Turtles and tortoises (chelonians) have been integral components of global ecosystems for
about 220 million years and have played important roles in human culture for at least …

Freshwater megafauna, such as sturgeons, giant catfishes, river dolphins, hippopotami,
crocodylians, large turtles, and giant salamanders, have experienced severe population …

Post-publication, an investigation conducted on behalf of the journal by Elsevier's Research
Integrity & Publishing Ethics team determined that 1 of the reviews for this manuscript was …

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 …

Background and Research Aims Dams impact freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity.
Freshwater turtles are at direct and indirect risk due to changes caused by damming …

The intense use of fipronil in sugarcane crops in Brazil in regions close to the spawning
areas of freshwater turtles may pose a considerable threat to the reproduction of these …

Chelonians represent an important resource in the Amazon, either as a source of protein at
the base of the food chain of aquatic and transition ecosystems, or in the dispersion of seeds …

We evaluated the vulnerability of nesting sites (sandbanks) available to Podocnemis
expansa, P. unifilis and P. sextuberculata to human threats and the coverage of these areas …

In late 2015, at the third global meeting of the leadership of the IUCN Species Survival
Commission in Abu Dhabi, I asked the Commission's Group chairs what they wanted to …

Abstract The Podocnemidid Amazon river turtles are the regions most conspicuous and
culturally important species. Intense exploitation led populations of the largest species, such …