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Oliveira MA, Braga-Pereira F, El Bizri HR, Morcatty TQ, Doria CRDC, Messias MR. Hunting practices in southwestern Amazonia: a comparative study of techniques, modalities, and baits among urban and rural hunters. JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE 2023; 19:27. [PMID: 37400859 DOI: 10.1186/s13002-023-00599-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/05/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Hunting is a vital means of obtaining animal in various human populations. Hunters rely on their knowledge of species ecology and behavior to develop and employ hunting techniques and increase their chances of success. The comparison of the hunting practices of different human societies can shed light on the sustainability of hunting and the impact it has on species' populations. In this study, we examine and compare the techniques, modalities, and baits used by urban and rural hunters in Rondônia, a state in southwestern Amazonia, Brazil. We expected that rural hunters would use these elements and have greater knowledge when compared to urban hunters. We also expect that the use of specific hunting techniques and modalities will have greater selectivity and specificity of capture for rural hunters and that this knowledge will differ between groups. METHODS We conducted 106 semi-structured interviews with rural and urban hunters from October 2018 to February 2020. We analyzed the data using PERMANOVA and Network analyses to compare and contrast the hunting practices of each group. RESULTS We recorded four main hunting techniques divided into ten modalities with three techniques and seven modalities being the preferred choices among hunters. Waiting for at a Fruit Tree was cited as the primary technique employed by hunters living in urban and rural areas indicated. While the techniques and modalities were similar among hunters, the composition of species targeted and baits used differed between groups. Our network approach showed that modularity in urban areas was numerically lower than in rural areas. All species had one to more techniques associated with their capture. CONCLUSIONS Hunters living in urban and rural environments showed high similarity in their practices, probably due to sharing similar environments to hunt containing similar species, as well as targeting preferably the same species.
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- Marcela Alvares Oliveira
- Post-graduate Program in Biodiversity and Biotechnology of Legal Amazon (BIONORTE Network), Federal University of Rondônia, Porto Velho, Brazil.
- Post-graduate Program in Conservation and Use of Natural Resources, Federal University of Rondônia, Porto Velho, Brazil.
- Research Network on Diversity, Conservation and Use of Amazonian Fauna (RedeFauna), Manaus, Brazil.
- ComFauna, Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, Iquitos, Peru.
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- Research Network on Diversity, Conservation and Use of Amazonian Fauna (RedeFauna), Manaus, Brazil
- Department of Ecology and Systematics, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil
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- Research Network on Diversity, Conservation and Use of Amazonian Fauna (RedeFauna), Manaus, Brazil
- ComFauna, Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, Iquitos, Peru
- School of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Salford, Salford, UK
- Terrestrial Vertebrate Ecology Research Group, Mamirauá Sustainable Development Institute, Estrada do Bexiga, Tefé, Brazil
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- Research Network on Diversity, Conservation and Use of Amazonian Fauna (RedeFauna), Manaus, Brazil
- Oxford Wildlife Trade Research Group, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
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- Post-graduate Program in Biodiversity and Biotechnology of Legal Amazon (BIONORTE Network), Federal University of Rondônia, Porto Velho, Brazil
- Post-graduate Program in Conservation and Use of Natural Resources, Federal University of Rondônia, Porto Velho, Brazil
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- Post-graduate Program in Biodiversity and Biotechnology of Legal Amazon (BIONORTE Network), Federal University of Rondônia, Porto Velho, Brazil
- Post-graduate Program in Conservation and Use of Natural Resources, Federal University of Rondônia, Porto Velho, Brazil
- Research Network on Diversity, Conservation and Use of Amazonian Fauna (RedeFauna), Manaus, Brazil
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Braga‐Pereira F, Morcatty TQ, El Bizri HR, Tavares AS, Mere‐Roncal C, González‐Crespo C, Bertsch C, Rodriguez CR, Bardales‐Alvites C, von Mühlen EM, Bernárdez‐Rodríguez GF, Paim FP, Tamayo JS, Valsecchi J, Gonçalves J, Torres‐Oyarce L, Lemos LP, Vieira MAR, Bowler M, Gilmore MP, Perez NCA, Alves RR, Peres CA, Pérez‐Peña P, Mayor P. Congruence of local ecological knowledge (LEK)‐based methods and line‐transect surveys in estimating wildlife abundance in tropical forests. Methods Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Franciany Braga‐Pereira
