Temporal and Spatial Stability on the Population Structure of Consumed and Illegally Traded Big-Headed Amazon River Turtle in the Negro River Basin, Central Amazon, Brazil
Freshwater turtles are a valuable food resource for riverine human communities and have been historically overharvested throughout all major tropical large river basins, with consequent gradual population decreases. Even species considered to be abundant are declining, and in many cases were brought...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-04-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.640961/full |