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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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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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Laparoscopic ovum pick-up in spotted paca ( Cuniculus pacas )

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2016
The aim of this work is study the laparoscopic ovum pick-up (LapOPU) technique in spotted paca, describing surgery details, complications and oocyte recovery rate.
F.F.P.C. Barros, P.P.M. Teixeira, R.A.R. Uscategui, L.N. Coutinho, M.B.S. Brito, A.E. Kawanami, V.T. Almeida, R.S.G. Mariano, R.P. Nociti, M.R.F. Machado, W.R.R. Vicente   +10 more
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Mielografia em ouriço-cacheiro (Sphiggurus villosus)

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2012
Relata-se o procedimento de mielografia em um ouriço-cacheiro Sphiggurus villosus, adulto, procedente de vida livre. Após o exame e com o animal sob anestesia geral, evidenciou-se um desvio dorsal do contraste na altura da sétima vértebra torácica (T7 ...
N.T. Sant Anna, B.S. Silva, G.C. Soresini, L.C.S. Silva   +3 more
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Estrutura, ultraestrutura e morfometria da aorta de paca (Cuniculus paca, Linnaeus, 1766) criada em cativeiro

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2012
Descreveram-se a morfologia, morfometria e ultraestrutura de segmentos das porções torácica e abdominal da aorta de quatro pacas (Cuniculus paca) adultas. Os segmentos aórticos foram analisados à microscopia de luz e à microscopia eletrônica de varredura.
S.P. Garcia Filho, L.L. Martins, A.C.G. Reis, M.R. Pacheco, M.R.F. Machado   +4 more
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PSEUDOESCORPIONES FORÉTICOS DE ROEDORES EN MÉXICO

ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N.S.), 2006
We report on new hosts and new localities of pseudoscorpions of the genus Epichernes Muchmore, 1982. The three known species of this genus have been found on rodents of the family Heteromyidae. This is the first time that E. aztecus Hentschel, 1982, has been collected on Liomys irroratus Gary, 1868, and L.
Gabriel A. Villegas-Guzman, Silvia Hernández-Betancourt   +1 more
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Uso do propofol na indução anestésica de cutias (Dasyprocta sp.) Use of propofol in the induction of anesthesia in agouti (Dasyprocta sp.)

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2008
Avaliou-se o emprego do propofol, por via intravenosa, como agente indutor anestésico em cutias (Dasyprocta sp), utilizando-se 10 fêmeas adultas, com pesos entre 1,5 a 2,0kg, criadas em cativeiro.
W.P. Leite, R.A. Barrêto Júnior, G.F. Queiroz, V.V. Paula   +3 more
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Os tricodectideos dos roedores (Mallophaga) [PDF]

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1945
On sait que la plupart des mallophages vivant sur les rongeurs appartiennent à la famille Gyropidae; quelques uns, cependant, qui se trouvent sur les porcs-épics et les "pocket-gophers" d'Amerique, sont des trichodectidés. Au cours de nos travaux, nous avons eu l'opportunité non seulement de collectionner un grand nombre de ces derniers mais aussi d ...
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