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Is Shrub Encroachment Driving the Decline of Small Mammal Diversity in Pyrenean Grasslands? A Preliminary Study

Diversity, 2023
The Pyrenean highlands hold the southernmost populations of some endemic and rare arvicoline species associated with grasslands. This area, as well as many other areas in the Mediterranean basin, has suffered from land abandonment due to socio-economic ...
Ignasi Torre, Oriol Palau
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Uppermost Pleistocene shrews (Mammalia, Soricidae) from Vaskapu Cave (N-Hungary) [PDF]

, 1999
Three shrew species (Sorex araneus LINNAEUS1758, Sorex minutus LlNNAEUS1766 and Sorex alpinus SHINZ1837) were found in the fossiliferous sediments of Vaskapu Cave, near Felsötárkány.
Mészáros, L. Gy.
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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen, Mohamed Khalil Meliane, Zachery B. Holmes, Karl E. Miller, William J. Barichivich, Emilie Dedeban, Alex Furst, Miranda Imeri, Peyton E. Niebanck, Samantha Nunn, Kailee Pearson, Nicole Rita, Brier Ryver, Dakotah Shaffer, Susan C. Walls, E. Hance Ellington   +15 more
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Viruses Identified in Shrews (Soricidae) and Their Biomedical Significance

Viruses
Shrews (Soricidae) are common small wild mammals. Some species of shrews, such as Asian house shrews (Suncus murinus), have a significant overlap in their habitats with humans and domestic animals.
Huan-Yu Gong, Rui-Xu Chen, Su-Mei Tan, Xiu Wang, Ji-Ming Chen, Yuan-Long Zhang, Ming Liao   +6 more
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The prevalence and genomic characteristics of hepatitis E virus in murine rodents and house shrews from several regions in China

BMC Veterinary Research, 2018
Background Urban rodents and house shrews are closely correlated in terms of location with humans and can transmit many pathogens to them. Hepatitis E has been confirmed to be a zoonotic disease.
Wenqiao He, Yuqi Wen, Yiquan Xiong, Minyi Zhang, Mingji Cheng, Qing Chen   +5 more
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Results of a 30-years-long investigation of small mammals in Crimea. Part 1. Introduction, fauna composition, ranges [PDF]

Праці Теріологічної школи, 2015
The present paper deals with the final results of a 30 years-long research of the small mammal’s fauna in the Crimean peninsula, including data on history of investigations within the region as well as on the species’ geographical ranges (in form of maps
I. L. Evstafiev
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Vertebrate Natural History Notes from Arkansas, 2017 [PDF]

, 2017
Because meaningful observations of natural history are not always part of larger studies, important pieces of information often are unreported. Small details, however, can fills gaps in understanding and also lead to interesting questions about ...
Buckley, M., Bursey, C. R, Cloutman, D. G, Connior, M. B, Durden, L. A, Fayton, T. J, McAllister, C. T, Robison, H. W, Sasse, D. B, Schratz, S., Tumlison, R.   +10 more
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Wild meat consumption in changing rural landscapes of Indonesian Borneo

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat can play a crucial role in the food system of rural communities residing near tropical forests. Yet, socio‐ecological changes across tropical landscapes are impacting the patterns and sustainability of meat consumption. To understand the prevalence, frequency and drivers of wild meat, domestic meat and fish consumption in this ...
Katie L. Spencer, Daniel J. Ingram, Namrata B. Anirudh, Ardiantiono, Susan M. Cheyne, Leejiah J. Dorward, Abdul Kadir, Michaela G. Y. Lo, Courtney L. Morgans, Jatna Supriatna, Nurul L. Winarni, Freya A. V. St. John, Matthew J. Struebig   +12 more
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Experimental chronic hepatitis B infection of neonatal tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri chinensis): A model to study molecular causes for susceptibility and disease progression to chronic hepatitis in humans

Virology Journal, 2012
Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection continues to be an escalating global health problem. Feasible and effective animal models for HBV infection are the prerequisite for developing novel therapies for this disease.
Wang Qi, Schwarzenberger Paul, Yang Fang, Zhang Jingjing, Su Jianjia, Yang Chun, Cao Ji, Ou Chao, Liang Liang, Shi Junlin, Yang Fang, Wang Duoping, Wang Jia, Wang Xiaojuan, Ruan Ping, Li Yuan   +15 more
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Small mammal (Mammalia, orders Soricomorpha and Rodentia) communities in the lower Black river basin, Romania [PDF]

Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”, 2019
The survey of small mammal communities in the Lower Black River Basin was carried out between November 2005 and July 2012 in three locations. Using live traps several habitats have been investigated.
Anamaria Lazăr, Ana Maria Benedek
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