Spirits of the forest
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A one-year study of the white-lipped peccaries found in the Amazon forest revealed the presence of two groups which did not move very far from their home range. The two groups fed in different areas but their home range overlapped. No evidence of migration was seen. The reason for the decline in the peccarie population is probably diseases spread by domestic animals. The declining population of the peccaries will affect the ecology of the forest and the Amerindian tribes which use the peccaries as food.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 1995
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Letter from Brazil
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Jose Fragoso started his Brazilian research with white-lipped peccaries in the Amazon. He intended originally to charter airplanes but the gold rush near his research site in northern Brazil made this so costly that it was cheaper to buy his own ultralight airplane and learn to pilot it. Fragoso's research has since expanded to include palm trees, beetles, jaguars and Yanomami Indians. He works in the forests of Roraima State in northwest Brazil.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 1996
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Letter from Brazil
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Wildlife researchers on the island of Maraca, a research station in Roraima, Brazil, are privy to one of the most biologically intact areas of the Amazon forests. While studying the fruit-eating mammals on the island the researchers have had the opportunity to observe an incredibly diverse ecology that contains animals of all shapes and sizes.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 1998
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