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Small mammals feeding on hypogeous fungi [PDF]
, 2014 The spores stay viable after passing through the animal gut, and in some cases their ability to germinate and form mycorrhiza is enhanced after leaving the intestine.
Połatyńska, Małgorzata
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Spermophilus citellus(Rodentia: Sciuridae) [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2014 Spermophilus citellus (Linnaeus, 1766) is a medium-sized sciurid commonly called the European ground squirrel. The species inhabits grasslands in central and southeastern Europe on a range from short-grass steppes to meadow orchards, and from sea level to an elevation of 2,500 m.
Ramos-Lara, Nicolás +3 more
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Natural and anthropochorous squirrels and dormice of the Mediterranean Region
Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 2005 <strong>Abstract</strong> In the Mediterranean Region, squirrels and dormice of natural and anthropochorous occurrence are today represented by 7 <em>taxa</em> on each.
Marco Masseti
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Sciurus pucheranii (Rodentia: Sciuridae) [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2009 Sciurus pucheranii (Fitzinger, 1867) is a sciurid commonly called the Andean squirrel. This small tree squirrel has reddish brown pelage with a dark dorsal midline and is 1 of 28 species in the genus Sciurus. It is endemic to Colombia, South America, and is found in sub-Andean and high-elevation cloud forests of the Cordillera chains of the Andes ...
Katherine M. Leonard +2 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1990 Neohilgertia gen. n. proposed for Oxyuridae nematodes from Thylamys venustus cinderellus (Marsupialia: Didelphidae) is described. The hypothesis about the possibility of a secondary parasitism for marsupials and the origin of the genus in the African ...
Graciela T. Navone +2 more
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Timing as a sexually selected trait: the right mate at the right moment [PDF]
, 2017 Sexual selection favours the expression of traits in one sex that attract members of the opposite sex for mating. The nature of sexually selected traits such as vocalization, colour and ornamentation, their fitness benefits as well as their costs have ...
Buck, C. Loren +7 more
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Callosciurus prevostii (Rodentia: Sciuridae) [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2017 Prevost's squirrel, Callosciurus prevostii (Desmarest, 1822), is a diurnal, medium-sized, arboreal squirrel. Its distribution extends from peninsular Thailand and Sumatra to northern Sulawesi, Borneo, and adjacent islands. It inhabits secondary forests, fruit orchards, as well as palm and coconut plantations.
Lurz, Peter W.W. +2 more
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Evolution of Pelage Luminance in Squirrels (Sciuridae)
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Pelage luminance has been found in many mammalian systems to follow patterns predicted by Gloger’s rule where darker colored animals are associated with environments that are warmer and more moist.
Alec D. Sheets +2 more
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What sorts of worlds do we live in nowadays? Teaching biology in a post-modern age. [PDF]
, 2001 Most historians of science, sociologists of science, philosophers of science and science educators now accept that there is no such thing as 'the scientific method'.
Reiss, Michael, Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale
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Wildlife Trade and Human Health in Lao PDR: An Assessment of the Zoonotic Disease Risk in Markets. [PDF]
, 2016 Although the majority of emerging infectious diseases can be linked to wildlife sources, most pathogen spillover events to people could likely be avoided if transmission was better understood and practices adjusted to mitigate risk.
Douangngeun, Bounlom +16 more
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