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Soricidae (Mammalia, Insectivora) remains from three Late Miocene localities in western Hungary [PDF]

, 1996
The Soricidae fauna of Sümeg, Csákvár and Széchenyi Hill (Hungary) is presented. The following taxa were identified in the fauna: Dinosorex sp., Amblycoptus oligodon KORMOS1926, Crusafontina endernica GIBERT1974, Crusafontina vicina (KRETZOJ,1954 ...
Mészáros, L. Gy.
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Concentrated vulnerabilities in bees: Diet specialists have smaller geographic ranges

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Niche breadth theory predicts a positive association between range size and diet breadth, which could concentrate risk among specialists, but this is not well established for bees. Using global occurrence data (range size) and natural history collection‐derived pollen data (diet breadth), we compared these traits in 633 species from six families and ...
Charles N. Thrift, Thomas J. Wood, An Bui, Hillary S. Young, Katja C. Seltmann   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anatomical description of the jaw muscles and theoretical bite force assessment in South American opossums using manual and digital dissection methods

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Manual and virtual dissections were employed to examine the masticatory muscle architecture and bite force of three South American marsupials. The organisation of the muscles differed between species, with predicted bite forces exceeding previous estimates.
Alice Melekian, Vincent Decuypere, Anthony Herrel, François Clarac, Sandrine Ladevèze   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The bicolored white-toothed shrew Crocidura leucodon (HERMANN 1780) is an indigenous host of mammalian Borna disease virus.

PLoS ONE, 2014
Borna disease (BD) is a sporadic neurologic disease of horses and sheep caused by mammalian Borna disease virus (BDV). Its unique epidemiological features include: limited occurrence in certain endemic regions of central Europe, yearly varying disease ...
Ralf Dürrwald, Jolanta Kolodziejek, Herbert Weissenböck, Norbert Nowotny   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relative enlargement of the medial preoptic nucleus in the Etruscan shrew, the smallest torpid mammal

Scientific Reports, 2022
Endothermy is a key feature of mammalian biology and enables mammals to maintain stable body temperature and homeostatic functions in the face of a rapidly changing environment.
Senmiao Sun, Michael Brecht
doaj   +1 more source

Using Metabarcoding Techniques to Map Multiple Dung Beetle‐Vertebrate iDNA Networks in a Southeast Asian Forest

Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 26, Issue 5, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Given the high levels of endemism, diversity, and increasing anthropogenic impacts in tropical regions, studies on species interactions and ecological networks are urgently needed to understand community responses to environmental change. Increasingly, molecular methods are used to monitor biodiversity and identify species interactions.
Xin Rui Ong, Rosie Drinkwater, Samuel K. S. Cheong, Rebecca Ker Loh, Hie Lim Kim, Adriana Lopes dos Santos, Nalini Puniamoorthy, Eleanor M. Slade   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Composition and function of haemolymphatic tissues in the European common shrew. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2008
Studies of wild animals responding to their native parasites are essential if we are to understand how the immune system functions in the natural environment.
Daniel P Bray, Malcolm Bennett, Paula Stockley, Jane L Hurst, Anja Kipar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Small animals census and control on a hardwood plantation [PDF]

, 1974
For centuries, man has been at conflict with and has suffered untold crop losses to ubiquitous small mammals. Such losses may range from unnoticed removal of vegetation in hay and grain fields to 95 - 99 percent losses in unprotected orchards or forest ...
Radvanyi, Andrew
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Insects and Survival: A Review of Primary and Secondary Defense Strategies

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 174, Issue 7, Page 601-624, July 2026.
Based on a review of three decades of literature, insect defense mechanisms are classified into primary (I) and secondary (II) mechanisms of behavioral, morphological, and chemical nature. These mechanisms have been recorded in 22 (I) and 20 (II) orders, respectively.
Lucas Fernandes Silva, Rodrigo Almeida Pinheiro, José Cola Zanuncio, Conceição Aparecida dos Santos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between Outlying Values in Body Condition Indices in Small Mammals and Their Habitats

Land
Habitat type and habitat change are very important factors in the body condition of small mammals that inhabit them. The response can be positive, increasing, or the opposite, decreasing body condition. We analyzed outliers of the body condition indices (
Linas Balčiauskas, Laima Balčiauskienė   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source