The increasing urban sprawl has contributed to the extensive fragmentation and reduction of
natural habitat worldwide. Urbanization has a range of adverse effects on ecosystem …

The food habits and seed dispersal promoted by the marsupial Didelphis albiventris
(Marsupialia: Didelphidae) were investigated in two forest fragments of Curitiba, southern …

Opossums are the most diverse and ecologically important group of New World marsupials,
although only the Virginia opossum is familiar to North American residents. In fact, many …

Relationships between food habits, home range and activity of the black-eared opossum,
Didelphis aurita (Marsupialia, Didelphidae), were studied in an urban forest fragment (5 ha) …

Atlantic Forest mammals are still poorly known and very few localities have been properly
surveyed and/or studied. Protected reserves are of paramount importance for the …

Urban forests are usually isolated and highly disturbed, however they are important shelters
for tolerant animal species. Their food habits expose the different ecological roles these …

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A study was conducted to compare the estimates of seed dispersal by the woolly monkeys
(Lagothrix lagotricha) with seed trap data and direct observations on fruiting trees to …

As little is known of the feeding ecology of Neotropical marsupials, we studied the food
habits and the role in seed dispersal of two sympatric didelphid marsupials, Lutreolina …

The diets of sympatric species of opossums coexisting in small (< 10ha) Atlantic Forest
fragments were studied at Poço das Antas Biological Reserve, southeastern Brazil. Food …