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Fire and Snow: Effects of Snowpack Variation and Wildfire on Small Mammal Dynamics in Sub‐Alpine Habitats

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2026.
Global warming is increasing the risk of fire and decreasing winter snow cover in montane environments in many parts of the world. Using a long term trapping study in sub‐alpine habitats in the Australian Alps, we show that changes in the fire regime and snow conditions interact with other factors (availability of food and predation by introduced ...
Ken P. Green, David C. D. Happold, Glenn M. Sanecki, Christopher R. Dickman   +3 more
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Highly prevalent bartonellae and other vector-borne pathogens in small mammal species from the Czech Republic and Germany

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Rodents are important reservoirs for zoonotic vector-borne agents. Thus, the distribution of rodents and their vicinity to humans and companion animals may have an important impact on human and animal health.
Anna Obiegala, Kathrin Jeske, Marie Augustin, Nina Król, Stefan Fischer, Katja Mertens-Scholz, Christian Imholt, Josef Suchomel, Marta Heroldova, Herbert Tomaso, Rainer G. Ulrich, Martin Pfeffer   +11 more
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Monitoring of small mammal fauna of the Kharkiv region: totals of 20-year cycle of observation [PDF]

Праці Теріологічної школи, 2010
It has been registered eighteen species of rodents and five species of shrew during the twenty years of observation. Sylvaemus uralensis, Myodes glareolus, Apodemus agrarius dominated in various years.
Oleksandr Zorya
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Chronic Background Radiation Correlates With Sperm Swimming Endurance in Bank Voles From Chernobyl

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Sperm quantity and quality are key features explaining intra- and interspecific variation in male reproductive success. Spermatogenesis is sensitive to ionizing radiation and laboratory studies investigating acute effects of ionizing radiation have ...
Kati Kivisaari, Sara Calhim, Philipp Lehmann, Philipp Lehmann, Philipp Lehmann, Zbyszek Boratyński, Zbyszek Boratyński, Timothy A. Mousseau, Anders P. Møller, Tapio Mappes   +9 more
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On the spatial clustering of behavioural phenotypes: matching movement tactics with landscape structure in a large herbivore

Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 4, April 2026.
In the wild, individuals consistently differ in movement and space use behaviours, depending on their personality. This variation can lead to personality–habitat associations and spatial structuring, potentially generating individual niche segregation.
Inès Khazar, Nadège C. Bonnot, A. J. Mark Hewison, Nathan Ranc, Arnaud Bonnet, Yannick Chaval, Bruno Lourtet, Nicolas Morellet   +7 more
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Investigating the Potential Consequences of Woodland Creation for British Mammal Populations

Mammal Review, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.
We simulated the conversion of suitable areas in the UK to woodland, according to the current and target woodland creation rates, and assessed how this would affect habitat availability and potential population sizes of British mammals. We predicted that most assessed mammals would benefit or be unaffected by planned woodland creation, but some ...
Sara Bronwen Hunter, Katie Allan, Max Anderson, Kieran O'Malley, Patrick Wright, Fiona Mathews   +5 more
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The effects of short‐term consumption of a Western diet on aerobic exercise performance in bank voles with inherently distinct metabolic rates

Experimental Physiology, Volume 111, Issue 3, Page 930-945, 1 March 2026.
Abstract Because obesity and related diseases are partly attributed to unrestricted consumption of a high‐fat, high‐sugar Western diet (WD), several studies have examined its adverse effects on health and physical fitness. However, short‐term WD supplementation has received little attention. We asked whether such supplementation can improve the aerobic
Alaa Hseiky, Edyta T. Sadowska, Paweł Koteja   +2 more
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Life-long shedding of Puumala hantavirus in wild bank voles (Myodes glareolus)

Journal of General Virology, 2015
The knowledge of viral shedding patterns and viraemia in the reservoir host species is a key factor in assessing the human risk of zoonotic viruses. The shedding of hantaviruses (family Bunyaviridae) by their host rodents has widely been studied experimentally, but rarely in natural settings.
Voutilainen, Liina, Sironen, Tarja, Tonteri, Elina, Tuiskunen Bäck, Anne, Razzauti, Maria, Karlsson, Malin, Wahlström, Maria, Niemimaa, Jukka, Henttonen, Heikki, Lundkvist, Åke   +10 more
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First detection of Rickettsia helvetica in small mammals in Lithuania

New Microbes and New Infections, 2018
A total of 489 small mammals belonging to seven species captured in Lithuania during 2013–2014 were investigated for Rickettsia pathogens. The overall prevalence of Rickettsia spp. was 27.6%, with a higher prevalence detected in Micromys minutus (45.9%),
D. Mardosaitė-Busaitienė, J. Radzijevskaja, L. Balčiauskas, A. Paulauskas   +3 more
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Surveillance of Zoonotic Pathogens in Small Mammals Across Forests With Different Levels of Anthropization in Eastern France

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
The emergence of infectious diseases associated with land‐use changes is well‐documented. However, the presence and dynamics of zoonotic pathogens in small mammals within European forests, whether from rural development or urban greening, remain underexplored.
Marie Bouilloud, Maxime Galan, Anaïs Bordes, Caroline Tatard, Philippe Gauthier, Julien Pradel, Guillaume Castel, Hussein Alburkat, Lara Dutra, Tarja Sironen, Clémence Galon, Sara Moutailler, Zorée Djelouadji, Benjamin Roche, Nathalie Charbonnel, Javier Millán   +15 more
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