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Thresholds of riparian forest use by terrestrial mammals in a fragmented Amazonian deforestation frontier [PDF]

, 2018
Species persistence in fragmented landscapes is intimately related to the quality, structure, and context of remaining habitat remnants. Riparian vegetation is legally protected within private landholdings in Brazil, so we quantitatively assessed ...
A Fonseca, A Uezu, AC Lees, AF Bennett, AS Bueno, B Zimbres, BA Endress, Barbara Zimbres, C Gascon, CA Peres, Carlos A. Peres, CL Armour, CM Souza Jr, DA Saunders, DB Lindenmayer, DI MacKenzie, DI MacKenzie, DP Tubelis, E Broadbent, ESRI, F Michalski, F Michalski, F Umetsu, FW Preston, G Mendieta-Aguilar, G Sparovek, Gabriel Penido, H Beck, J Hawes, J Royle, J Terborgh, JA Hilty, JA Tracey, JA Wiens, JB Dunning, JF Eisenberg, JJ Gerwing, K Henle, L Parry, LC Garcia, M Kéry, M Sberze, NM Haddad, NM Haddad, P Beier, P Beier, PD Taylor, PM Fearnside, PR Prist, R Fraga De, RC Richards, RF Noss, RH MacArthur, Ricardo B. Machado, RJ Hobbs, RJ Naiman, RL Harrison, TA Gardner, TG Martin, TH Ricketts, WF Laurance, WZ Lidicker   +61 more
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Primeros registros de 4 especies de felinos en el sur de Puebla, México

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2015
Se presentan los primeros registros de margay (Leopardus wiedii), gato montés (Lynx rufus), puma (Puma concolor) y jaguarundi (Pumayagouaroundi) en el sur del estado de Puebla. El trabajo de campo fue parte de una monitorización participativa que incluyó
Verónica Farías, Oswaldo Téllez, Francisco Botello, Omar Hernández, Jessica Berruecos, Saúl J. Olivares, Julio C. Hernández   +6 more
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Using camera traps to enhance community‐based management of subsistence hunting in the Amazon

Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 3, June 2025.
Abstract Community‐based management and monitoring of biodiversity has emerged as a cost‐effective strategy for providing credible data, informing decision‐making, and empowering local communities in resource governance and management. However, the establishment of community‐based management of subsistence hunting in the Brazilian Amazon has been ...
Ricardo Sampaio, Ronaldo G. Morato, André Valle Nunes, Adriano G. Chiarello   +3 more
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Conocer para conservar: Un acercamiento al conocimiento sobre los felinos en El Salvador

Revista Minerva
Las especies de felinos silvestres en El Salvador han permanecido poco estudiadas y con escasa información. Este estudio aborda esta brecha investigando las cuatro especies de felinos residentes, incluido el mamífero terrestre más grande del país, el ...
Andrea Morales Rivas, Karla Lara, Katherine Agreda   +2 more
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Camera traps as a tool for Carnivore conservation in a mosaic of Protected Areas in the Pantanal wetlands, Brazil

Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2018
Although known globally for its biodiversity, only around 5% of the Brazilian Pantanal is protected. The Network for Protection and Conservation of Amolar Mountain Ridge is an informal initiative that legally protects over 2000 km2 of the Pantanal biome.
Grasiela Porfirio, Vania C. Foster, Pedro Sarmento, Carlos Fonseca   +3 more
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Seasonal dynamics of terrestrial vertebrate abundance between Amazonian flooded and unflooded forests [PDF]

, 2018
The flood pulse is the main factor structuring and differentiating the ecological communities of Amazonian unflooded (terra firme) and seasonally-flooded (várzea) forests as they require unique adaptations to survive the prolonged annual floods ...
Abrahams, Mark I., Costa, Hugo C.M., Peres, Carlos A.   +2 more
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Polling the Public to Select Flagship Species for Tourism and Conservation—A ‘Big Five’ for the Peruvian Amazon?

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 2, February 2025.
Flagship species are used to promote conservation and tourism, but selecting species purely for prescribed appealing characteristics may overlook unique flagships or homogenise selections. A strategy of polling the public can more directly identify existing preferences for species for marketing.
Maribel Recharte, Phyllis C. Lee, Sarah‐Jane Vick, Mark Bowler   +3 more
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Is it possible to identify four small Neotropical felids (Carnivora: Felidae) based on hair microstructure?

Zoologia (Curitiba), 2015
The microscopic characters of the hair can be used to indirectly identify species that are either uncommon or are difficult to see, for instance small Neotropical felids of the southern Brazilian Atlantic Forests.
Alcides Ricieri Rinaldi, Flávia Heloisa Rodriguez, Fernando C. Passos   +2 more
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Unraveling Biogeographic Boundaries Within the Sierra Madre Oriental, México: An Endemicity Analysis Using a Taxonomically Diverse Dataset

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 1, January 2025.
We provide boundaries of the Sierra Madre Oriental in Mexico through a multi‐taxa endemicity analysis. ABSTRACT The Sierra Madre Oriental (SMO) is a significant mountain range and one of Mexico's 14 biogeographical provinces. Its delimitation has been debated.
Irene Goyenechea Mayer‐Goyenechea, Gustavo Montiel‐Canales, Juan Márquez, Claudia T. Hornung‐Leoni, Jesús M. Castillo‐Cerón, Norma L. Manríquez‐Morán   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source