Hydropower is a rapidly develo** and globally important source of renewable electricity.
Globally, over 60% of rivers longer than 500 km are already fragmented and thousands of …

Dugongs and manatees, the only fully aquatic herbivorous mammals, live in the coastal
waters, rivers and lakes of more than 80 subtropical and tropical countries. Symbols of fierce …

Wild animals are captured or taken opportunistically, and the meat, body parts, and/or eggs
are consumed for local subsistence or used for traditional purposes to some extent across …

Wetland extent, vegetation cover, and inundation state were mapped for the first time at
moderately high (100 m) resolution for the entire lowland Amazon basin, using mosaics of …

Migration is well developed among mammals, but there has been little attempt to date to
review common ecological constraints that may guide the evolution of migration among …

This study answered the following questions: 1) Is polarimetric C-band SAR (PolSAR) more
efficient than dual-polarization (dual-pol) C-band SAR for map** várzea floodplain …

The seemingly unhurried nature of manateesand dugongs belies their great capacity for
undertaking long-distance journeys, often repeatedly in the form of round-trip seasonal …

Aquatic mammals worldwide are highly threatened in freshwater ecosystems where they are
affected by direct human activities (eg hunting) as well as indirect human alteration of …

Climate change stressors are already affecting the subtropical and tropical coastal,
estuarine, and riverine habitats of sirenians with consequential changes to their ethology …

Sirenian social and reproductive behaviors lack much complexity or diversity. Whereas
sirenians are usually sighted as solitary, or as cows with single calves, aggregations of …