
Leonardo França Nascimento- PhD Student at Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (UCDB)
Leonardo França Nascimento
- PhD Student at Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (UCDB)
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Introduction
Leonardo França Nascimento currently works at the Ciencias Ambientais in Universdade Católica Dom Bosco. Leonardo does research in Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Parasitology.
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Dasypus novemcinctus and Euphractus sexcinctus are common armadillo species in the Brazilian Pantanal. Due to their
digging habits, they alter the surroundings providing environmental alternatives that can be used by other organisms. We
therefore aimed to identify the animal species that utilize the burrows of these armadillos in the Pantanal Wetla...
RESUMO: Os padrões de atividade podem ser um componente importante na partição de nicho entre espécies simpátricas, especialmente quando essas espécies têm hábitos semelhantes. O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar os padrões de atividade, a influência da sazonalidade na atividade e testar a partição temporal de nicho entre duas espécies simpátric...
Although primarily arboreal, the capuchin monkey (Sapajus cay) descends to the ground for several reasons. We used terrestrial records obtained by camera-trapping surveys to investigate seasonality in the terrestriality of capuchin monkeys, reasons to descend to the ground, and periods of the day when terrestriality was more pronounced. We carried...
The coccidian Caryospora bigenetica was first described in the snake Crotalus horridus (Viperidae) from United States of America. This study represents the first record of the occurrence of C. bigenetica in snakes in South America. Feces were sampled between November 2013 and May 2014 from 256 wild snakes maintained in scientific breeding facilitie...