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Ventilation and gas exchange in two turtles: Podocnemis unifilis and Phrynops geoffroanus (Testudines: Pleurodira) [PDF]

Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, 2016
Turtles (Testudines) have two major taxa, Pleurodira and Cryptodira. To date, only limited data are available regarding the respiratory physiology of pleurodirans. To begin to address this, we studied ventilation and gas exchange in Podocnemis unifilis and Phrynops geoffroanus.
Cordeiro, Tabata E. F., Abe, Augusto S., Klein, Wilfried   +2 more
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Monitoreo Participativo De La Caza De Quelonios (Podocnemididae) Por Ribereños En El Bajo Río Purús Y Protección De Lugares De Desova En La Rds Piagaçu-Purus, Brasil.

Revista Colombiana de Ciencia Animal Recia, 2013
Entre septiembre de 2011 y abril de 2012, se registraron informaciones participativas sobre las áreas de anidación y de las especies de quelonios cazados para el consumo por ribereños comunitarios de tres sectores de La Reserva de Desarrollo Sostenible ...
Fabiano Waldez, Adario Luana Gama, Boris Marioni, Felipe Rossoni, Jose Erickson   +4 more
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Estrutura populacional, tamanho e razão sexual de Podocnemis unifilis (Testudines, Podocnemididae) no rio Guaporé (RO), norte do Brasil [PDF]

Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 2004
Population structure, size and sex ratio in Podocnemis unifilis (Testudines, Podocnemididae) in the Guaporé river (RO), northern Brazil.Population structure and sex ratio of Podocnemis unifilis was studied from June to November 1989 and from March to ...
Augusto Fachín-Terán, Richard C. Vogt
doaj  

Urbanization and food transition in the Brazilian Amazon: From wild to domesticated meat

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Urbanization is expected to influence food transitions, resulting in a shift from wild foods to more domesticated foods. Concomitantly, food insecurity and urban demand for natural resources, including wildlife, are expected to increase overall, even when the per capita consumption is expected to decrease.
Willandia A. Chaves, Denis Valle, Aline S. Tavares, Thais Q. Morcatty, Marcelo D. Vidal, Tatiana Schor, Eduardo M. von Mühlen, David S. Wilcove   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Animais silvestres utilizados como recurso alimentar em assentamentos rurais no município de Uruará, Pará, Brasil

Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2015
The consumption of hunting animals is of fundamental importance for human subsistence in different tropical areas. Knowing the chosen species, the techniques of capture and the quantity are fundamental aspects to understand how to use and the degree of ...
Reinaldo Lucas Cajaiba, Wully Barreto da Silva, Paulo Ricardo R. Piovesan   +2 more
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Tourism, human–wildlife interactions, and wildlife trade in the globalizing Amazon

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2026.
Tourism in the globalizing Peruvian Amazon contributes to harmful human–wildlife interactions and the wildlife trade, with tourists participating in activities such as handling wildlife, taking selfies with animals, purchasing live animals, and wild meat consumption.
Christian J. Rivera, William R. Travis, Miguel Caireta Camps, Ruth M. Rocker, Javier Velásquez Varela, Pamela Montero Alvarez, Agustín Fuentes, David S. Wilcove   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Yeasts Occurring in Surface and Mouth Cavity of Two Chelonian Species, Podocnemis expansa Schweigger and P. unifilis Troschel (Reptilia: Chelonia: Pelomedusidae), in the Javaés River Border of Araguaia National Park in Brazil

International Journal of Microbiology, 2010
Thirty-eight specimens of free-ranging Podocnemis expansa (Amazon turtle) and 22 of P. unifilis (Tracajá) were screened for yeast isolation from surface (plastron, skin, and nails), eye, and mouth cavity.
Paula Benevides de Morais, Raphael Sanzio Pimenta, Inara Brito Tavares, Virginia de Garcia, Carlos Augusto Rosa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Toward more inclusive governance and conservation in the urbanizing Amazon

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2026.
We propose two paths toward a more inclusive approach to governance and conservation in the urbanizing Amazon: (1) grounding natural resource management programs in local‐level realities and (2) accounting for flows and transformations of place‐based relationships across the rural–urban interface.
Christian J. Rivera, Pamela Montero Alvarez   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nesting ecology of Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger, 1812) and Podocnemis unifilis (Troschel, 1848) (Testudines, Podocnemididae) in the Javaés River, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Nest site has influence on incubation duration and hatching success of two Neotropical turtles, the Giant Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) and Yellow-Spotted Side-Neck Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis - "Tracajá").
PD. Ferreira Júnior, PTA. Castro
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Mosaic morphology in Podocnemididae revealed by a new turtle from the Middle Miocene La Venta Biome, Colombia

Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 11, Issue 6, November/December 2025.
Abstract A new genus and species of podocnemidid turtle, Shakiremys colombiana, is described here from the Middle Miocene La Venta Biome, located in south‐central Colombia. The new taxon is represented by two specimens: one consisting of a complete skull and articulated shell, and the other of an articulated shell only.
Edwin‐Alberto Cadena, David E. Leal‐Amaya, Andrés Vanegas‐Vanegas, Rubén D. Vanegas‐Vanegas, Lino J. E. Guevara‐Serrano   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source