Herein, I review existing criticisms of the field of invasion biology. Firstly, I identifiy problems
of conceptual weaknesses, including disagreements regarding: (i) definitions of invasive, …

The order Pinnipedia is the only mammalian group that shows a combination of marine
feeding and terrestrial breeding (Bartholomew, 1970). This order comprises three families: …

Vicuña, Vicugna vicugna, is one of the few large native herbivores of South American and it
is considered a keystone resource for the Andean Region. We studied foraging ecology of …

I studied the responses (retreats, threats, attacks or leaving the rookery) of South American
fur seals Arctocephalus australis to tourist approaches at a non-reproductive, continental …

The theory of sexual selection is the most widely accepted theory explaining the evolution of
mating systems and secondary sexual characters. Polygyny is the most common mating …

Historically, the environment has been viewed as a passive deposit of antimicrobial resistance
mechanisms, where bacteria show biological cost for maintenance of these genes. Thus, …

We evaluated the effects of land use on the distribution of 3 sympatric species of armadillos,
Chaetophractus villosus, C. vellerosus, and Dasypus hybridus, on 34 farms in the eastern …

Serratia marcescens causes health care-associated infections with important morbidity and
mortality. Particularly, outbreaks produced by multidrug-resistant isolates of this species, …

This study presents the first description of social behavior and structure in native populations
of the coypu (Myocastor coypus). Data from behavioral observations and trapping were …

In most animals, females are larger than males. Paradoxically, sexual size dimorphism is
biased towards males in most mammalian species. An accepted explanation is that sexual …