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Small terrestrial mammals living along streams acting as natural landscape barriers
Ekológia (Bratislava), 2016 Riparian stands along streams are important landscape elements – biocorridors, allowing the dispersal of many small terrestrial mammals. Streams are, however, also barriers limiting dispersal, which leads to isolation and population-genetic changes ...
Bohdal Tomáš +2 more
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Small mammals of the suburban areas of Warsaw in the diet of the tawny owl Strix aluco
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, 2020 We investigated the composition of small mammals at nine locations in the southwestern suburban zone of Warsaw (central Poland) through the analysis of the pellets of the Tawny owl Strix aluco. In total, we recorded 611 individuals of 15 species of small
Jerzy Romanowski +2 more
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Small mammals in the main types of ecosystems near the Donets biostation, Ukraine [PDF]
Theriologia Ukrainica, 2019 For many years, research on the species composition of small mammals and monitoring of their abundance on the basis of Donetsk biostation (Zmiyiv district Kharkiv region) have been conducted by students of Kharkov University during summer practice and by
Oksana Markovska
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Ecography, Volume 2025, Issue 12, December 2025.Human activities have significantly modified habitats, resulting in a global biodiversity crisis. In this study, we leveraged the first national‐scale biodiversity survey based on airborne environmental DNA, comparing the effects of three human pressure indices increasing in complexity and scope – a binary urban–rural index, an index integrating land ...
Orianne Tournayre +6 more
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Whisker touch sensing guides locomotion in small, quadrupedal mammals [PDF]
, 2018 All small mammals have prominent facial whiskers that they employ as tactile sensors to guide navigation and foraging in complex habitats. Nocturnal, arboreal mammals tend to have the longest and most densely packed whiskers, and semi-aquatic mammals ...
Breakell, V. +2 more
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Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 6, Page 2641-2659, December 2025.ABSTRACT The environment experienced by a mother influences offspring phenotype through maternal effects, which can have significant adaptive benefits for both the mother and the offspring. However, the ways in which maternal environments influence offspring development are extremely diverse, and empirical studies using an outcome‐based approach often ...
Sin‐Yeon Kim, Judith Morales
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ORGANIC FARMS AS REFUGES FOR SMALL MAMMAL BIODIVERSITY [PDF]
, 2009 Habitat fragmentation, the process by which relatively continuous habitats is broken into smaller pieces, occurs in natural systems but is to a high degree also human- induced through landscape use.
Hansen, Tine Sussi +2 more
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The genetic diversity of Borrelia afzelii is not maintained by the diversity of the rodent hosts. [PDF]
, 2018 Small mammals are essential in the enzootic cycle of many tick-borne pathogens (TBP). To understand their contribution to the genetic diversity of Borrelia afzelii, the most prevalent TBP in questing Ixodes ricinus, we compared the genetic variants of B.
Coipan, Claudia E +4 more
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Environmental DNA, Volume 7, Issue 6, November–December 2025.In this study, we provide the first comparison of airborne eDNA with observer‐based surveys and passive acoustic monitoring, alongside camera traps, to monitor birds and mammals in a Dutch agroforestry system. Airborne eDNA showed the highest potential species diversity, detected many unique species–including invasive mammals–and complemented ...
F. E. M. Warmer +5 more
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Genetic analysis of hantaviruses carried by
Virology Journal, 2008 Hantavirus genome sequences were recovered from tissue samples of Myodes rufocanus, Microtus fortis and Microtus oeconomus captured in the Baikal area of Buryatia, Russian Federation. Genetic analysis of S- and M-segment sequences of Buryatian hantavirus
Lundkvist Åke +10 more
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