Wildlife distribution is driven by a variety of intrinsic and extrinsic factors that limit species to habitats with the adequate resources and conditions to maintain their survival. The selection of specific habitats by ...

The Black Lion Tamarin, Leontopithecus chrysopygus, is a primate species endemic to the State of São Paulo and considered State environmental patrimony. It is on the international red list of species in the category ...

The danger to aviation safety due to birds has drawn attention for many years. In Brazil, more than 8,000 wildlife collisions were recorded between 2011 and 2015, in addition to a significant increase in wildlife sightings ...

For any action in fauna’s conservation it is necessary to have the previous knowledge of the species in order to adopt the best intervention strategies and to optimize the process. This way, even though the Southern Brown ...

In 2012, the new UFSCar campus Lagoa do Sino was implemented in the southwest of the state of São Paulo, close to the cities of Campina do Monte Alegre and Buri. The activities started in 2014, when the first students and ...

Hunting is not a reserved theme for modern times, but, nowadays, the concern about your effects in the manifold wildlife has propelled new researches and review of the ongoing. From a legal point of view, there are five ...

Given the situation of habitat loss and natural landscape disturbance, bats represent a good source of information for studies on diversity, interaction and responses to environmental changes. In addition, they perform ...

Coragyps atratus is a New World vulture species from the Order Cathartiformes. This species benefits from human activities, especially the improper disposal of organic waste, which increases food supply. The proximity of ...

Birds contribute to many kinds of environmental services, such as predation on arthropods, which results in their population control, and reduced folivory and higher growth rates of plants. In addition, insectivorous birds ...

Globally, crimes against the environment have been growing at an alarming rate, only trafficking and illegal trade in plants and animals has moved around $ 7- $ 23 billion in 2016. Along with other pressures such as habitat ...