- Departamento de Ecologia e Sistemática Universidade Federal da Paraíba João Pessoa Brazil
- Rede de Pesquisa para Estudos sobre Diversidade Conservação e Uso da Fauna na Amazônia (REDEFAUNA) Manaus Brazil
- Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Barcelona Spain
- Department de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Barcelona Spain
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- Rede de Pesquisa para Estudos sobre Diversidade Conservação e Uso da Fauna na Amazônia (REDEFAUNA) Manaus Brazil
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Oxford Brookes University Oxford UK
- Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá Estrada do Bexiga Tefé Brazil
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- Rede de Pesquisa para Estudos sobre Diversidade Conservação e Uso da Fauna na Amazônia (REDEFAUNA) Manaus Brazil
- Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá Estrada do Bexiga Tefé Brazil
- Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica (COMFAUNA) Iquitos Peru
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- Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas das Cidades da Amazônia Brasileira Universidade Federal do Amazonas Manaus Brazil
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- School of Environmental Science and Policy George Mason University Fairfax VA USA
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- Department de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Barcelona Spain
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- Laboratório de Manejo de Fauna Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) Manaus Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte Natal Brazil
- Instituto Juruá Manaus Brazil
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- Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (SERNANP) Urbanización Palomar Calle Lima Peru
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- Rede de Pesquisa para Estudos sobre Diversidade Conservação e Uso da Fauna na Amazônia (REDEFAUNA) Manaus Brazil
- Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá Estrada do Bexiga Tefé Brazil
- Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica (COMFAUNA) Iquitos Peru
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- Laboratório de Manejo de Fauna Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) Manaus Brazil
- Secretaria Executiva de Ciência Tecnologia e Inovação (SECTI/SEDECTI) Governo do Amazonas Manaus Brazil
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- Rede de Pesquisa para Estudos sobre Diversidade Conservação e Uso da Fauna na Amazônia (REDEFAUNA) Manaus Brazil
- Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá Estrada do Bexiga Tefé Brazil
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- Rede de Pesquisa para Estudos sobre Diversidade Conservação e Uso da Fauna na Amazônia (REDEFAUNA) Manaus Brazil
- RIVERS ERC Project Departamento de Ciencias Sociales Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Getafe (Madrid) Spain
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- School of Engineering, Arts, Science and Technology University of Suffolk Ipswich UK
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- School of Environmental Science and Policy George Mason University Fairfax VA USA
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Sistemática Universidade Federal da Paraíba João Pessoa Brazil
- Laboratory of Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology Universidade Estadual da Paraíba Campina Grande Brazil
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- Instituto Juruá Manaus Brazil
- School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich UK
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- Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP) Iquitos Peru
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- Department de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Barcelona Spain
- Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica (COMFAUNA) Iquitos Peru
- Museo de Culturas Indígenas Amazónicas Iquitos Peru
- Postgraduate Program in Animal Health and Production in Amazonia (PPGSPAA) Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA) Belém Brazil
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Tavares AS, Mayor P, Loureiro LF, Gilmore MP, Perez-Peña P, Bowler M, Lemos LP, Svensson MS, Nekaris KAI, Nijman V, Valsecchi J, Morcatty TQ. Widespread Use of Traditional Techniques by Local People for Hunting the Yellow-Footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus) Across the Amazon. J ETHNOBIOL 2020. [DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-40.2.268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Aline Santos Tavares
- Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá, Estrada do Bexiga, Tefé, Amazonas Brazil
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- Faculty of Veterinary, Department of Animal Health and Anatomy, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Integrative Studies, George Mason University, Fairfax,Virginia
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- Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Iquitos, Peru
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- School of Engineering, Art, Science and Technology, University of Suffolk, Waterfront Building, Neptune Quay, Ipswich, UK
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- Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá, Estrada do Bexiga, Tefé, Amazonas Brazil
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- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK
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- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK
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- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK
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- Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá, Estrada do Bexiga, Tefé, Amazonas Brazil
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- Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá, Estrada do Bexiga, Tefé, Amazonas Brazil
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Morcatty TQ, Tavares AS, Nijman V, Valsecchi J. Adapting a Traditional Hunting Technique to Improve Capture Rates for the Endangered Yellow-Footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus) during Ecological Surveys in Amazonia. J ETHNOBIOL 2020. [DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-40.2.252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Thais Queiroz Morcatty
- Oxford Wildlife Trade Research Group, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Headington Campus, Oxford, OX3 0BP, United Kingdom
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- Research Group on Terrestrial Vertebrate Ecology, Mamirauá Sustainable Development Institute (IDSM), Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Oxford Wildlife Trade Research Group, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Headington Campus, Oxford, OX3 0BP, United Kingdom
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- Research Group on Terrestrial Vertebrate Ecology, Mamirauá Sustainable Development Institute (IDSM), Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
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da Silva GP, Monteiro FOB, Pereira THDS, de Matos SER, Dos Santos de Andrade R, El Bizri HR, Coutinho LN, Valsecchi J, López-Plana C, Mayor P. Fetal bone development in the lowland paca (Cuniculus paca, Rodentia, Cuniculidae) determined using ultrasonography. J Anat 2020; 237:105-118. [PMID: 32255516 DOI: 10.1111/joa.13184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2019] [Revised: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Abstract
Studying the timing of the main events of embryonic and fetal development may clarify the strategies adopted by species to maximize neonatal survival and the consequences of these events for their life history. This study describes bone development during the fetal phase of the lowland paca (Cuniculus paca), comparing it with other precocial or altricial species, and its relationship with the species' adaptive strategies. A total of 102 embryos/fetuses obtained over the course of 17 years through collaboration with local subsistence hunters in the Amazon were analyzed. Measurements of mineralization of the axial and appendicular skeletons were performed by ultrasonography using a 10-18-MHz linear transducer. The chronological order of occurrence of mineralization in relation to the total dorsal length (TDL) was: skull (TDL = 4.1 cm); vertebral bodies (TDL = 4.6 cm); scapula, humerus, radius, ulna, ilium, ischium, femur, tibia, and fibula (TDL = 6.7 cm); ribs (TDL = 7.8 cm); clavicle (TDL = 8.5 cm); metacarpi/metatarsi (TDL = 11 cm); phalanges (TDL = 15 cm); tarsus (TDL = 18 cm); patella (TDL = 23 cm); and carpus (TDL = 27.2 cm). Secondary ossification centers first appeared in the femoral distal epiphysis (TDL = 16.6 cm) and tibial proximal epiphysis (TDL = 18.4 cm). Advanced fetuses (TDL > 30 cm, 97% gestational period) presented mineralization in all primary and most secondary centers. Compared to other species, paca neonates have a well-developed skeletal system at birth, which is important for their independent postnatal locomotion. Our results may contribute to the monitoring of bone development in other wild species, helping us to understand their life history, and serving as parameters for comparisons between precocial and altricial mammals.
