Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Best, Robin Christopher | ||
| 1983 | Apparent dry-season fasting in Amazonian manatees (Mammalia: Sirenia). Biotropica 15(1): 61-64. 1 fig. –Reports observations on T. inunguis trapped in Lago Amanã, Brazil, during the 1979-80 dry season, with comments on physiology, hunting, and implications for conservation. Manatees normally appear to fast 3-4 months per year; in this case the fast lasted nearly 7 months. | ||
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9 related index terms
Brazil
| x | 1983 | Best, R.C. (TI; dry-season fasting; 61-64.) |
Excretion and Defecation
(SEE ALSO: Salinity Tolerance; Urogenital System)
(SEE ALSO: Salinity Tolerance; Urogenital System)
| x | 1983 | Best, R.C. (TI; production of feces while fasting; 61-62.) |
Food
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive; Captivity, Sirenians in; Digestive System; Food Plants; Weed Control) (NOTE: Plants reported as part of the captive but not the natural diet of sirs. will not necessarily be found under Food Plants. Papers referring to them are, however, indexed here.)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive; Captivity, Sirenians in; Digestive System; Food Plants; Weed Control) (NOTE: Plants reported as part of the captive but not the natural diet of sirs. will not necessarily be found under Food Plants. Papers referring to them are, however, indexed here.)
| x | 1983 | Best, R.C. (TI; Brazil; dry-season fasting; 61-64.) |
Food Plants: Luziola spruceana
| x | 1983 | Best, R.C. (TI; Brazil; 62.) |
Food Plants: Scirpus cubensis
| x | 1983 | Best, R.C. (TI; Brazil; 61.) |
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
| x | 1983 | Best, R.C. (TI; Brazil; hunted during dry-season congregations; 62-63.) |
Migration and Movements
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
| x | 1983 | Best, R.C. (TI; Brazil; moving between lakes & rivers; 63.) |
Natural Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Captivity, Sirenians in; Natural Enemies; Pathology; Temperature, Effects of)
(SEE ALSO: Captivity, Sirenians in; Natural Enemies; Pathology; Temperature, Effects of)
| x | 1983 | Best, R.C. (TI; bowel obstruction during fasting; 62.) |
Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
| x | * | 1983 | Best, R.C. (dry-season fasting; 61-64.) |