Background Hunting wild animals is essential for nutrition, clothing, predator control and
disease treatment. As part of a system based on food choices and uses, it is influenced by …

The aim of this study was to test the use of measures obtained from freelisting as possible
surrogates of the harvest rate of game species. For this purpose, we interviewed 100 rural …

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 …

As interações do homem com a fauna são influenciadas por fatores ecológicos, sociais e
culturais que ditam a magnitude da pressão exercida sobre os recursos faunísticos. Nesse …

Hunting by rural and urban populations is essential for securing access to protein and other
nutrients throughout the tropics. The hunting patterns of urban hunters in Amazonia, and the …

The harvest of meat from wild animals is essential for the nutrition of many human
populations in the Neotropics. Specific techniques are used to access wild meat, but …

The current investigation aimed to identify the wild animals utilized as a food source in five
locations within the Serra do Conduru State Park region, Bahia, Brazil. The field survey was …

Ticks are obligatory parasites and transmit several pathogens to animals and humans. This
study aimed to report the parasitism of ticks on carcasses of animals hunted by hunters from …

Hunting comprises the extraction of wild animals from their natural environment for use in
various purposes. In this sense, based on the Socioecological Theory of Maximization …

We report two new records of occurrence of Six-banded Armadillo, Euphractus sexcinctus
(Linnaeus, 1758), in the state of Rondônia, Brazil, based on roadkills. These new records …