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Thinking with Amazonian Indigenous Peoples to expand ideas on domestication
People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 3, Page 560-574, March 2025.Abstract Indigenous knowledges are being increasingly recognized as fundamental for environmental governance, ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation. However, they tend to be recognized by Western science only when they converge with Western scientific knowledge, while ontological differences are generally treated as irrelevant or ...
Mariana Franco Cassino +11 more
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Theriogenology Wild, 2023 : With the aim of contributing to the development of assisted reproduction for red-rumped agouti germplasm conservation, we compared different anesthetic protocols for electroejaculation in agoutis in terms of anesthetic parameters, functions of erection
Amara Gyane Alves de Lima +9 more
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Medium and large mammal responses to fire in a neotropical savanna system in Guyana
Biotropica, Volume 57, Issue 1, January 2025.Mammal responses to fire—both natural and man‐made—in an Indigenous savanna landscape in Guyana were researched with transects for animal signs and live sightings. Species richness showed a non‐linear relationship with time since fire, likely due to differing responses from individual species, which may be explained by habitat preference and post‐fire ...
Evi A. D. Paemelaere +11 more
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Infectious Diseases of Six Non-Domesticated Neo-Tropical Animals In Trinidad and Tobago
International Journal of Tropical Veterinary and Biomedical Research, 2018 This review serves to shed light on some common infectious diseases: their names, prevalence, site of infection and diagnostic tools for identificationof six (6) neo-tropical animals that are found in Trinidad and Tobago with the potential for ...
Kavita Ranjeeta Lall +2 more
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The Agoutis: A Future Model for Ecologically Relevant Neuroscience and Physiology In Natura
Ethology, Volume 130, Issue 12, December 2024.Recent advances in behavioral monitoring and wireless physiology make neuroscience in the wild a viable option for larger animal models. Here we spotlight one such species, the agouti (Dasyprocta spp.) a large promising rodent model for the future of neuroscience in natura.
J. I. Sanguinetti‐Scheck, D. Gálvez
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, 1993 Dasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:59. TYPE LOCALITY: Suriname, Peninka, Peninka Creek and Cennewijne River. DISTRIBUTION: Lesser Antilles, Venezuela, Guianas, Amazonian and E Brazil, introduced into the Virgin Islands. STATUS: Common.
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A framework for the restoration of seed dispersal and pollination
Restoration Ecology, Volume 32, Issue 5, July 2024.Species reintroduction is a management strategy to restore ecosystem functioning through the reestablishment of ecological interactions and related ecological processes, like pollination and seed dispersal. Selecting the best species to achieve this goal remains challenging.
Anna R. Landim +3 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2015 The Spotted Paca Cuniculus paca and the Red-rumped Agouti Dasyprocta leporina are affected by habitat loss and hunting. In Venezuela, their conservation status is unknown, even within protected areas.
Elinor Jax +3 more
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Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2021 : Skin and cartilage have been the main source for the recovery of somatic cells to be used in conservation strategies in wild mammals. In this sense, an important step for the cryopreservation of these samples is to recognize the properties of the skin ...
Alexsandra F. Pereira +6 more
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