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Forest specialist and generalist small mammals in forest edges and hedges
Wildlife Biology, Volume 22, Issue 3, Page 86-94, May 2016., 2016 Agricultural intensification often leads to fragmentation of natural habitats, such as forests, and thereby negatively affects forest specialist species. However, human introduced habitats, such as hedges, may counteract negative effects of forest fragmentation and increase dispersal, particularly of forest specialists.
Hella Schlinkert +6 more
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Small mammals found in discarded bottles in alpine and pre-alpine areas of NW-Italy
Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 1997 <strong>Abstract</strong> 189 bottles and 6 cans, containing the remains of 904 small mammals were collected in alpine and pre-alpine areas of Piedmont, Aosta Valley and Lombardy. The following taxa were recorded: <em>Sorex alpinus</
Paolo Debernardi +4 more
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The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 Stone martens (Martes foina) are documented as generalist throughout their distributional range whose diet composition is affected by food availability. We tested if this occurs and what feeding strategies it follows in a typical Mediterranean ecosystem in Central Greece by analysing contents from 106 stomachs, seasonally collected from three different
Dimitrios E. Bakaloudis +6 more
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Predator feeding choice on conspicuous and non-conspicuous carabid beetles: first results
ZooKeys, 2011 Insects use various types of behaviour, chemical defences, mimetic, aposematic or cryptic appearances as anti-predatory strategies. Among insects, carabid beetles of the genus Brachinus are distasteful prey because they discharge an irritating &ldquo ...
Teresa Bonacci +2 more
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Wildlife Biology, Volume 13, Issue 3, Page 258-271, September 2007., 2007 Abstract Feeding habits and interspecific trophic niche overlap of two sympatric predators, the pine marten Martes martes and the red fox Vulpes vulpes, were studied in a deciduous forest habitat in Hungary with conditions of differing abundance and dominance in the rodent community.
József Lanszki +2 more
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DiversityThe paper summarizes recent observations of uncommon small terrestrial mammals (Eulipotyphla, Rodentia) in the Czech Republic and compares them with known ranges.
Ladislav Čepelka +7 more
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Establishing a neotype for Crocidura obtusa Kretzoi, 1938 (Mammalia, Soricidae): an emended description of this Pleistocene white‑toothed shrew species [PDF]
, 2020 We establish a neotype in the collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest (Hungary) for Crocidura obtusa (Mammalia, Soricidae). The species was originally described by M.
Botka, Dániel +2 more
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La fauna a micromammiferi del comprensorio di Muro Lucano (Potenza, Italia)
Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 1994 <strong>Abstract</strong> <strong>Small mammal fauna of the Muro Lucano area (Potenza, Italy)</strong> - Data of small mammals trapped (255 specimens) and preyed by Barn owl (289 specimens) in NW Lucania (southern Italy) are ...
Giuseppina Cerone, Gaetano Aloise
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Adalékok Dél-Dunántúli területek kisemlős faunáihoz bagolyköpetek alapján | Data for the small mammal fauna of the South Transdanubian region, obtained by owl pellet analysis [PDF]
, 2008 From six localities in the South-Transdanubian region, a total of 165 Tyto alba, 244 Asio otus and 11 Athene noctua pellets were collected, containing 1038 prey remains. The number of small mammal species identified from pellets in various localities,
Lanszki, József
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Exemplary investigations of squirrels and shrews as relevant virus reservoir hosts [PDF]
, 2020 Rodents and other small mammals, such as shrews, are important reservoirs for numerous zoonotic pathogens. In addition, also various non-zoonotic agents such as polyomaviruses and herpesviruses have been described in these species. The development and
Schulze, Vanessa
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