Using an occupancy approach to identify poaching hotspots in protected areas in a seasonally dry tropical forest

D de Matos Dias, ÁC Ferreguetti, FHG Rodrigues - Biological conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Poaching activity has been described in the literature as harmful due to impacts on
biodiversity, especially in protected areas. Although the main reason for this activity is …

Areas of endemism of small mammals are underprotected in the Atlantic Forest

J Dalapicolla, EF Abreu, JR Do Prado… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Atlantic Forest (AF) is amongst the most threatened forests in the world. To decide where
conservation efforts should be focused to preserve species, assessment of ecological and …

[HTML][HTML] Mamíferos de médio e grande porte da Caatinga do Rio Grande do Norte, nordeste do Brasil

PH Marinho, D Bezerra, M Antongiovanni… - Mastozoología …, 2018 - SciELO Argentina
Mamíferos de médio e grande porte são especialmente afetados pela caça e perda de
habitat, ao mesmo tempo que desempenham importantes funções no ecossistema. O …

Reconciling scientific and local ecological knowledge to identify priority mammals for conservation in a dry forest area in northeast Brazil

RA Magalhaes, MA Drumond, RL Massara… - Journal for Nature …, 2022 - Elsevier
Species prioritization for conservation is primarily based on extinction risk assessments but
less on sociocultural factors that influence conservation effectiveness. Here, we prioritized …

[HTML][HTML] Helminth communities of sigmonontine rodents in cocoa agroforestry systems in Brazil

MG Kersul, NA Costa, RG Boullosa, AAS Silva… - International Journal for …, 2020 - Elsevier
Agroforestry is an alternative kind of land use where the native vegetation is surrounded or
intercalated by crops of economic interest. This system may maintain species richness by …

[HTML][HTML] Medium and large sized mammals of the Boqueirão da Onça, North of Bahia State, Brazil

CB Campos, CF Esteves, DM Dias… - Papéis Avulsos de …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
The mosaic of protected areas of Boqueirão da Onça (8.636 km²), created in the north of
Bahia state, is located in the Caatinga, an exclusively Brazilian biome, but exposed to a …

Interactions between cetaceans and artisanal fishermen from Ilhéus, Bahia-Brazil

CI Seminara, MLV Barbosa-Filho, YL Pendu - Biota Neotropica, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
Ethnobiological studies are necessary to understand the relationships between fishers and
cetaceans. The aim of this study was to describe the interactions between cetaceans and …

[PDF][PDF] Presence of the collared peccary Pecari tajacu (Artiodactyla, Tayassuidae) in the far northeast of its Brazilian distribution

PH Marinho, M da Silva… - Neotropical Biology and …, 2019 - neotropical.pensoft.net
The collared peccary Pecari tajacu (Artiodactyla, Tayassuidae) is widely distributed and
included in the Least Concern (LC) category by the IUCN assessment. However, threats …

[HTML][HTML] Helminths of Wied's marmoset (Callithrix kuhlii (Coimbra-Filho, 1985) (Primates: Callitrichidae)) from the Atlantic Forest, Southern Bahia State, Brazil

ADS Soares, MB Silva, RE Fraga… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
Callithrix kuhlii is present in forest mosaics, edge habitats, and abandoned fields in the
Atlantic Forest. In Bahia and Minas Gerais. This study aimed to identify helminths from C …

Hunting activity in the Cerrado of Maranhão: techniques and associated sociocultural factors

PVC dos Santos, FS Ferreira… - Ethnobiology and …, 2024 - ethnobioconservation.com
Hunting activity and the use of fauna are ancient practices that reveal meaningful
connections with biodiversity. Such activities present patterns of use and consumption linked …