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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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Biogeographical patterns of the neotropical genus Battus Scopoli 1777 (Lepidoptera Papilionidae) [PDF]
, 1993 A phylogenetic approach to the groups of species of the neotropical Troidines currently included in the genus Battus Scopoli 1777 has been conducted. In the light of historical and ecological processes of evolution in the neotropical biota, the cladogram
OLIVERIO, Marco, RACHELI T.
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Changes in the carbon balance of tropical forest: evidence from long-term plots [PDF]
, 1998 The role of the world’s forests as a “sink” for atmospheric carbon dioxide is the subject of active debate. Long-term monitoring of plots in mature humid tropical forests concentrated in South America revealed that biomass gain by tree growth exceeded ...
Brown, S. +10 more
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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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Neotropical Bird Migration During The Ice Ages: Orientation And Ecology [PDF]
, 1996 Reconstruction of breeding habitat of North American Neotropical migrants 18,000 years ago and 9,000 years ago indicated major shifts in both location and composition of plant communities relative to present conditions.
Webb, T., III +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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A key to the known larvae of south american Elmidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea), with a description of the mature larva of Macrelmis saltensis Manzo. [PDF]
, 2008 A key to identify the known mature larvae of the South American genera of the family Elmidae is provided. The key includes seven genera presently assigned to the subfamily Larainae and 15 genera assigned to the subfamily Elminae.
Archangelsky, Miguel +1 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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