Behaviors associated with vocal communication of squirrels
Ecosphere, 2021 Vocal communication is an important method squirrels (Sciuridae) use to transfer information from one individual to others. While behaviors associated with vocal communication have been explored in individual species or single call‐types in specific ...
Corinne A. Diggins
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Are there sex differences in the body size of the Eurasian red squirrel in Slovakia? [PDF]
, 2015 Sexual dimorphism of the Eurasian red squirrel on five somatic variables (head-and-body length, tail length, hind foot length, ear length and body weight) was evaluated on 55 squirrels.
Krišovský, Peter +2 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Almost all publications on the activity of animals have reported average patterns for the observed group or population and provided little information about the variability of these patterns in individual animals.
Thomas Wassmer, Roberto Refinetti
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Heliosciurus rufobrachium (Rodentia: Sciuridae) [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2019 AbstractHeliosciurus rufobrachium (Waterhouse, 1842), one of six species of Heliosciurus, is a sciurid commonly called red-legged sun squirrel. It is a medium-sized diurnally adapted tree squirrel occurring at ground-level to upper heights of the canopy of mature forests. It ranges from the west coast of Africa to Garissa County, Kenya.
Howard H Thomas +2 more
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Parallelisms and Contrasts in the Diverse Ecologies of the Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi Complexes of Bacteria in the Far Western United States. [PDF]
, 2016 Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi are two tick-borne bacteria that cause disease in people and animals. For each of these bacteria, there is a complex of closely related genospecies and/or strains that are genetically distinct and have ...
Foley, Janet, Stephenson, Nicole
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The first tetrapod from the mid-Miocene Clarkia lagerstätte (Idaho, USA) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 The Clarkia lagerstätte (Latah Formation) of Idaho is well known for its beautifully preserved plant fossils as well as a fauna of insects and fish. Here we present the first known tetrapod fossil from these deposits.
Jonathan J. M. Calede +3 more
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The impact of civil war on forest wildlife in West Africa: Mammals in Gola Forest, Sierra Leone [PDF]
, 2011 Human conflicts may sometimes benefit wildlife by depopulating wilderness areas but there is evidence from Africa that the impacts tend to be negative. The forested states of West Africa have experienced much recent human conflict but there have been no ...
Klop, E., Lindsell, J.A., Siaka, A.M.
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Differences in Dietary Composition and Interspecific Competition Among Large Carnivores on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis study elucidated the mechanisms underlying regional coexistence among the snow leopard (Panthera uncia), wolf (Canis lupus), and brown bear (Ursus arctos) through the analysis of their trophic niches. The findings provide a scientific foundation for further investigation into the mechanisms that maintain carnivore communities in high‐altitude ...
Wang D, Li Q, Lian X.
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Rodent Species of Sarıkum Nature Protection Area
Sakarya Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, 2021 Sarıkum Nature Protection area, located in the west of Sinop Province with the registration of ‘nature protection area’ and declaration of ‘grade 1 natural site area’, has a wide variety of ecosystems in which lake, swamp, dune, terrestrial forest and ...
Pınar Çam İcik
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Coccidia (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) of Three-toed Box Turtles, Terrapene carolina triunguis (Reptilia: Testudines), from Arkansas and Oklahoma [PDF]
, 2015 We collected 50 three-toed box turtles (Terrapene carolina triunguis) from 9 counties of Arkansas and 4 counties of Oklahoma, and examined their feces for coccidial parasites.
Connior, M. B. +5 more
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