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The Role of Mammalian Reservoir Hosts in Tick-Borne Flavivirus Biology
Small-to-medium sized mammals and large animals are lucrative sources of blood meals for ixodid ticks that transmit life-threatening tick-borne flaviviruses (TBFVs).
Luwanika Mlera, Marshall E. Bloom
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Peromyscus truei (Shufeldt, 1885). Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 8:407. REVIEWED BY: R. E. Barry, Jr. (REB). TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., New Mexico, McKinley Co., Fort Wingate. DISTRIBUTION: N.C. Texas; C. and S.W. Oregon to Colorado (U.S.A.) south to Baja California and to Oaxaca (Mexico). COMMENT: Includes comanche; see Schmidly, 1973, Southwest.
James H. Honacki +2 more
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For the first time, a case of predation on a Haemorhous mexicanus nest by the dusky rattlesnake Crotalus aquilus is presented. The phenomenon of gluttony by this rattlesnake, which may have caused the death of the snake is also documented; since it had ...
Fanny Rebón-Gallardo +2 more
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Age and Huddling as Determinants of Metabolic Rate in Grasshopper Mice (Onychomys leucogaster) [PDF]
The metabolic rates of grasshopper mice (Onychomys leucogaster) were determined every third day from birth to adulthood. Metabolic rates were quantitated by measuring oxygen consumption in an open circuit system.
Baeyens, Dennis A. +2 more
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The Sigmodontinae subfamily represents one of the most diverse groups of mammals in the world; this rodent group evolved in the open and arid ecosystems of the Miocene of North America and was the most successful legion of mammals in the Great American ...
Adolfo Pacheco-Castro +2 more
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Peromyscus gossypinus (Le Conte, 1853) Cotton Deermouse Peromyscus gossypinus was reported from six counties in southeastern Oklahoma by Caire et al. (1989). The record from Osage County (Payne and Caire 1992) extended the range to the north and west. A new county record is reported for Cherokee County. Specimen records (1).—Cherokee County (1): 6.8 km
Braun, Janet K. +3 more
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Ejaculate Investment in a Promiscuous Rodent, \u3cem\u3ePeromyscus maniculatus\u3c/em\u3e: Effects of Population Density and Social Role [PDF]
Questions: How does average male investment in ejaculates vary with changing population density (and thus with the risk of sperm competition) in a promiscuous species? Do individual male investment strategies vary with population density?
Long, Tristan A.F., Montgomerie, Robert
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HOME RANGE AND MICROHABITAT ASSOCIATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN RED-BACKED VOLE (MYODES GAPPERI) IN NEW HAMPSHIRE FORESTS [PDF]
Resources, such as food and shelter, are unevenly distributed across the landscape at both macro and micro scales. Home range is one measure of space use that reflects an individual’s resource requirements (e.g., microhabitat characteristics) and ...
Tisell, Honora
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Peromyscus melanophrys (Coues, 1874). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., 26: 181. TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Oaxaca, Santa Efigenia. DISTRIBUTION: S. Durango and S. Coahuila, south through interior Mexico to Chiapas. COMMENT: Includes xenurus; see Baker, 1952, Univ. Kans. Mus. Nat. Hist. Misc. Publ., 5:251 -258. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008039036001.
Honacki, James H. +2 more
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{"references": ["Wike, M. J. 1998. Mitochondrial-DNA variation among populations of Peromyscus from Yukon, Canada and southeastern Alaska. M. S. Thesis, Department of Biology, Texas A & M University, College Station.", "Lucid, M. K., and J. A. Cook. 2007. Cytochrome-b haplotypes suggest an undescribed Peromyscus species from the Yukon.
Bradley, Robert D. +5 more
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