Terrestrial mammal feces: a morphometric summary and description

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Autor(a) principal: Chame,Marcia
Data de Publicação: 2003
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Texto Completo: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000900014
Resumo: The study of feces of terrestrial mammals brings out biological and ecological data such as the species presence, diet, behaviour, territory, parasitic fauna, and home-range use, which can be applied for conservation projects and support paleoecological research that use coprolites as the main source of study. Although the new biotechnological techniques allow more accurate data, the diagnosis based on morphometric analyses permits the primary identification of the taxonomic group origin to support the best choice of subsequent analyses. We present the compilation list of fecal shape and measurements available in the literature published in North America, Eastern and Southern Africa, Europe, and new data from Brazil. Shape and diameters are the best characteristics for taxonomic identification. Feces were assembled in 9 groups that reflect the Order, sometimes the Family, and even their common origin.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Terrestrial mammal feces: a morphometric summary and description
title Terrestrial mammal feces: a morphometric summary and description
spellingShingle Terrestrial mammal feces: a morphometric summary and description
Chame,Marcia
feces
coprolites
terrestrial mammals
fauna
title_short Terrestrial mammal feces: a morphometric summary and description
title_full Terrestrial mammal feces: a morphometric summary and description
title_fullStr Terrestrial mammal feces: a morphometric summary and description
title_full_unstemmed Terrestrial mammal feces: a morphometric summary and description
title_sort Terrestrial mammal feces: a morphometric summary and description
author Chame,Marcia
author_facet Chame,Marcia
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Chame,Marcia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv feces
coprolites
terrestrial mammals
fauna
topic feces
coprolites
terrestrial mammals
fauna
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The study of feces of terrestrial mammals brings out biological and ecological data such as the species presence, diet, behaviour, territory, parasitic fauna, and home-range use, which can be applied for conservation projects and support paleoecological research that use coprolites as the main source of study. Although the new biotechnological techniques allow more accurate data, the diagnosis based on morphometric analyses permits the primary identification of the taxonomic group origin to support the best choice of subsequent analyses. We present the compilation list of fecal shape and measurements available in the literature published in North America, Eastern and Southern Africa, Europe, and new data from Brazil. Shape and diameters are the best characteristics for taxonomic identification. Feces were assembled in 9 groups that reflect the Order, sometimes the Family, and even their common origin.
description The study of feces of terrestrial mammals brings out biological and ecological data such as the species presence, diet, behaviour, territory, parasitic fauna, and home-range use, which can be applied for conservation projects and support paleoecological research that use coprolites as the main source of study. Although the new biotechnological techniques allow more accurate data, the diagnosis based on morphometric analyses permits the primary identification of the taxonomic group origin to support the best choice of subsequent analyses. We present the compilation list of fecal shape and measurements available in the literature published in North America, Eastern and Southern Africa, Europe, and new data from Brazil. Shape and diameters are the best characteristics for taxonomic identification. Feces were assembled in 9 groups that reflect the Order, sometimes the Family, and even their common origin.
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