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Australian Rattus

open access: yes, 1973
130 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-130)."The native Australian Rattus are represented by five species and 14 subspecies. The progenitor of these native Rattus appears to be an ancestral form of R. lutreolus which gave
Horner, B. Elizabeth, 1916-   +1 more
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Drivers of Mouse Plagues: Exceptional Rainfall Following Prolonged Drought Triggers Mouse Plagues in Southeastern Australia

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study identified a specific sequence of an extended drought followed by exceptional rainfall as a necessary precursor for mouse plagues in southeastern Australia. Long‐term rainfall anomalies interact with ecological processes to reset population dynamics, creating conditions that support rapid mouse population growth following periods of ...
Peter R. Brown
wiley   +1 more source

Definitions of Rattus baluensis and Rattus korinchi

open access: yes, 1986
24 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 23-24)."Among the 14 genera and 41 species of murid rodents that are native to the peninsula and islands on the Sunda Shelf are five species of Rattus. Two of these, R.
Musser, Guy G.
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Anticoagulant Rodenticides Contribute to a Decline in an Urban Carnivore

open access: yesAnimal Conservation, EarlyView.
Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) have been shown to negatively affect carnivores globally and are closely tied to human activity and development. We examined drivers of annual survival in bobcats persisting on a residentially developed barrier island over 16 years.
Meghan P. Keating   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

First record of Rattus rattus in Botswana

open access: yes, 2001
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +2 more sources

Diacerein Disrupts Testicular Homeostasis: The Essential Role of Basal Cytokines in Maintaining Sertoli Cell Integrity and the Immune Microenvironment

open access: yesAndrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pro‐inflammatory cytokines, TNF and IL‐1B, are essential for testicular homeostasis. Diacerein, an anti‐inflammatory drug, inhibits these cytokines, impairing M2 macrophages and Leydig cells (LCs). However, its impact on Sertoli cells (SCs) and M1 (CD68) macrophages remains unknown.
Elide Loise Freitas de Jesus   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biometric Analysis of Giant and Large Murid Remains From Matja Kuru 2, Timor‐Leste

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Published research on Matja Kuru 2 (MK2) demonstrates its significance for understanding human lifestyle during the terminal Pleistocene and Holocene. Murids represent the most commonly identified taxa in the site, with specimens preliminarily classified as small, large and giant based on size comparisons.
Sarah Hannan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Uji Efikasi Rodentisida Nabati Daun Ruku-Ruku (Ocimum sanctum L.) Terhadap Mortalitas Tikus Sawah Rattus rattus argentiventer Robb & Kloss. di Laboratorium

open access: yes, 2016
The objective of the research was to know efficacy of botanical rodenticides ruku-ruku’s leaves for mortality of rice field rat. The research is held in Laboratory Vertebrate Pest Control Balai Besar Perbenihan dan Proteksi Tanaman Perkebunan (BP2TP ...
Sinaga, Christine Nofriaeti Lusiana
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Are the ecological and human dimensions of a national park reconcilable? Addressing visitors' preferences for conservation programs

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
The human dimension must be considered in conservation actions. This article presents a discrete choice experiment that analyses the preferences of visitors for the conservation programs being developed in a National Park. The experiment allows identifying certain conflicts between the ecological and social dimensions, and the conclusion is that there ...
Mario Soliño, Vicente Piorno
wiley   +1 more source

She Doesn't Whisper: Female‐Prominent Stridulation Shaped by Morphology in a Buthid Scorpion and Insights on Its Function

open access: yesEthology, EarlyView.
Sexual dimorphism and stress‐induced stridulatory responses in Jaguajir rochae (Borelli, 1910). Females exhibited greater absolute pectinal size and higher sound pressure levels, whereas males showed higher pectinal allometric ratios relative to body size, lower sound frequencies, and shorter delta times.
Welton Dionisio‐da‐Silva   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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