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Physical and Cognitive Performance of the Least Shrew (Cryptotis parva) on a Calcium-Restricted Diet
Behavioral Sciences, 2012 Geological substrates and air pollution affect the availability of calcium to mammals in many habitats, including the Adirondack Mountain Region (Adirondacks) of the United States. Mammalian insectivores, such as shrews, may be particularly restricted in
Jessica L. Czajka +2 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the most common cause of Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) and other malignant growths in humans. However, the lack of a KSHV-infected small animal model has hampered understanding of the mechanisms of KSHV infection,
Daoqun Li +9 more
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The urban ecology of Iron Age Tel Megiddo: using microvertebrate remains as ancient bio-indicators [PDF]
, 2012 Peer ...
Bar_Oz, Guy +3 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 The majority of emerging and reemerging zoonotic viral pathogens are RNA viruses. Pathogen discovery programs of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) in wildlife have implicated rodents and shrews as hosts of diverse human pathogens, such as hantaviruses,
S. Onyuok +11 more
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Scientific Reports, 2019 The growth of the vertebrate skull and brain is usually unidirectional and more or less stops when animals are adult. Red-toothed shrews break this rule.
Javier Lázaro +3 more
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Juvenile Tree Shrews Do Not Maintain Emmetropia in Narrow-band Blue Light.
Optometry and Vision Science, 2018 SIGNIFICANCE In spectrally broad-band light, an emmetropization mechanism in post-natal eyes uses visual cues to modulate the growth of the eye to achieve and maintain near emmetropia.
T. Gawne, Alexander H. Ward, T. Norton
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Shrews (Soricidae) and Viruses Identified in Shrews
, 2023 Shrews (Soricidae) are common small wild mammals with a significant overlap in their habitats with humans and domestic animals. Currently, viruses from 24 families have been identified in shrews, including Adenoviridae, Arenaviridae, Arteriviridae, Astroviridae, Bornaviridae, Caliciviridae, Circoviridae, Coronaviridae, Filoviridae, Flaviviridae ...
Huan-Yu Gong +6 more
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Predation by Amphibians and Small Mammals on the Spruce Budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) [PDF]
, 2017 Stomach-content analyses of pitfall-trapped amphibians and small mammals showed that the eastern American toad, Bujo americanus americanus, and the wood frog, Rana sylvatica, preyed on late instars and moths of the spruce budworm, Choristoneura ...
Crawford, Hewlette S, Jr. +2 more
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Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2015 Pollination of plants by non-flying mammals, such as mice (Rodentia), is a rarely observed phenomenon. Previously, elephant-shrews (Macroscelidea), small African mammals looking similar to mice, but not being related to them, were believed to be purely ...
Petra Wester
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Virologica Sinica, 2017 Diverse species of rodents and shrews, which are abundant worldwide, harbor a variety of viruses; some of these are closely related to human viruses and possess zoonotic potential.
Bo Wang +8 more
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