Evolution, Volume 76, Issue 11, Page 2566-2586, November 2022., 2022 Abstract Turtles have a highly modified body plan, including a rigid shell that constrains postcranial anatomy. Skull morphology and neck mobility may therefore be key to ecological specialization in turtles. However, the ecological signal of turtle skull morphologies has not been rigorously evaluated, leaving uncertainties about the roles of ...
Guilherme Hermanson +5 more
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Predation on adult females of Podocnemis expansa Schweigger (Testudines, Podocnemididae) by Panthera onca Linnaeus (Carnivora, Felidae), in Tocantins State [PDF]
, 2009 Podocnemis expansa (tartaruga-da-amazônia) é o maior e mais importante representante da fauna de quelônios da Amazônia devido à sua importância econômica como fonte alimentar para as populações indígenas e ribeirinhas desta região.
Costa Gonçalves Portelinha, Thiago +2 more
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The comparative energetics of the turtles and crocodiles
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 12, Issue 6, June 2022., 2022 This paper discusses patterns in Dynamic Energy Budget parameters and implied traits that we found for turtles and crocodiles. We explain, for instance, why the proportionality of weight at birth with the square root of ultimate weight points to problems with water loss and nitrogen‐waste accumulation.
Nina Marn, Sebastiaan A. L. M. Kooijman
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Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 4, Issue 2, February 2022., 2022 Abstract Amazonian wildlife population studies often employ conventional biological survey methods to assess species presence but a growing number of studies are making use of local ecological knowledge (LEK) household surveys. Despite concerns in the scientific community over the accuracy and precision of LEK, scant research to date compares data from
Daniel Zayonc, Oliver T. Coomes
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Conocimientos riberos que proviene del igapó: Plantas consumidas por quelônios (Podocnemis spp.) em rio Andirá, Brasil [PDF]
, 2022 Alimentos vegetais podem representar mais de 90% da dieta das espécies de tartarugas aquáticas podocnemis. Grande parte desses alimentos vêm das florestas de várzea ou igapós, morada dos ribeirinhos que dominam o conhecimento das plantas, e também é ...
Andrade, Paulo Cesar Machado +4 more
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Unintended multispecies co-benefits of an Amazonian community-based conservation programme [PDF]
, 2018 Urgent challenges posed by widespread degradation in tropical ecosystems with poor governance require new development pathways to reconcile biodiversity conservation and human welfare.
Andrade, Paulo C. M. +3 more
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Morfometria e histologia das gônadas de machos e fêmeas recém-eclodidos de Podocnemis expansa e Podocnemis unifilis (Testudines, Podocnemididae) [PDF]
Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, 2012 Considering the importance of the histological sexing technique of turtles and the few works directed to this objective, it was proposed in this study to morphometrically and histologically characterize the gonads of P. unifilis and P. expansa. All specimens used in this work originated in the Javaés river, around the Araguaia National Park, Tocantins ...
Malvásio, Adriana +4 more
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Community-based population recovery of overexploited Amazonian wildlife [PDF]
, 2017 The Amazon Basin experienced a pervasive process of resource overexploitation during the 20th-century, which induced severe population declines of many iconic vertebrate species.
Antunes, André P. +4 more
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Morphological characterization of the blood cells in the endangered Sicilian endemic pond turtle,Emys trinacris(Testudines: Emydidae) [PDF]
, 2014 In this study, measurements of morphological parameters, sizes and frequencies of peripheral blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, thrombocytes) on blood smear preparation devices stained with May-Grünwald stain were evaluated for both sexes in 20 ...
Aguirre AA +34 more
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Two new pleurodiran turtles from the Portezuelo Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of northern Patagonia, Argentina [PDF]
, 2003 Fil: De la Fuente, Marcelo Saúl. División Paleontología Vertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo.
De la Fuente, Marcelo Saúl
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