Bibliography Record

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Timm, Robert M.; Albuja V., Luis; Clauson, Barbara L. (detail)
   
1986
Ecology, distribution, harvest, and conservation of the Amazonian manatee Trichechus inunguis in Ecuador.
Biotropica 18(2): 150-156. 2 figs.
–Gives detailed manatee locality records for eastern Ecuador and northern Peru, lists food plants and other natural history anecdotes reported by hunters, describes present-day meat hunting and the Siona Indians' self-imposed ban on manatee hunting, and makes recommendations for manatee protection in the area.

Related Index Records (17)

Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
  x 1986 Timm et al. (TI; Ecuador; use of flippers in feeding on emergent grasses; 151-152.)

Birth and Breeding
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
  x 1986 Timm et al. (TI; Ecuador; ?calving season; 154.)

Conservation
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Economic Uses; Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
  x 1986 Timm et al. (TI; Ecuador; 154-156.)

Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
  x 1986 Timm et al. (TI; Ecuador; meat; 155.)

Ecuador
  x * 1986 Timm et al. (TI; ecology, distr., & status; 150-156.)

Food Plants: Eichhornia crassipes
(Pontederiaceae)
  x 1986 Timm et al. (Ecuador; 154.)

Food Plants: Eichhornia diversifolia
(Pontederiaceae)
  x 1986 Timm et al. (Ecuador; 154.)

Food Plants: Eichhornia heterosperma
(Pontederiaceae)
  x 1986 Timm et al. (Ecuador; 153-154.)

Food Plants: Hymenachne donacifolia
(Gramineae)
  x 1986 Timm et al. (Ecuador; 154.)

Food Plants: Ludwigia adscendens
(Onagraceae)
  x 1986 Timm et al. (Ecuador; 154.)

Food Plants: Najas arguta
(Najadaceae)
  x 1986 Timm et al. (Ecuador; 154.)

Food Plants: Pennisetum
(Gramineae)
  x 1986 Timm et al. (Ecuador; 154.)

Food Plants: Utricularia foliosa
(Lentibulariaceae)
  x 1986 Timm et al. (Ecuador; 154.)

Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
  x 1986 Timm et al. (TI; Ecuador, Peru; harpoons; 151, 154.)

Migration and Movements
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
  x 1986 Timm et al. (TI; Ecuador; seasonal movements; 151, 155.)

Peru
  x 1986 Timm et al. (TI; hunting; 151-152, 154-155.)

Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
  x 1986 Timm et al. (Ecuador; ecology, distr., status; 150-156.)


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