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Recommendations for Improving the Modeling of Wintering Waterbird Population Sizes and Trends. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We assessed four statistical approaches (simple GLMM, optimized GLMM, LORI, and TRIM) for analyzing International Waterbird Census data and found that commonly used methods inadequately address zero inflation, overdispersion, and spatial autocorrelation.
Godeau U, Gaget E, Dami L, Baddour K, Daf DOSO, Dakki M, Frost T, Hornman M, Kolberg H, Lorentsen SH, Molina B, Moniz FEFF, Defos du Rau P.   +12 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Forest fire smoke as a threat to the health of river dolphins. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 6, December 2025.
Aliaga-Rossel E, Edinger D, Marmontel M, Guizada Duran L, Fahlman A.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Interactions between small cetaceans and the purse-seine fishery in western Portuguese waters

Scientia Marina, 2007
Marine mammal interactions with Portuguese purse-seine fisheries operating in four different ports (Figueira da Foz, Sesimbra, Setúbal, Sines) were studied (July-October 2003).
Laura Wise, Alexandra Silva, Marisa Ferreira, Mónica A. Silva, Marina Sequeira   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

What are the factors influencing the aversion of students towards reptiles?

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2021
Background Reptiles form a paraphyletic group with significant roles for human society, including species that are considered important for food, medicinal and mystical use and as pets.
Moacyr Xavier Gomes da Silva, Franciany Braga-Pereira, Mikaela Clotilde da Silva, José Valberto de Oliveira, Sérgio de Faria Lopes, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fauna and conservation in the context of formal education: a study of urban and rural students in the semi-arid region of Brazil

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2020
Background In addition to playing a key role in the dynamics of ecosystems, animal diversity, especially that of wild vertebrates, is intimately linked with human evolutionary history, which has resulted in diverse interactions that must be emphasized in
José Valberto de Oliveira, Moacyr Xavier Gomes da Silva, Anna Karolina Martins Borges, Wedson Medeiros Silva Souto, Sérgio de Faria Lopes, Dilma Maria de Brito Melo Trovão, Raynner Rilke Duarte Barboza, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves   +7 more
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Impactos socioambientais de parques eólicos no Brasil

Diversitas Journal, 2022
Por ser oriunda de fonte renovável e inesgotável, a energia eólica vem ganhando espaço no Brasil e no mundo. Quando comparada a energias advindas de fontes fósseis, esta se apresenta como uma alternativa para diminuição da emissão dos Gases de Efeito ...
Luzia Ferreira da Silva, Romário Nunes da Silva, Horasa Maria Lima da Silva Andrade, Luciano Pires de Andrade   +3 more
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New distribution records of Blastocerus dichotomus Illiger, 1815 (Mammalia: Cervidae) in Minas Gerais, Brazil [PDF]

Check List, 2014
Herein we present new distribution records of Blastoceurs dichotomus in the State of Minas Gerais. Previously, this species had only been recorded inside the Grande Sertão Veredas National Park, in the state of Minas Gerais.
Paula Prist, Raphael Hipólito, Hugo Mozerle   +2 more
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Bioecological representations and social characteristics of students influence their attitudes toward wild vertebrates

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2023
Background The origin of different human emotions directed towards animals (whether in the utilitarian, affective, conflictual, or cosmological context) is strongly influenced by sociocultural factors, although our genetic predispositions also play an ...
Amanda Rozendo da Silva, Franciany Braga-Pereira, Anna Karolina Martins Borges, José Valberto de Oliveira, Moacyr Xavier Gomes da Silva, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patterns associated with hunting with dogs in a semiarid region of northeastern Brazil

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2022
Background Hunting has been an important cultural and subsistence activity for the survival of the human population. In the Brazilian semiarid region (Caatinga), the extreme seasonal changes and socioeconomic conditions have made local people dependent ...
Sebastiana Lima Santos, María Fernanda De la Fuente, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Feeding habits define habitat use by bats in an agricultural landscape of the Atlantic Forest

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2020
Agricultural expansion and fragmentation of native habitats is considered to be the major cause of declining biodiversity worldwide, negatively impacting the provision and maintenance of nature’s contributions to people.
Rafael Souza Laurindo, Renan França Souza, Guilherme Oliveira Lemos, Naim Silva Teodoro, Leonardo Marin Bonilha, Fabiana Lucio Oliveira   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source