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Using camera traps to enhance community-based management of subsistence hunting in the Amazon. [PDF]

open access: yesConserv 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   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Diversity and Activity Patterns of Medium-Sized and Large Terrestrial Mammals in Agroforests of a Peruvian Amazon Rainforest Region. [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol
We studied species richness and activity patterns of medium‐sized and large terrestrial mammals in agroforests located in the northern buffer zone of Tambopata National Reserve, Peru. The agroforests harboured a high number of mammal species, with species richness increasing alongside greater structural complexity of vegetation.
Korol Y   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Learning Topic-Sensitive Word Representations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Distributed word representations are widely used for modeling words in NLP tasks. Most of the existing models generate one representation per word and do not consider different meanings of a word.
Bisazza, Arianna   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Consumption of an adult Puma yagouaroundi (Felidae) by the snake Boa constrictor (Boidae) in Central Mexico

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2011
Few felids have been recorded as being preyed upon by the boa constrictor snake (Boa constrictor). Documentation of predation on felids by reptiles is scarce, and natural predators of the adult jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi) are poorly known.
Octavio Monroy-Vilchis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Le lien. Sur une danse des Wayãpi (Amazonie) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Ce texte propose une description et une analyse simple d’une danse amazonienne. Les Wayãpi, peuple du plateau des Guyanes, ne mettent en oeuvre que des danses collectives, où les danseurs sont en même temps instrumentistes et chanteurs.
Beaudet, Jean-Michel
core   +2 more sources

Dos registros de atropellamiento de Leopardus wiedii y Herpailurus yagouaroundi (carnivora: felidae) en Yucatán, México

open access: yesMammalogy Notes, 2020
La mortalidad de la fauna silvestre debido a la colisión con vehículos es un problema poco estudiado. En México, se ha incrementado el interés por determinar los efectos negativos y las acciones de mitigación ante el impacto de las redes viales sobre las
Alvaro Monter-Pozos, Julio C. Hernandez
doaj   +1 more source

A camera trapping survey of mammals in the mixed landscape of Bolivia’s Chiquitano region with a special focus on the Jaguar [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2020
At a site in the Bolivian Chiquitano region composed by a mosaic of pastureland and primary Chiquitano Dry Forest (CDF) we conducted a camera-trapping study to (1) survey the mammals, and (2) compare individual Jaguar numbers with other
Martin Jansen   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Gloger's Rule or Historical Conjecture? Tests in Mammals. [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol
Ecogeographical rules for animal coloration include Gloger's rule, which states that homeotherms are darker at lower latitudes; however, 19th‐century naturalists observed that animals are more colourful in the tropics. We investigated these ideas across the head, torso, legs and tail regions of 2726 species of terrestrial mammals using phylogenetic ...
Howell N, Caro T.
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Ecology and Sociology of the Mission-Aransas Estuary : An Estuarine and Watershed Profile [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
watershed profileThe Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) is one of 28 national estuarine reserves created to promote the responsible use and management of the nation's estuaries through a program combining scientific research ...
Evans, Anne   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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