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Artérias mesentéricas cranial e caudal da paca (Cuniculus paca, L. 1766)

Biotemas, 2012
A paca (Cuniculus paca, Linnaeus, 1766) é um roedor de porte médio, que embora pertença à fauna brasileira, poucas são as informações sobre sua morfologia na literatura especializada.
Isabela Cristina de Souza Marques, Sergio Pinter Garcia Filho, Leandro Luis Martins, Leonardo Martins Leal, Ana Carolina Gonçalves dos Reis, Marcia Rita Fernandes Machado   +5 more
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Cuniculus paca

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 2018
Published as part of Pereira, Alan Deivid, Bazilio, Sergio & Orsi, Mário Luís, 2018, Checklist of medium-sized to large mammals of Campos Gerais National Park, Paraná, Brazil, pp.
Pereira, Alan Deivid, Bazilio, Sergio, Orsi, Mário Luís   +2 more
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Morphological properties of fresh and preserved paca peritoneum (Cuniculus paca, L. 1766) [PDF]

Biotemas, 2012
The objective of this study was to describe the morphological characteristics of peritoneum samples from four adult pacas, which were fresh and preserved in 98% glycerin for 30, 60 and 90 days.
Angela Daniele de Camargo, Leonardo Martins Leal, Sergio Pinter Garcia Filho, Leandro Luis Martins, Ana Carolina Gonçalves dos Reis, Márcia Rita Fernandes Machado   +5 more
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Using camera traps to enhance community-based management of subsistence hunting in the Amazon. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Community‐based management and monitoring of biodiversity has emerged as a cost‐effective strategy for providing credible data, informing decision‐making, and empowering local communities in resource governance and management. However, the establishment of community‐based management of subsistence hunting in the Brazilian Amazon has been ...
Sampaio R, Morato RG, Nunes AV, Chiarello AG.   +3 more
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Socioeconomic drivers of wild meat consumption in the city of Iquitos, Peru. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Wild meat represents a vital source of micro‐ and macronutrients for forest‐dwelling people; however, city dwellers with access to animal protein from different animals may also consume large amounts of wild meat as part of their customs and traditions, to diversify their diets, to maintain connections to their rural kin, and to access meat ...
Huerta FB, Gilmore MP, Bowler M, Griffiths BM.   +3 more
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Use of species' responses to cryptic anthropogenic disturbances for monitoring biodiversity outcomes in tropical forests. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Measuring area‐based conservation outcomes in tropical forests is challenging due to cryptic human disturbances (e.g., hunting). As a result, comparative studies of management strategies providing quantitative outcomes remain scarce, especially in the Neotropics.
Perera-Romero L, McNab R, Garcia-Anleu R, Polisar J, Sutherland C, Thornton D.   +5 more
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Registro de necrofagia em paca (Cuniculus paca)

Acta Biológica Catarinense, 2023
Cuniculus paca (paca) é um grande roedor sul-americano, considerado essencialmente frugívoro e habitante de áreas florestais perto de cursos d’água. No presente estudo, foi realizado o registro de necrofagia, consumo de carniça, em duas datas diferentes por Cuniculus paca.
null Cleiton José Geuster, null Mario Arthur Favretto   +1 more
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Experimental ethology of intensively reared lowland pacas (Cuniculus paca)

Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2021
The objective of this study was to evaluate and to describe the main behaviors of family groups of lowland pacas (Cuniculus paca) raised in a commercial breeding facility. We used 24 adult pacas, 16 females and 8 males, with a mean live weight of 8.2 kg and age ranging from 2 to 4 years.
Fábio Morais Hosken, Matheus Henrique Vargas de Oliveira, Jessica Moraes Malheiros, Eduardo Henrique Martins, Felipe Norberto Alves Ferreira, Walter Motta Ferreira, Katiuscia Cristina das Neves Mota, Leonardo Boscoli Lara   +7 more
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Use of community characteristics to predict hunting and game harvests in western Amazonian forests. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Wild game harvesting in Amazonia provides rural residents with protein and cash income but can threaten wildlife populations and forest ecosystem functions. As yet, the socioeconomic and environmental drivers that shape hunter livelihoods remain poorly understood.
Zayonc D, Robinson BE, Coomes OT, Takasaki Y, Abizaid C.   +4 more
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Unveiling the Myth: Harpy Eagle <i>Harpia harpyja</i> Attacks on a Human in the Amazon Forest. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We report here on an unexpected attack by a harpy eagle on a 29‐year‐old woman near a tourist camp in the French Guiana Amazon rainforest. ABSTRACT Predatory interactions between large raptors and primates offer insights into evolutionary dynamics and ecological roles in tropical ecosystems.
Epelboin L, Mutricy R, Pelletier V, Fremery A, Dechelle M, Ottema O, Pfefer S, Sinasac J, Uriot S, Claessens O, Miranda EBP.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources