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The tree shrew is a promising model for the study of influenza B virus infection

open access: yesVirology Journal, 2019
Background Influenza B virus is a main causative pathogen of annual influenza epidemics, however, research on influenza B virus in general lags behind that on influenza A viruses, one of the important reasons is studies on influenza B viruses in animal ...
Bing Yuan   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

The characterization of auditory brainstem response (ABR) waveforms: A study in tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri)

open access: yesJournal of Otology, 2018
To characterize the patterns of ABR waves in tree shrews, we must understand the hearing sensitivity and auditory function of healthy adult tree shrews.
Lihong Xie   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biogeographical Importance of the Livingstone Mountains in Southern Tanzania: Comparative Genetic Structure of Small Non-volant Mammals

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
The Livingstone Mountains (LM; also known as the Kipengere Range) found in south-western Tanzania at the northern end of Lake Nyasa are an important region for understanding the biogeography of Eastern Africa.
Laura N. Cuypers   +10 more
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Topological Ghosts: the Teeming of the Shrews [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
We consider dynamics of spacetime volume-filling form fields with "wrong sign" kinetic terms, such as in so-called Type-II$^*$ string theories. Locally, these form fields are just additive renormalizations of the cosmological constant.
Kaloper, Nemanja, Sandora, McCullen
core   +1 more source

Shrew Communities in Mediterranean Agro-Ecosystems of Central Greece: Associations with Crop Types, Land Uses, and Soil Parameters

open access: yesLife, 2023
Shrew communities play a crucial role in a diverse range of natural, urban, and agricultural ecosystems. We used Barn owl diet analysis as the ideal proxy to assess small-mammal distribution patterns on large spatial scales. More than 10,000 pellets were
Vasileios Bontzorlos
doaj   +1 more source

A dataset of diversity and distribution of rodents and shrews in China

open access: yesScientific Data, 2022
Measurement(s) diversity and distribution of rodents and shrews Technology Type(s) literature review Factor Type(s) diversity and distribution Sample Characteristic - Organism rodents • shrews Sample Characteristic - Environment diversity • distribution ...
Jin-Jin Chen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Establishing macroecological trait datasets: digitalization, extrapolation, and validation of diet preferences in terrestrial mammals worldwide [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Ecological trait data are essential for understanding the broad-scale distribution of biodiversity and its response to global change. For animals, diet represents a fundamental aspect of species’ evolutionary adaptations, ecological and functional roles,
Dalby, Lars   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Morphometric analysis of postnatal lung development in the gray short‐tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica): An ultrastructural study

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract An ultrastructural morphometric analysis of the postnatal development of the lung in the gray short‐tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) has been conducted to evaluate the morphofunctional status of this poorly developed marsupial lung immediately following parturition.
Kirsten Ferner
wiley   +1 more source

Small mammal communities in the Mikumi National Park, Tanzania

open access: yesHystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 2010
<strong>Abstract</strong> The abundance and similarity of communities of small mammals (rodents and shrews) were investigated in eight habitats in the Mikumi National Park.
Jestina Venance
doaj   +1 more source

Time outdoors and the prevention of myopia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Recent epidemiological evidence suggests that children who spend more time outdoors are less likely to be, or to become myopic, irrespective of how much near work they do, or whether their parents are myopic.
Ashby, Regan S.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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