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Cathemerality: a key temporal niche
Biological Reviews, Volume 99, Issue 2, Page 329-347, April 2024.ABSTRACT Given the marked variation in abiotic and biotic conditions between day and night, many species specialise their physical activity to being diurnal or nocturnal, and it was long thought that these strategies were commonly fairly fixed and invariant.
Daniel T. C. Cox, Kevin J. Gaston
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Mandible shape in marsupial and placental carnivorous mammals: a morphological comparative study using geometric morphometrics [PDF]
, 2011 We analysed mandible shape of the orders Dasyuromorpha, Didelphimorphia, and Carnivora using twodimensional geometric morphometrics, in order to explore the relationship between shape, size, and phylogeny.
Ercoli, Marcos Darío +3 more
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A systematic global review of mammalian carnivore responses to production forests
Mammal Review, Volume 54, Issue 2, Page 133-149, April 2024.Factors influencing the use of production forests by carnivores. Abstract Unmodified forests are increasingly rare worldwide, with forestry a major contributor to habitat modification. Extending conservation practices beyond protected areas is important to conserve forest ecosystems.
Evie M. Jones +3 more
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The oldest fossil record of bandicoots (Marsupialia; Peramelemorphia) from the late Oligocene of Australia [PDF]
, 2013 Two new late Oligocene representatives of the marsupial order Peramelemorphia (bandicoots and bilbies) from the Etadunna Formation of South Australia are described here. Bulungu muirheadae sp.
Archer, M. +3 more
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Journal of Morphology, Volume 285, Issue 3, March 2024.We present the first qualitative and quantitative descriptions of masticatory muscles in Dasyuromorphian marsupials, using contrast‐enhanced microcomputed tomography imaging. Termite‐eating numbats had reduced masticatory muscle mass and a highly modified digastric muscle connecting to the tongue. The jaw muscles of carnivorous quolls corresponded to a
Vanessa J. Thomas +3 more
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Review of hyperdispersal in wildlife translocations
Conservation Biology, Volume 38, Issue 1, February 2024.Abstract Species translocation is a common tool to reverse biodiversity loss, but it has a high failure rate. One factor that contributes to failure is postrelease hyperdispersal, which we define as the long‐distance movement of individuals resulting in their failure to contribute to population establishment.
Jack Bilby, Katherine Moseby
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What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species?
Global Change Biology, Volume 30, Issue 1, January 2024.Lost species tend to be highly threatened, but we cannot protect them effectively because we do not know where they are, or even if they still exist. This study reveals patterns in their distribution, and factors that influence their rediscovery—it will help to prioritise search effort to find them.
Tim Lindken +26 more
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, 2017 List of morphological characters and specimens examined to score these. (DOCX 35 kb)
Shimona Kealy, Beck, Robin
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Journal of Zoology, Volume 322, Issue 1, Page 76-88, January 2024.We investigated the relationships between cranial shape and body size in the evolutionary context of the shift from insectivory to hypercarnivory in a monophyletic group of 16 dasyurine marsupial species. Non‐allometric pattern of skull shape reveals adaptation for different feeding strategies that is independent of absolute size.
N. M. Warburton +2 more
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, 2017 Summary of mean speciation and extinction rates estimated for modern dasyuromorphians using BAMM. (DOCX 13 kb)
Shimona Kealy, Beck, Robin
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