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Niche differentiation in a postglacial colonizer, the bank vole Clethrionomys glareolus [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Species‐level environmental niche modeling has been crucial in efforts to understand how species respond to climate variation and change. However, species often exhibit local adaptation and intraspecific niche differences that may be important to ...
Marco A. Escalante, Michaela Horníková, Silvia Marková, Petr Kotlík   +3 more
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The Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus)—Small Animal Model for Hepacivirus Infection [PDF]

Viruses, 2021
Many people worldwide suffer from hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, which is frequently persistent. The lack of efficient vaccines against HCV and the unavailability of or limited compliance with existing antiviral therapies is problematic for health ...
Susanne Röhrs, Lineke Begeman, Beate K. Straub, Mariana Boadella, Dennis Hanke, Kerstin Wernike, Stephan Drewes, Bernd Hoffmann, Markus Keller, Jan Felix Drexler, Christian Drosten, Dirk Höper, Thijs Kuiken, Rainer G. Ulrich, Martin Beer   +14 more
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Demographic Factors Associated with Hantavirus Infection in Bank Voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
The bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) is the natural reservoir of Puumala virus (PUUV), a species in the genus Hantavirus. PUUV is the etiologic agent of nephropathia epidemica, a mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.
Gert E. Olsson, Neil White, Clas Ahlm, Fredrik Elgh, Ann-Christin Verlemyr, Per Juto, R. Thomas Palo   +6 more
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Chromosome-level genome of the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus): a resource for eco-evo-disease research [PDF]

Scientific Data
The increasing availability of reference genomes for non-traditional model species is enhancing research in ecology and evolution. Here, we present a high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation for the bank vole Clethrionomys glareolus ...
Silvia Marková, Thomas A. White, Jeremy B. Searle, Petr Kotlík   +3 more
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Effects of Climate and Land Use on the Population Dynamics of the Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) in the Southernmost Part of Its Range [PDF]

Animals
This study investigated the effects of habitat structure and climatic variables on populations of bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus), a northern species with adaptations to cooler climate, at the southern end of their range in Western Europe over a 16 ...
Lucía de la Huerta-Schliemann, Marc Vilella, Lídia Freixas, Ignasi Torre   +3 more
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Habitat Selection Patterns Suggest Competition Between Two Forest Rodent Species Along an Elevational Gradient [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Numerous mammal species exhibit dynamic habitat use and selection, choosing the more preferred habitats at low densities when these are more readily available.
Ana Maria Benedek, Ioan Sîrbu
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Interrelation of the spatial and genetic structure of tick‐borne encephalitis virus, its reservoir host (Myodes glareolus), and its vector (Ixodes ricinus) in a natural focus area [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Tick‐borne encephalitis (TBE) virus is considered the medically most important arthropod‐borne virus in Europe. Although TBE is endemic throughout central Europe, ticks and rodents determine its maintenance in small, difficult‐to‐assess, natural foci. We
Lea Kauer, Gerhard Dobler, Hannah M. Schmuck, Lidia Chitimia‐Dobler, Martin Pfeffer, Ralph Kühn   +5 more
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First Observations of Buzzards (Buteo) as Definitive Hosts of Sarcocystis Parasites Forming Cysts in the Brain Tissues of Rodents in Lithuania [PDF]

Biology
Representatives of the genus Sarcocystis are worldwide distributed apicomplexan parasites characterised by two-host prey-predator relationships. Sarcocystis spp. produce sarcocysts in the muscles and brains of intermediate hosts and develop sporocysts in
Petras Prakas, Marius Jasiulionis, Tautvilė Šukytė, Evelina Juozaitytė-Ngugu, Vitalijus Stirkė, Linas Balčiauskas, Dalius Butkauskas   +6 more
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Coupled variation of red-backed vole species in biotopes disturbed by windfall and fire in the Visim State Nature Reserve (the Middle Urals)

Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2023
The use of morphogenetic characteristics and functionally important morphological structures in monitoring natural populations and communities is one of the modern directions in developing approaches to eco-morphology and functional synecology.
Alexei G. Vasilyev, Larisa E. Lukyanova, Yulia V. Gorodilova   +2 more
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Seroprevalence of Tick-Borne Encephalitis (TBE) Virus Antibodies in Wild Rodents from Two Natural TBE Foci in Bavaria, Germany

Pathogens, 2023
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is Eurasia’s most important tick-borne viral disease. Rodents play an important role as natural hosts. Longitudinal studies on the dynamics of the seroprevalence rates in wild rodents in natural foci over the year are rare ...
Philipp Johannes Brandenburg, Anna Obiegala, Hannah Maureen Schmuck, Gerhard Dobler, Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Martin Pfeffer   +5 more
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