Publications

distribution of histoplasma capsulatum in amazonian wildlife.	in a survey of 296 sylvatic animals captured from virgin forests in the north-eastern and south-western amazon of brazil, histoplasma capsulatum was isolated, via the indirect hamster inoculation method, from the liver and spleen of four common opossums didelphis marsupialis and two pacas agouti paca. the infected animals did not show any clinical symptoms or histopathology. the known amazonian mammalian species with natural histoplasmosis now total five, the previously reported species being th ...	1985	3990770
non-legalized commerce in game meat in the brazilian amazon: a case study.	in tropical forests, wild game meat represents an option or the only protein source for some human populations. this study analyzed the wildlife meat trade destined to human consumption in an open market of the amazon rainforest, brazil. wildlife meat trade was monitored during 2005 through interviews to vendors and consumers in order to evaluate the socioeconomic profile of the sellers, the main species and byproducts sold, their geographical origin, commercial value, frequency of sale and prod ...	2010	20737856
diversity of sandflies (psychodidae: phlebotominae) captured in sandstone caves from central amazonia, brazil.	in the present paper we describe the diversity of phlebotomine sandflies collected in three sandstone caves in the municipality of presidente figueiredo, state of amazonas, brazil. the phlebotomines were captured during 2006 with cdc light traps. guano samples from inside the gruta refúgio do maruaga were collected to investigate the presence of immature specimens. a total of 2,160 adult phlebotomines representing 15 species were captured. pintomyia pacae was the dominant species in gruta dos an ...	2011	21655825
subsistence hunting of cuniculus paca in the middle of the solimões river, amazonas, brazil.	ungulates, large primates and caviomorfs are cited by amazonian hunters as preferred species. in this research, paca (cuniculus paca) hunting was investigated in relation to water levels and the lunar cycle. in eight years of monitoring in the amanã sustainable development reserve, the killing of 625 pacas was registered in five monitored communities. paca hunting took place mainly at night and the most commonly used method is "spotlighting". a positive correlation between the number of pacas ki ...	2014	25296203
water availability not fruitfall modulates the dry season distribution of frugivorous terrestrial vertebrates in a lowland amazon forest.	terrestrial vertebrate frugivores constitute one of the major guilds in tropical forests. previous studies show that the meso-scale distribution of this group is only weakly explained by variables such as altitude and tree basal area in lowland amazon forests. for the first time we test whether seasonally limiting resources (water and fallen fruit) affect the dry season distribution in 25 species of terrestrial vertebrates. to examine the effects of the spatial availability of fruit and water on ...	2017	28301589