The Pantanal's biodiversity constitutes a valuable natural resource, in economic, cultural,
recreational, aesthetic, scientific and educational terms. The vegetation plus the seasonal …

In the last decades, field inventories and ecological studies on amphibians and reptiles were
intensified in the Upper Paraguay River Basin. Although a complete updated species list has …

One of the most relevant issues in discussion worldwide nowadays is the concept of
sustainability. However, sustainability assessment is a difficult task due to the complexity of …

The Pantanal is a South American biome characterized by extensive plains and stark
environmental seasonality. Several habitats are subject to annual flooding, forcing small …

As water along dirt roads in the Pantanal floodplains diminishes, aquatic fauna becomes
restricted to shallow pools. At the end of the 2009 dry season, we filmed giant otters living in …

Cattle ranching in Latin America supports wildlife conservation. Ranching probably
represents one of the few land uses in which we can advance conservation goals. The …

Environmental conservation standards in Brazil are insufficient and must be completed by
economic instruments, such as Payments for Environmental Services (PESs). These …

Serra do Amolar (Amolar Mountain Ridge) is considered a Priority Area for biodiversity
conservation in the Pantanal biome according to the Environmental Ministry of Brazil …

Context Human–wildlife competition is a worldwide problem. In the Brazilian Pantanal, the
competition is between livestock and large cats, such as the jaguar (Panthera onca) and the …

Giant otters live in highly cooperative groups. Behavioral observations suggest that groups
are composed of a dominant reproductive pair and their offspring of previous years. We …