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Denunciafauna – A social media campaign to evaluate wildlife crime and law enforcement in Peru
Journal of Political Ecology, 2021 Wildlife crime poses a major threat to wild fauna globally. International treaties and laws seldom provide effective solutions. The campaign 'Denuncia Pública General de Casos de Fauna Silvestre en Cautiverio' (General Public Complaint Against Captive ...
Noga Shanee, Sam Shanee
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Robust capuchin monkeys (Sapajus) are known for processing mechanically challenging foods, having morphological adaptations to do so. However, several populations go beyond body limitations by using stone tools to expand their food range.
Tiago Falótico +3 more
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2023 The taxonomy of the Neotropical Carcharodini genus Viuria Grishin, 2019 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Pyrginae) is presented. Two new species are described: Viuria inanna sp. nov.
Ricardo Russo Siewert +3 more
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Exceptionally preserved ‘skin’ in an Early Cretaceous fish from Colombia [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Studies of soft tissue, cells and original biomolecular constituents preserved in fossil vertebrates have increased greatly in recent years. Here we report preservation of ‘skin’ with chemical and molecular characterization from a three-dimensionally ...
Andrés Alfonso-Rojas +1 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2015 Aotus miconax is endemic to Peru and remains one of the least studied of all Neotropical primate taxa. It has an altitudinally restricted distribution and is limited to areas of premontane and montane cloud forest in the countries north.
Sam Shanee +3 more
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Macroinvertebrados bentónicos de ríos de zonas áridas del noroeste argentino
Ecología Austral, 2018 Una gran parte del noroeste argentino (NOA) está ocupada por zonas áridas vulnerables al avance de las actividades humanas. En este trabajo se caracterizaron los ensambles de macroinvertebrados de los ríos de esas zonas, para lo cual se emplearon ...
Guillermo E. Hankel +2 more
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First record of Sebekia oxycephala (Pentastomida: Sebekidae) infecting Helicops angulatus (Reptilia: Colubridae) in Northeast Brazil [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2023 In this study, we investigated the infection by pulmonary parasites in the water snake Helicops angulatus. We found four nymphs of the pentastomide parasite Sebekia oxycephala, parasitizing two adult females H.
M. C. Oliveira +5 more
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Nota sobre la dieta de la Lechucita Bigotona, Xenoglaux loweryi en Yambrasbamba, Amazonas
Revista Peruana de Biología, 2016 En este trabajo se dan a conocer los resultados del análisis de heces de la Lechucita Bigotona (Xenoglaux loweryi), especie endémica de Perú y en peligro de extinción según IUCN, que habita los bosques montanos húmedos de la cordillera Oriental de los ...
Alejandro Alarcón +3 more
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Testate amoebae: a review on their multiple uses as bioindicators
Acta Protozoologica, 2022 Testate amoebae (TA) are unicellular protozoans enclosed in a test capable of indicating a wide variety of environmental conditions.
Yasmin de Góes Cohn Freitas +6 more
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Threat Analysis of Forest Fragmentation and Degradation for Peruvian Primates
Diversity, 2023 Peru has 55 primate taxa (including all species and subspecies), a third of which are threatened. The major drivers of habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation are grazing, forestry, agriculture and transport infrastructure.
Sam Shanee +13 more
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