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Population Ecology of Proechimys guairae (Rodentia: Echimyidae) [PDF]

open access: bronzeJournal of Mammalogy, 1999
An ecological study of Proechimys guairae in Venezuela was made based on marking and recapturing of individuals at 225 trapping stations distributed over 9 ha. The trappability of individuals was >50% in most sampling events; there was no difference in capture rate between marked or unmarked individuals, or males and females.
Avila Marisol
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Collared Peccary Wallows are Hubs of Animal Activity and Diversity in a Central American Wet Forest. [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol
Collared peccary wallows are used by a diverse assemblage of vertebrates in a Central American tropical wet forest. Wallows had significantly higher vertebrate activity and diversity compared to surrounding forest. Wallow visitors included 13 amphibian, 2 reptile, 11 bird, and 16 mammal species, engaged in behaviors including reproduction, drinking ...
Eckhoff A   +6 more
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Population Genomic Insights Into Recent Nutria (<i>Myocastor coypus</i>) Invasion Dynamics. [PDF]

open access: yesEvol Appl
ABSTRACT Nutria (Myocastor coypus) are semi‐aquatic rodents native to South America, introduced to the USA for fur farming during the early twentieth century. This species' herbivory can cause extensive damage to agriculture and wetland ecosystems.
Ahrens KD   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Corrigendum to: Trinomys yonenagae (Rodentia: Echimyidae) [PDF]

open access: bronzeMammalian Species, 2019
Lilian C. Luchesi   +3 more
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Description of Pudica wandiquei n. sp. (Heligmonellidae: Pudicinae), a nematode found infecting Proechimys simonsi (Rodentia: Echimyidae) in the Brazilian Amazon

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Biology, 2021
A new species of nematode parasite of the subfamily Pudicinae (Heligmosomoidea: Heligmonellidae) is described from the small intestine of Proechimys simonsi (Rodentia: Echimyidae) from the locality of Nova Cintra in the municpality of Rodrigues Alves ...
B. E. Andrade-Silva   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

First records of Echimys saturnus Thomas, 1928 (Rodentia, Echimyidae) for the Peruvian Yungas [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2021
Echimys saturnus Thomas, 1928 is an echimyid rodent that has been recorded in lowland, premontane and montane forests in Ecuador and lowland forests in Peru. Here, we report five new records of this species in the Peruvian Yungas ecoregion.
Yangjosé Juárez-Pérez   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Pitfalls of using sequence databases for heterologous expression studies – a technical review

open access: yesThe Journal of Physiology, Volume 601, Issue 9, Page 1611-1623, 1 May 2023., 2023
Abstract figure legend Projects involving heterologous gene expression are often characterised by similar steps. Initially, database research (A) is necessary to retrieve information of full or partial sequences of a gene of interest. A multitude of genome assemblies are annotated and deposited in public databases or are available for refined search ...
Stephan Maxeiner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Caviomorphs (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from Pampa Castillo, Chile: new octodontoid records and biochronological implications

open access: yesPapers in Palaeontology, Volume 9, Issue 1, January/February 2023., 2023
Abstract Caviomorph rodents have been diverse and abundant components of South American mammal communities since the late Eocene. We describe herein the octodontoids of Pampa Castillo, a Lower Miocene site in southern Chile (Aysén Region). Six genera and seven species of octodontoids are present, two of which are new: Dudumus berggreni sp. nov.
Andrew J. McGrath   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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