This is a review of the research undertaken since 1971 on the behavior and physiological
ecology of sloths. The animals exhibit numerous fascinating features. Sloth hair is extremely …

Physiological and pharmacological research undertaken on sloths during the past 30 years
is comprehensively reviewed. This includes the numerous studies carried out upon the …

… Lola Da Costa … Lola Da Costa … (d) Kriged map of AGB using D and species-specific ρ,
but a pan Amazonian height model (K Dρ ). (e) Kriged map of AGB using …

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time, 1 , 2 and attempts to address it
require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental …

Primates play an important role in ecosystem functioning and offer critical insights into
human evolution, biology, behavior, and emerging infectious diseases. There are 26 primate …

Context The presence of retail food establishments around schools can be a potentiating or
protective factor for overweight in students, depending on access to these places as well as …

The Amazon forest has the highest biodiversity on Earth. However, information on
Amazonian vertebrate diversity is still deficient and scattered across the published, peer‐reviewed, …

The effects of dl-propranolol, d-propranolol, dl-pindolol and dl-practolol on regional myocardial
blood flow (assessed by means of tracer microspheres) and on ST-segment elevation in …

Despite the importance of the gastronomic experience for tourists' satisfaction/dissatisfaction,
and hence for the competitiveness of tourist destinations, studies focusing on tourists' …

Jaguars (Panthera onca) exert critical top-down control over large vertebrates across the
Neotropics. Yet, this iconic species have been declining due to multiple threats, such as habitat …