Linking spatial patterns of terrestrial herbivore community structure to trophic interactions
eLife, 2019 Large herbivores influence ecosystem functioning via their effects on vegetation at different spatial scales. It is often overlooked that the spatial distribution of large herbivores results from their responses to interacting top-down and bottom-up ...
Jakub Witold Bubnicki +4 more
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Establishing macroecological trait datasets: digitalization, extrapolation, and validation of diet preferences in terrestrial mammals worldwide [PDF]
, 2014 Ecological trait data are essential for understanding the broad-scale distribution of biodiversity and its response to global change. For animals, diet represents a fundamental aspect of species’ evolutionary adaptations, ecological and functional roles,
Dalby, Lars +7 more
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Local extinctions in the small mammal's assemblages between late Holocene and historical times in Talagapa mountains (Patagonia, Argentina): The role of land use changes [PDF]
, 2016 The aim of this work was to evaluate possible changes in the small mammal composition in the Patagonian arid Extra-Andean steppes between the late Holocene and historical times.
Andrade, Analia, Monjeau, Jorge Adrian
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Insights on the role of forest cover and on the changes in forest cover on thirty-five endangered mammal species distributions [PDF]
, 2019 The changes in forest cover can determine the survival of terrestrial endangered mammal species in the wild. This study assessed the impacts of forest cover changes on endangered mammal species distribution at global scale aiming to understand how the ...
Laze, Kuenda
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 We examined phylogeographic structure in gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) across the United States to identify the location of secondary contact zone(s) between eastern and western lineages and investigate the possibility of additional cryptic ...
Dawn M. Reding +11 more
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Large mammal remains from the early pleistocene site of Podere San Lorenzo (Perugia, Central Italy) [PDF]
, 2019 Most of the research on fossil mammals from Umbria (central Italy) has been carried out in the southwestern branch of the Tiber basin, due to its paleontological richness.
Azzarà, Beatrice +6 more
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The Intertwined Evolution and Development of Sutures and Cranial Morphology
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 Phenotypic variation across mammals is extensive and reflects their ecological diversification into a remarkable range of habitats on every continent and in every ocean. The skull performs many functions to enable each species to thrive within its unique
Heather E. White +5 more
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Global coverage of cetacean line-transect surveys : status quo, data gaps and future challenges [PDF]
, 2012 Knowledge of abundance, trends and distribution of cetacean populations is needed to inform marine conservation efforts, ecosystem models and spatial planning.
Harris, Catriona M +4 more
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Molecular identification of Mazama species (Cervidae: Artiodactyla) from natural history collections [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2020 Natural history museum collections constitute an invaluable patrimony of biological diversity for analysing the taxa distribution and evolution. However, it is very common to discover taxonomic misidentification in museum collections based on incorrect ...
Aline Meira Bonfim Mantellatto +2 more
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Asian gliriform origin for arctostylopid mammals [PDF]
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A Sulimski +28 more
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