Walking on water: the unexpected evolution of arboreal lifestyle in a large top predator in the Amazon flooded forests.

Ecology

Laboratory of Movement and Population Ecology, Center of Biological and Health Science, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, CEP 79070-900, Brazil.

Published: May 2021

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