Preserving large tracts of natural habitats is essential to maintain biodiversity. Nevertheless,
even large areas may still suffer from less “visible” impacts such as loss of ecological …

Although the use of wild mammals as a source of food has been better studied in tropical
forest environments, their importance as a source of protein for human communities in …

Wildlife vehicle collisions (WVC) are a threat to wildlife and humans, killing millions of
animals of numerous species, as well as causing significant damage to vehicles, drivers and …

Roadkill estimates for different species and species groups are available for many countries
and regions. However, there is a lack of information from tropical countries, including from …

The loss or reduction of animal populations and consequent extinction of ecological
interactions in Neotropical forests demand urgent conservation initiatives to reverse these …

Abstract The genus Bartonella (Hyphomicrobiales: Bartonellaceae) encompasses facultative
intracellular α-proteobacteria that parasite erythrocytes and endothelial cells from a wide …

Surveying and monitoring of elusive animals with naturally low densities and large home
ranges, such as many medium‐and large‐sized mammals, is challenging. Low capture rates …

Tapirus terrestris is the largest South American land mammal, with an extensive historical
distribution and capable of occupying diverse habitats, and yet its populations have declined …

Abstract The state of Mato Grosso is one of the largest (903 357 km.) and most diverse in
terms of vegetation in Brazil, encompassing three distinct Neotropical biomes–the Amazon …

Sambaquis are archaeological shell mounds and middens formed by pre-Columbian
populations inhabiting the Atlantic Forest coast of Brazil between the Middle and Late …