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Analysis of Agro-Environmental and Geo-Climatic Factors Influencing Buruli Ulcer in the Kimpese Health Zone in Kongo Central, Democratic Republic of Congo. [PDF]

Public Health Chall
This study investigates the link between Buruli ulcer (BU) and agro‐environmental and geo‐climatic factors in rural settings. By analyzing land use, water proximity, and rainfall patterns, it highlights key exposure risks and reinforces the need for targeted environmental surveillance and preventive measures in endemic areas to reduce BU transmission ...
Sukami JM, Mufungizi I, Lombo JB, Akilimali A, Holy HM.   +4 more
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Diversity and Activity Patterns of Medium-Sized and Large Terrestrial Mammals in Agroforests of a Peruvian Amazon Rainforest Region. [PDF]

Ecol 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, Collins P, Gallegos JR, Hollis S, Hölscher D, Huinga M, Kirkby C, Gerber N.   +7 more
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The Search for School Safety and the African American Homeschooling Experience

Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education, 2015
Interest in homeschooling has increased over the last decade, as what was once perceived as a marginal development has turned into a significant phenomenon.
Garvey Musumunu, Ama Mazama
doaj   +1 more source

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
europepmc   +2 more sources

Estudo histológico e comparativo das papilas linguais dos cervídeos Mazama americana e Mazama gouzoubira por microscopia de luz e eletrônica de varredura

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2012
O tipo de alimentação depende do ambiente em que o animal se encontra, sendo este um fator responsável pela alteração da morfologia, como a estratificação e o nível de queratinização da língua, e a funcionalidade da mesma.
Hanna Sibuya Kokubun, Greyson V. Zanatta Esper, André L. Rezende Franciolli, Fernanda Menezes de Oliveira e Silva, Rose Eli G. Rici, Maria Angélica Miglino   +5 more
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Elevation as an occupancy determinant of the little red brocketdeer (Mazama rufina) in the Central Andes of Colombia

Caldasia, 2021
We assessed the influence of terrain variables on the occupancy of the little red brocket deer (Mazama rufina) in the Central Andes of Colombia. Occupancy increased with elevation up to 3000, where it starts decreasing.
Diego J. Lizcano, Silvia J. Álvarez, Vanessa Díaz-Giraldo, Diego R. Gutiérrez-Sanabria, Hugo Mantilla-Meluk   +4 more
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A gene-tree test of the traditional taxonomy of American deer: the importance of voucher specimens, geographic data, and dense sampling

ZooKeys, 2017
The taxonomy of American deer has been established almost entirely on the basis of morphological data and without the use of explicit phylogenetic methods; hence, phylogenetic analyses including data for all of the currently recognized species, even if ...
Eliécer E. Gutiérrez, Kristofer M. Helgen, Molly M. McDonough, Franziska Bauer, Melissa T.R. Hawkins, Luis A. Escobedo-Morales, Bruce D. Patterson, Jesus E. Maldonado   +7 more
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Avaliação do risco de extinção do veado-roxo Mazama nemorivaga Cuvier, 1817, no Brasil

Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2012
O estado de conservação do veado-roxo, Mazama nemorivaga (Cuvier, 1817), foi avaliado de acordo com os critérios da IUCN (2001), com base nos dados disponíveis até 2010. Síntese do processo de avaliação pode ser encontrada em Peres et al.
José Maurício Barbanti Duarte, Alexandre Vogliotti, Eveline dos Santos Zanetti, Márcio Leite de Oliveira, Liliani Marília Tiepolo, Lilian Figueiredo Rodrigues, Lilian Bonjorne de Almeida   +6 more
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New distribution records of eighteen mammalian species (Artiodactyla, Cervidae, Tayassuidae; Carnivora, Canidae, Felidae, Procyonidae, Ursidae; Cingulata, Dasypodidae; Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae; Lagomorpha, Leporidae; Pilosa, Myrmecophagidae; Primates, Atelidae; Rodentia, Dasyproctidae, Abrocomidae) in Bolivia’s neglected inter-Andean dry forests: implications for their global conservation status [PDF]

Check List
We report new distribution records for 18 mammal species in Tarija, Bolivia. Tremarctos ornatus (Cuvier, 1825), Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771), Cerdocyon thous (Linnaeus, 1766), Lycalopex gymnocercus (Fischer, 1814), Leopardus wiedii (Schinz, 1821 ...
Ximena Velez-Liendo, Paul Bamford, Carmen Julia Quiroga-Pacheco   +2 more
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Patrones de actividad de mamíferos alrededor de la línea transportadora de gas natural de Camisea en la Reserva Comunal Machiguenga, Cusco, Perú

Revista Peruana de Biología, 2023
En el presente trabajo se estudia la actividad horaria de los mamíferos que habitan el área circundante a la línea transportadora de gas de Camisea que atraviesa la Reserva Comunal Machiguenga.
Orlando Zegarra, Jorge Rivero, Nadia Sanchez, José Hernani, Paola Salas   +4 more
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