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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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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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Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 2022 Excavations along the Tagay-1 section shed light into the composition of small mammal assemblages of the Tagay site. The present paper focuses on the geology and geomorphology of Olkhon Island, the lithology and fossil evidence along the Tagay-1 section ...
Gudrun Daxner-Höck +4 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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Journal of morphology, 2022 Anatomical and biological specializations have been studied extensively in fossorial rodents, especially in subterranean species, such as mole‐rats or pocket‐gophers. Sciurids (i.e., squirrels) are mostly known for their diverse locomotory behaviors, and
Helder Gomes Rodrigues, Mathilde Damette
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Intraspecific variation in male mating strategies in an African ground squirrel (Xerus inauris)
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Male mating strategies respond to female availability such that variation in resources that affect spatial distribution can also alter cost–benefit tradeoffs within a population. In arid‐adapted species, rainfall alters reproduction, behavior, morphology,
Mary Beth Manjerovic +3 more
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Distribution and conservation of Sciurus anomalus in Syria (Rodentia: Sciuridae)
Lynx new series, 2022 The current distribution of the Persian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus) in Syria is described based on recent observations. The species distribution extends along the coastal mountains from the vicinity of Kasab in the extreme northwest of the country, along
Ahmad Aidek, Z. Amr, M. A. Abu Baker
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The accelerating influence of humans on mammalian macroecological patterns over the late Quaternary [PDF]
, 2019 The transition of hominins to a largely meat-based diet ~1.8 million years ago led to the exploitation of other mammals for food and resources. As hominins, particularly archaic and modern humans, became increasingly abundant and dispersed across the ...
Elliott Smith, Rosemary E. +4 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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