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- Gessiane Pereira da Silva
- Postgraduate Program in Animal Health and Production in Amazonia (PPGSPAA), Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA), Belém, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Animal Health and Production in Amazonia (PPGSPAA), Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA), Belém, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Animal Health and Production in Amazonia (PPGSPAA), Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA), Belém, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Animal Health and Production in Amazonia (PPGSPAA), Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA), Belém, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Animal Health and Production in Amazonia (PPGSPAA), Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA), Belém, Brazil
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- Mamirauá Sustainable Development Institute (IDSM), Tefé, Brazil.,Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, ComFauna, Iquitos, Peru.,Rede de Pesquisa para Estudos sobre Diversidade, Conservação e Uso da Fauna na Amazônia (RedeFauna), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.,Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK
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- Postgraduate Program in Animal Health and Production in Amazonia (PPGSPAA), Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA), Belém, Brazil
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- Mamirauá Sustainable Development Institute (IDSM), Tefé, Brazil.,Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, ComFauna, Iquitos, Peru.,Rede de Pesquisa para Estudos sobre Diversidade, Conservação e Uso da Fauna na Amazônia (RedeFauna), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Departament de Sanitat i d'Anatomia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Postgraduate Program in Animal Health and Production in Amazonia (PPGSPAA), Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA), Belém, Brazil.,Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, ComFauna, Iquitos, Peru.,Departament de Sanitat i d'Anatomia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain.,Museo de Culturas Indígenas Amazónicas, Iquitos, Peru
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Lall KR, Jones KR, Garcia GW. Natural Habitat, Housing, and Restraint of Six Selected Neotropical Animals in Trinidad and Tobago with the Potential for Domestication. SCIENTIFICA 2020; 2020:9741762. [PMID: 32300488 PMCID: PMC7136804 DOI: 10.1155/2020/9741762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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This paper highlights the natural habitat, housing, and restraint needs of 6 Neotropical animals that are found in Trinidad and Tobago with the potential for domestication: agouti (Dasyprocta leporina), lappe/paca (Cuniculus paca/Agouti paca), capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), manicou/opossum (Didelphis marsupialis insularis), collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu/Pecari tajacu), and red brocket deer (Mazama americana). The year of the earliest reference cited was 1950 and the most recent was 2018, with over 100 references being used. The average density, home range size, social group, and housing requirements were also examined as these factors would play a role in designing enclosures. A number of different physical and chemical restraint techniques were also discussed. Information from other species within the same genus was incorporated as some of the animals did not have sufficient literature.
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- Kavita Ranjeeta Lall
- The Open Tropical Forage-Animal Production Laboratory (OTF-APL), Department of Food Production (DFP), Faculty of Food and Agriculture (FFA), The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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- The Open Tropical Forage-Animal Production Laboratory (OTF-APL), Department of Food Production (DFP), Faculty of Food and Agriculture (FFA), The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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- The Open Tropical Forage-Animal Production Laboratory (OTF-APL), Department of Food Production (DFP), Faculty of Food and Agriculture (FFA), The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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Buil JMM, Peckre LR, Dörge M, Fichtel C, Kappeler PM, Scherberger H. Remotely releasable collar mechanism for medium-sized mammals: an affordable technology to avoid multiple captures. WILDLIFE BIOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.2981/wlb.00581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- Jeroen M. M. Buil
- J. M. M. Buil, M. Dörge and H. Scherberger (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-2800) ✉ , Neurobiology Laboratory, German Primate Center GmbH – Leibniz Inst. for Primate Research, Goettingen, Germany. HS also at: Johann-Friedrich-Bl
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- L. R. Peckre (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0065-8529), C. Fichtel (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8346-2168)P. M. Kappeler, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Unit, German Primate Center GmbH – Leibniz Inst. for Primate Research, Goettingen, Germany
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- J. M. M. Buil, M. Dörge and H. Scherberger (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-2800) ✉ , Neurobiology Laboratory, German Primate Center GmbH – Leibniz Inst. for Primate Research, Goettingen, Germany. HS also at: Johann-Friedrich-Bl
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- L. R. Peckre (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0065-8529), C. Fichtel (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8346-2168)P. M. Kappeler, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Unit, German Primate Center GmbH – Leibniz Inst. for Primate Research, Goettingen, Germany
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- L. R. Peckre (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0065-8529), C. Fichtel (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8346-2168)P. M. Kappeler, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Unit, German Primate Center GmbH – Leibniz Inst. for Primate Research, Goettingen, Germany
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- J. M. M. Buil, M. Dörge and H. Scherberger (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-2800) ✉ , Neurobiology Laboratory, German Primate Center GmbH – Leibniz Inst. for Primate Research, Goettingen, Germany. HS also at: Johann-Friedrich-Bl
