Domestic dogs as a threat to sloths in Costa Rica: A clinical case report and review of the problem
Open Veterinary Science, 2023 Human-introduced predators, primarily the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris), and human-modified landscapes conjointly threaten wildlife across Costa Rica.
Brown Natalie, Villada Ana, Trull Sam
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The metabolic response of the Bradypus sloth to temperature [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Poikilotherms and homeotherms have different, well-defined metabolic responses to ambient temperature (Ta), but both groups have high power costs at high temperatures.
Rebecca Naomi Cliffe +5 more
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Escaping Neobiota: Habitat use and avoidance by sloth bears in Jessore Sloth bear Sanctuary India
Trees, Forests and People, 2023 Global terrestrial ecosystem is threatened by several factors, such as infestation of invasive plants, which influence the habitat use by wildlife. Prosopis juliflora is such a plant species, sprawled over arid and semiarid ecosystems in India.
Jignesh Rot +3 more
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Quantitative stability of CT numbers in novel cone-beam CT: An intra-institution cross-scanner and longitudinal analysis. [PDF]
J Appl Clin Med PhysAbstract Background Novel cone‐beam computed tomography (CBCT) has become available on standard C‐arm linacs, making it widely applicable in photon‐based radiotherapy. Purpose To evaluate CT number stability of novel CBCT systems installed on seven C‐arm linacs within a single institution, across CBCT systems and over time, and to assess the CBCT‐based
Taasti VT +5 more
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Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2022 The impact of humans on biodiversity, in the form of the spatially extensive occurrence of humans and subsequent habitat degradation, leads to negative interactions between humans and native wildlife.
Sankarshan Chaudhuri +6 more
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Hoffmann's two-toed sloth II: Muscle architectural properties in the thoracic limb of Choloepus (Pilosa: Xenarthra). [PDF]
J AnatTwo‐toed sloths use their thoracic limbs for more frequent and greater suspensory support than three‐toed sloths and have muscle architectural properties consistent with stability of the pectoral girdle, enhanced flexor force/torque applied at the shoulder and elbow joints, and grip on the support as indicated by their myology. Abstract Two‐toed sloths
Tucker CS +4 more
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Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 2015 Characterisations of the Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) diet during three distinguished seasons (monsoon, winter and summer) in the semi-arid region of western India was under study.
Tana P. MEWADA
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A new enigmatic Late Miocene mylodontoid sloth from northern South America [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2015 A new genus and species of sloth (Eionaletherium tanycnemius gen. et sp. nov.) recently collected from the Late Miocene Urumaco Formation, Venezuela (northern South America) is herein described based on a partial skeleton including associated femora and ...
Ascanio D. Rincón +4 more
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Sloth metabolism may make survival untenable under climate change scenarios [PDF]
PeerJAlthough climate change is predicted to have a substantial effect on the energetic requirements of organisms, the longer-term implications are often unclear.
Rebecca N. Cliffe +6 more
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Genetic Variation, Structure, and Gene Flow in a Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) Meta-Population in the Satpura-Maikal Landscape of Central India. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) are endemic to the Indian subcontinent. As a result of continued habitat loss and degradation over the past century, sloth bear populations have been in steady decline and now exist only in isolated or fragmented habitat ...
Trishna Dutta +4 more
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