised integumentary appendages of several amniote lineages (fishes, frogs, snakes, marine reptiles, non‐avialan dinosaurs, birds, and mammals) excavated from lagerstätten across the globe. Melanisation is a leading factor in organic integument preservation in these fossils.
Roy A +4 more
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An oversimplification of physiological principles leads to flawed macroecological analyses. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2019 Macrophysiological analyses are useful to predict current and future range limits and improve our understanding of endotherm macroecology, but such analyses too often rely on oversimplifications of endothermic thermoregulatory and energetic physiology, which lessens their applicability.
Boyles JG +7 more
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