Estimating pathogen-spillover risk using host-ectoparasite interactions. [PDF]
Ecol EvolUnderstanding the interacting factors that lead to pathogen transmission in a zoonotic cycle could help identify novel hosts of pathogens and the patterns that lead to disease emergence. We use parasite ecology, phylogenetics, and geography to predict known and unknown hosts of hantavirus.
Brennan RN, Paulson SL, Escobar LE.
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Dispersal and population structure at different spatial scales in the subterranean rodent Ctenomys australis [PDF]
, 2010 This study was funded by grants from Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET, PIP5838), Agencia de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica de la Argentina (PICTO1-423, BID-1728/OC-AR), and the programme ECOS-Sud France/Argentina ...
Gaggiotti, Oscar E. +4 more
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Bayesian estimation of the timing and severity of a population bottleneck from ancient DNA. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2006 In this first application of the approximate Bayesian computation approach using the serial coalescent, we demonstrated the estimation of historical demographic parameters from ancient DNA.
Yvonne L Chan +2 more
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The genetics of immune and infection phenotypes in wild mice, Mus musculus domesticus
Molecular Ecology, Volume 32, Issue 15, Page 4242-4258, August 2023., 2023 Abstract Wild animals are under constant threat from a wide range of micro‐ and macroparasites in their environment. Animals make immune responses against parasites, and these are important in affecting the dynamics of parasite populations. Individual animals vary in their anti‐parasite immune responses.
Louise Cheynel +3 more
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Immune genotypes, immune responses, and survival in a wild bird population
Molecular Ecology, Volume 32, Issue 12, Page 3044-3059, June 2023., 2023 Abstract Individuals vary in their immune genotype, inbreeding coefficient f, immune responses, survival to adulthood, and adult longevity. However, whether immune genes predict survival or longevity, whether such relationships are mediated through immune responses, and how f affects immune genotype remain unclear. We use a wild song sparrow (Melospiza
Martha J. Nelson‐Flower +7 more
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Mounting a specific immune response increases energy expenditure of the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum (tuco-tuco): Implications for intraspecific and interspecific variation in immunological traits [PDF]
, 2010 It was recently hypothesised that specific induced defences, which require substantial time and resources and are mostly beneficial against repeated infections, are more likely to be favoured in 'slow-living-pace' species.
Antenucci, Carlos Daniel +3 more
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Austral Ecology, Volume 48, Issue 3, Page 481-497, May 2023., 2023 In 1951, 24 animals of both sexes of Chilla or Grey fox from continental Magallanes region, Chile were released on Tierra del Fuego Island, to control a European rabbit irruption detrimental to sheep ranching. No attention has been paid to the temporal course of that introduction, so here we provide a historical account of the presence of those foxes ...
Carlos Zurita +2 more
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Human Processing of Rodents in Patagonia: The Relevance of Historical and Ethnographical Data for Archaeological Interpretations [PDF]
, 2019 The consumption of small mammals was a widespread practice between indigenous societies worldwide. Modern taphonomic studies carried out upon bone assemblages from archaeological sites in northern Patagonia (Argentina) demonstrate thatCaviomorph rodents ...
Andrade, Analia
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Global distribution and richness of terrestrial mammals in tidal marshes
Diversity and Distributions, Volume 29, Issue 5, Page 598-612, May 2023., 2023 Abstract Aim Understanding the determinants of species distribution and richness is key to explaining global ecological patterns. We examined the current knowledge about terrestrial mammals in tidal marshes and evaluated whether species richness increased with the marsh surface area and/or with their proximity to the equator and whether species ...
Alejandro D. Canepuccia +2 more
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Mammalia, Didelphimorphia and Rodentia, southwest of the province of Mendoza, Argentina [PDF]
, 2008 We documented terrestrial micromammal assemblages at five localities of southwestern Mendoza province, Argentina. We added new localities for several of the most uncommon small mammal species of this region (e.g.
Pardiñas, Ulises Francisco J. +2 more
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