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Diversidad de mamíferos en el bosque montano de Carpish, Huánuco, Perú
A pesar de la alta diversidad de mamíferos conocidos para el Perú, son pocos los estudios en las yungas centrales, lo que no permite un adecuado conocimiento de su diversidad.
Víctor Pacheco, Maggie Noblecilla
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Roedores gigantes en el Museo de La Plata [PDF]
Los roedores actuales son mamíferos pequeños, pocos superan los 10 kilos y el carpincho, como excepción, llega a pesar hasta 70 kilos. En la antigüedad existieron algunos que llegaron a tener el tamaño de una vaca.\nEl Museo de La Plata tiene ejemplares ...
Deschamps, Cecilia Marcela +1 more
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Lessons from an eradication under multiple constraints of an island rat population of record density
Abstract Invasive rats threaten island biodiversity, disrupting ecosystems and endangering native species. Although rat eradication has succeeded on many islands, tropical islands present unique management challenges. Strict regulations and financial constraints on some tropical islands further limit proven eradication methods, complicating rodent ...
Tatiane Micheletti +7 more
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Introdução: Há grande interesse na utilização de modelos animais na pesquisa da fisiopatologia renal, que requer padronização dos parâmetros analisados.
Bárbara Bruna Abreu de Castro +4 more
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Ticks (ixodida) and mites (mesostigmata) parasites of sigmodontine rodents in the Delta of Paraná river, Argentina. [PDF]
Se determinaron las especies de garrapatas y ácaros mesostigmata parásitos de roedores sigmodontinos en una localidad del Delta del Paraná. Fueron registradas 38 asociaciones parásito-hospedador entre dos especies de garrapatas y cinco especies de ácaros
Antoniazzi, Leandro Raúl +6 more
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Urbanization and habitat fragmentation reshape mammal communities on Santa Catarina Island, one of the largest Atlantic Forest islands in Brazil. Using camera traps across protected forest patches, we show that species richness declines with urban and unvegetated matrices, while abundance increases in smaller and more isolated fragments dominated by ...
Camila Rezende Ayroza +6 more
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Patterns of frugivory in the columnar cactus Pilosocereus leucocephalus
Birds and bats feed on the fruit, and presumably disperse, the seeds of Pilosocereus leucocephalus, a keystone columnar cactus species in Mesoamerica Abstract In the frugivory networks of many arid and semi‐arid Mesoamerican ecosystems, columnar cacti act as keystone species that produce fruits with a high content of water and nutrients attractive to ...
Shamira Vázquez‐Castillo +2 more
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Chinchillidae and Dolichotinae rodents (Rodentia: Hystricognathi: Caviomorpha) from the late Pleistocene of Southern Brazil [PDF]
New records of rodents from the late Pleistocene Chuí Creek, Rio Grande do Sul State, southern Brazil, are here described. A partial dentary with fragmented cheek teeth is identified as Chinchillidae, Lagostomus Brookes cf. L. maximus (Desmarest).
Kerber, Leonardo +4 more
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The essential ecological roles of rodents are often overlooked, as they can decimate crops and spread diseases. We aimed to unpack the knowledge, attitudes and control practices of farmers and foresters towards rodents from an indigenous community in Nuevo San Juan, Mexico.
Margarita Gil‐Fernández +6 more
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