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Hunting strategies, success, and sustainability: A case study in a community forest on the edge of Salonga National Park, DRC

open access: yesEcological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 7, Issue 2, April–June 2026.
In Central Africa, traditional hunting is central to the way of life of local communities. However, increasing demand for wild meat has raised concerns about the sustainability of this practice. With a year‐long analysis of hunting strategies and their impact at the outskirts of Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo, we showed a ...
Josué Ausse Baraka   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

FIGURE 1 in Phylogenetic and divergence time analysis of the Chelonoidis chilensis complex (Testudines: Testudinidae)

open access: yes, 2017
FIGURE 1. Map of Argentina showing the localities from which the tissue samples were taken. Different colors indicate different eco–regions. Legends near sample localities are in accordance with the haplotypes shown in the phylogenetic trees (Fig.
Bravi, Claudio M.
core   +1 more source

New distribution records of tortoises (Chelonia: Testudinidae) from Barak Valley, Assam, northeastern india with notes on ecology and vernacular traditional taxonomy

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2015
India is home to five species of tortoises of which the two endangered species are found in northeastern India. We report for first time new distributional records of Indotestudo elongata and additional site records of Manouria emys phayrei from 17 ...
Kulendra Chandra Das, Abhik Gupta
doaj   +3 more sources

Drivers of Thermal Habitat Use in Turtles Studied Under Semi‐Natural Conditions

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2026.
We quantify thermal habitat use in nine turtle species by recording environmental temperatures experienced by individuals in semi‐natural settings. Thermal habitat use differed among species and higher temperatures were generally used by larger animals, pointing to behavioral mechanisms that may influence species responses to environmental change. This
Emma White   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Herpetofauna em um fragmento de Floresta Atlântica no Estado da Paraíba, Região Nordeste do Brasil

open access: yesBiotemas, 2008
A herpetofauna de um fragmento urbano de Floresta Atlântica foi estudada quanto à riqueza de espéciese à utilização do habitat. A coleta de espécimes  foi realizada através de procura visual limitada por tempo e armadilhas de interceptação e queda ...
Gindomar Gomes Santana   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bone histology of Neogene angulate tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae) from South Africa: palaeobiological and skeletochronological implications

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2023
Here we examine the tibial microstructure of modern and fossil angulate tortoises to assess the histology and growth from the late Miocene–early Pliocene, Pleistocene through to modern forms.
Mohd Shafi Bhat   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A note on the reproduction of Geochelone carbonaria and G. denticulata (Testudines, Testudinidae) [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Biologia, 1999
On the occasion of having collected three gravid Geochelone carbonaria in the Bolivian Chaco, data are given on oviducal eggs, as well as on five shells of eggs of the same species in the Museum collection. A review of the literature on the reproduction of G. carbonaria and of its sibling G.
openaire   +4 more sources

Description of a New Galapagos Giant Tortoise Species (Chelonoidis; Testudines: Testudinidae) from Cerro Fatal on Santa Cruz Island

open access: yes, 2015
Nikos Poulakakis, Danielle L. Edwards, Ylenia Chiari, Ryan C. Garrick, Michael A. Russello, Edgar Benavides, Gregory J. Watkins-Colwell, Scott Glaberman (2015): Description of a New Galapagos Giant Tortoise Species (Chelonoidis; Testudines: Testudinidae)
Edgar Benavides   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Pneumonia bacteriana em jabuti-piranga (Chelonoidis carbonaria): aspectos clínicos, microbiológicos, radiológicos e terapêutica

open access: yesPesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2014
A pneumonia é uma doença respiratória comum na clínica de répteis. Agentes infecciosos são capazes de causar pneumonia primária em répteis mantidos em cativeiro, porém na maioria dos casos, são secundárias a problemas de manejo, higiene e nutricionais. O
Marcelo M. Silveira   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Parasitism by Amblyomma humerale (Acari: Ixodidae) on Chelonoidis denticulatus (Testudines: Testudinidae) in the Atlantic Forest

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2021
The present study reports on patterns of parasitism by Amblyomma humerale on yellow-footed tortoise, Chelonoidis denticulatus, in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. The tortoises were sampled occasionally, from July 2005 to January 2020.
Ygor Machado   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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