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The Renal Function of the Wild Rodent Cerradomys goytaca Reveals Adaptations in the Mechanisms of Urinary Concentration and Solute Excretion. [PDF]

J Exp Zool A Ecol Integr Physiol
Renal adaptations of Cerradomys goytaca associated with survival in its natural habitat. Graphical Abstract of the main renal physiological characteristics identified in C. goytaca. This species exhibits an increased kidney mass index, elevated urine osmolality, and enhanced tubular water reabsorption, indicating a higher capacity for water ...
Agusta Valeriano-Monici L, de Augusta Barros Silva C, de Castro Nascimento G, Soares Sales L, de Alberto Souza Filho C, Mendes Souza Wan Der Maas Rosa E, Gabriel Alencar Dos Santos P, de Carlos Queiroz Carvalho E, Bernardes Graceli J, Rodrigues Gonçalves P, de Souza-Menezes J.   +10 more
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Patterns of frugivory in the columnar cactus Pilosocereus leucocephalus. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2019
Birds and bats feed on the fruit, and presumably disperse, the seeds of Pilosocereus leucocephalus, a keystone columnar cactus species in Mesoamerica Abstract In the frugivory networks of many arid and semi‐arid Mesoamerican ecosystems, columnar cacti act as keystone species that produce fruits with a high content of water and nutrients attractive to ...
Vázquez-Castillo S, Miranda-Jácome A, Ruelas Inzunza E.   +2 more
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Efectividad de cuatro cebos para control de ratas en Caña de Azúcar, en los cultivares Ragnar y Ecu-01

Revista Científica de Ciencias Naturales y Ambientales, 2021
El presente trabajo sobre efectividad de cuatro cebos para el control de ratas, especies Sigmodon peruanus y Peromyscus maniculatus; en caña de azúcar (Saccharum officinarum), variedades Ragnar y Ecu-01, se realizó en el Ingenio La Troncal, Provincia ...
Allan Alvarado, Alejandro Gallardo, Yuri Garzón, Mayra Abad   +3 more
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Recovery of insular seabird populations years after rodent eradication

Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 3, June 2023., 2023
Abstract Seabirds have been particularly affected by invasive non‐native species, which has led to the implementation of numerous eradication campaigns for the conservation of these keystone and highly vulnerable species. Although the benefits of eradication of invasive non‐native species for seabird conservation have been demonstrated, the recovery ...
Martin Philippe‐Lesaffre, Martin Thibault, Stephane Caut, Karen Bourgeois, Tristan Berr, Andreas Ravache, Eric Vidal, Franck Courchamp, Elsa Bonnaud   +8 more
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Wild meat trade over the last 45 years in the Peruvian Amazon

Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 2, April 2022., 2022
Abstract The trade in wild meat is an important economic component of rural people's livelihoods, but it has been perceived to be among the main causes of the decline of wildlife species. Recently, the COVID‐19 pandemic has brought to light an additional concern of wildlife markets as a major human‐health challenge.
Pedro Mayor, Hani R. El Bizri, Thais Q. Morcatty, Kelly Moya, Nora Bendayán, Samantha Solis, Carlos F. A. Vasconcelos Neto, Maire Kirkland, Omar Arevalo, Tula G. Fang, Pedro E. Pérez‐Peña, Richard E. Bodmer   +11 more
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Depredación oportunista sobre Turdus grayi (Passeriformes: Turdidae) por Dasyprocta punctata (Rodentia: Dasyproctidae) en San Vito, Costa Rica

Mammalogy Notes, 2017
El 05 de junio de 2016 (08h00), observamos un evento de depredación de este roedor sobre un ave canora en el Jardín Botánico Wilson de la Estación Biológica Las Cruces en San Vito, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica (8.785, -82.95916;1200 msnm ...
Diego Ramírez Calvo, Ángelo Rivera Vargas, Hillary Villalobos Molina, Mariana Marín Solano, Laura Valverde Cordero, Víctor J. Acosta Chaves   +5 more
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Development and maturation of the lung in fetuses of Galea spixii and expression of markers

Ciência Rural, 2016
: The aim of this research was to study the development of the lung in Galea spixii , by gross anatomy, histological analysis and immunohistochemical techniques.
Phelipe Oliveira Favaron, Moacir Franco de Oliveira, Jéssica Borghesi, Adriana Raquel de Almeida Anunciação, Maria Angelica Miglino   +4 more
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Técnicas anestésicas injetáveis em capivaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, Linné) Anaesthetic techniques in capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, Linné)

Ciência Rural, 1998
Neste experimento objetivou-se avaliar diferentes técnicas anestésicas em capivaras. Foram utilizadas 50 capivaras, sendo 23 machos e 27 fêmeas, adultas, de peso médio estimado em 36 ± 7kg.
Mariângela Lozano Cruz, Stelio Pacca Loureiro Luna, Claudio Alves Moura, Gladys Bastos de Castro, Francisco José Teixeira Neto, Silvia Mitiko Nishida   +5 more
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Topografia da artéria hepática no fígado de capivara (Hydrochaerus hydrochaeris) Arrangement of hepatic artery in capybara (Hydrochaerus hydrochaeris)

Ciência Rural, 2007
A distribuição dos ramos da artéria hepática, no fígado, foi estudada em 30 fígados de capivara (Hydrochaerus hydrochaeris) mediante injeção arterial com látex natural corado, fixação em formol a 10%, dissecção pela face visceral e esquematização.
Wilson Machado de Souza, Nair Trevizan Machado de Souza, Roberto Gameiro de Carvalho, Cláudia Neves Correa   +3 more
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Litomosoides silvai (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) parasitizing Akodon montensis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in the southern region of Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2017
In the present study, Litomosoides silvai parasitizing Akodon montensis in the southern region of Brazil is reported for the first time. New morphological information is provided for some structures of this nematode species, such as a flattened cephalic ...
Lucas Trevisan Gressler, Felipe da Silva Krawczak, Marcelo Knoff, Silvia Gonzalez Monteiro, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Lina de Campos Binder, Caroline Sobotyk de Oliveira, Juliana Notarnicola   +7 more
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