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Animals, 2023 Bird and mammal nests and nest boxes constitute microenvironments in which various groups of invertebrates can live, including mites from the suborder Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata). The main aim of the current study was to ascertain the characteristics
Jerzy Błoszyk +5 more
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Animals, 2021 This study reports on the health status of the edible dormouse (Glis glis) living in Nebrodi Park (Sicily, Italy), responsible for nut crop damage in the area. In the frame of a monitoring campaign for potential zoonotic risk involving 30 dormice, rectal
Giorgia Schirò +10 more
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Changes in the status of dormice species in Latvia over the last three decades [PDF]
, 2022 The first assessment of the status of dormice in Latvia, with emphasis on their distribution, was made in 1993. In accordance with the methodology used within the LIFE-IP LatViaNature project (2020–2028), to set favourable reference values (FRVs) for ...
Pilāts,Valdis, Pilāts, Valdis
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Open Quaternary, 2020 The endemic dormouse 'Leithia melitensis' from the Pleistocene of Sicily is considered an insular giant, whose body size is exceptionally large in comparison to that of any extant dormouse species. However, knowledge of the skull morphology of this giant
Jesse J. Hennekam +4 more
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Settling in: space utilization behaviour of translocated Hazel Dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius) [PDF]
, 2022 The Hazel Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) is protected under the EU's Habitat Directive and its national implementation, whereby physical harm to individuals as well as the destruction of breeding and nesting sites is prohibited.
Dietz, Markus +5 more
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Status and distribution of dormice (Mammalia, Gliridae) in Bulgaria [PDF]
, 2022 Here we summarize all available data about dormice (Gliridae) in Bulgaria, published one and our own observations, collected in the last 20 years. Four species are found in Bulgaria - the Forest Dormouse (Dryomys nitedula), the Edible Dormouse (Glis glis)
Nedyalkov,Nedko +5 more
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Detecting Hazel Dormice in the UK: what are we missing? [PDF]
, 2022 Multiple techniques can be used to detect the presence of Hazel Dormice and as a result, there is reasonable confidence that lack of detection means that dormice are probably absent. In the UK, ancient woodlands are frequently considered as the reservoir
Bullion, Simone +3 more
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Frontiers in Zoology, 2017 Background Numerous species, especially among rodents, are strongly affected by the availability of pulsed resources. The intermittent production of large seed crops in northern hemisphere tree species (e.g., beech Fagus spec.,oak Quercus spec., pine ...
Jessica S. Cornils +4 more
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Detection of secretive mammal species by methods of lepidopterological field research
Theriologia Ukrainica, 2020 Information is given on observations of a number of mammalian species with secretive lifestyle and nocturnal activity, including dormice, made during field lepidopterological research.
Yurii Geryak, Yevgen Khalaim
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Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2020 The fatty acid composition of a pre-hibernation diet can influence the depth and duration of metabolic suppression achieved by hibernators. More specifically, a diet high in n−6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) relative to n−3 PUFAs is essential to ...
Samantha M. Logan +7 more
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