The status of many carnivore populations is of growing concern to scientists and
conservationists, making the need for data pertaining to carnivore distribution, abundance …

Resources for biodiversity conservation are severely limited, requiring strategic investment.
Understanding both the economic benefits and costs of conserving ecosystems will help to …

Though seasonally dry tropical forests are equally as important to global biodiversity as
tropical rainforests, and are one of the most representative and highly endangered …

SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online vol.59 issue1 Inicio de la época reproductiva y
tiempo de defensa del territorio en machos de Colinus leucopogon (Galliformes …

Subsistence hunting and commercial exploitation directly influence wildlife populations in
many regions of Central and South America. Where prey populations are exploited, the …

Predation is often considered an important factor in the evolution of sociality among animals.
We studied mortality patterns and grouping behavior of white-nosed coatis (Nasua narica) at …

We determined the diet of the brown-nosed coati (Nasua nasua) in an urban semideciduous
forest fragment in southeastern Brazil. Coati feces were collected weekly for 3 years. The …

Aim The goal of this work was to investigate whether the community of avian nest predators
shifts from nocturnal to diurnal with changes in latitude. This hypothesis was formulated 70 …

Neotropical forests are being increasingly replaced by a mosaic of patches of different
successional stages, agricultural fields and pasture lands. Consequently, the identification of …

Tropical deforestation and habitat fragmentation in areas around conservation areas have
been an important element for discussion in the conservation and policy-making community …