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El Bizri HR, Fa JE, Valsecchi J, Bodmer R, Mayor P. Age at sexual maturity, first parturition and reproductive senescence in wild lowland pacas (Cuniculus paca): Implications for harvest sustainability. Anim Reprod Sci 2019; 205:105-114. [PMID: 31060921 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2019.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Revised: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Generation length (GL) of a mammal, calculated through the age at sexual maturity, first reproduction and reproductive senescence can be used to assess the capacity of a population of a species to withstand differing amounts of hunting pressure by humans without depletion of animal numbers. Due to the lack of reproductive data for wild mammals, the GL is often difficult to determine for most species. In the present study, the GL parameters were assessed for the wild lowland paca (Cuniculus paca) from a sample of 119 female genitalia obtained during a 15-year hunter participatory program in the Amazon. The probability of female pacas being sexually active, with observable ovarian functionality or pregnancy, increased as both body and genitalia masses increased. The average body mass at puberty was 5.46 kg. Puberty was estimated to occur at 4 months of age, from which there was estimation when age at first parturition would occur 9 months after birth. Additionally, there was no indication that there was a decrease in parturition rate at more advanced ages. The estimated age of first reproduction for pacas was much less than previous estimates, most from assessments of captive animals. In addition, because there was no evidence of reproductive senescence, it is suggested that the average age of mature hunted pacas should be used to determine optimal harvesting rates of pacas by humans. The present study highlights the importance of in situ studies on reproduction of animals in their natural habitat because these will yield more accurate reproductive variable estimates than those obtained from captive animals. It is suggested that similar methods be used to accurately assess reproductive parameters of other tropical species that are hunted by humans.
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- Hani Rocha El Bizri
- School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Oxford Road, M15 6BH, Manchester, United Kingdom; Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá (IDSM), Tefé, AM, Brazil; ComFauna, Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, 332 Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru; RedeFauna, Rede de Pesquisa em Diversidade, Conservação e Uso da Fauna da Amazônia, Brazil.
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- School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Oxford Road, M15 6BH, Manchester, United Kingdom; Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Jalan Cifor Rawajaha, Situ Gede, Bogor Barat, Kota, Bogor, Jawa Barat, 16115, Indonesia
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- Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá (IDSM), Tefé, AM, Brazil; ComFauna, Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, 332 Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru; RedeFauna, Rede de Pesquisa em Diversidade, Conservação e Uso da Fauna da Amazônia, Brazil
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- ComFauna, Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, 332 Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru; FUNDAMAZONIA, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
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- ComFauna, Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, 332 Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru; FUNDAMAZONIA, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Department of Animal Health and Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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El Bizri HR, Fa JE, Bowler M, Valsecchi J, Bodmer R, Mayor P. Breeding seasonality in the lowland paca (Cuniculus paca) in Amazonia: interactions with rainfall, fruiting, and sustainable hunting. J Mammal 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyy102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Hani R El Bizri
- Grupo de Pesquisa em Ecologia de Vertebrados Terrestres, Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá (IDSM), Estrada do Bexiga, Fonte Boa, CEP, Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
- ComFauna, Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru
- School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Jalan Cifor Rawajaha, Situ Gede, Bogor Barat, Kota Bogor, Jawa Barat, Indonesia
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- School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of Suffolk, Waterfront Building, Neptune Quay, Ipswich, United Kingdom
- San Diego Zoo Global Institute for Conservation Research, Escondido, California, CA, USA
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- Grupo de Pesquisa em Ecologia de Vertebrados Terrestres, Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá (IDSM), Estrada do Bexiga, Fonte Boa, CEP, Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
- ComFauna, Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru
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- ComFauna, Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru
- FundAmazonia, Malecón Tarapacá nº, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
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- ComFauna, Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru
- FundAmazonia, Malecón Tarapacá nº, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
- Departament de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Produção Animal na Amazônia, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Terra Firme, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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Spatial and temporal interactions of free-ranging pacas (Cuniculus paca). MAMMAL RES 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s13364-017-0350-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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El Bizri HR, Monteiro FOB, de Andrade RDS, Valsecchi J, Guimarães DADA, Mayor P. Embryonic and fetal morphology in the lowland paca (Cuniculus paca): A precocial hystricomorph rodent. Theriogenology 2017; 104:7-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Campos-Silva JV, Peres CA, Antunes AP, Valsecchi J, Pezzuti J. Community-based population recovery of overexploited Amazonian wildlife. Perspect Ecol Conserv 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2017.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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