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Is cranial anatomy indicative of fossoriality? A case study of the mammaliaform Hadrocodium wui. [PDF]

Anat Rec (Hoboken)
Abstract Determining the ecology of fossil species presents considerable challenges due to the often fragmentary preservation of specimens. The mammaliaform Hadrocodium wui from the Jurassic of China is known only from the cranium and mandible but may have had a fossorial lifestyle.
Tumelty M, Lautenschlager S.
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Describing Diet of Imperiled Sierra Nevada Red Foxes and a Carnivoran Competitor Using DNA Metabarcoding. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Montane red foxes (Vulpes vulpes ssp.) native to western North America are of broad conservation interest, but their ecology is poorly understood due to their rarity. We examined the diet of the Sierra Nevada red fox (V. v. necator) in an unstudied portion of their range in Oregon, USA, then evaluated dietary overlap between red fox and coyote (Canis ...
Delheimer MS, Martin ME, Hartman J, Moriarty KM, Allen JM, Levi T.   +5 more
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Scat-Tered Evidence. Understanding the Diet of Forest-Associated Mammalian Mesopredators in a UK Peatland Ecosystem. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
DNA metabarcoding of predator scat can provide direct evidence of trophic interactions in a landscape that may refute prior indirect evidence based on correlative data. ABSTRACT Peatland ecosystems and the unique biodiversity they support are under risk from multiple stressors, including changes in species interactions.
McHenry R, Mitchell LJ, Smart J, Andersen R.   +3 more
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Ecotone Might Provide Key Refugium for Sky Island Mammals in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Sky islands are among the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world but face a disproportionately high threat from climate change. We examined the spruce‐fir–northern hardwood ecotone as a possible refugium for mammals in the Southern Appalachian red spruce (Picea rubens)–Fraser fir (Abies fraseri) sky islands.
Mallinoff JA, Petric R, Diggins CA, Kierepka EM, Arbogast BS, Jenkins A, Zimova M.   +6 more
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The Influence of the Interaction between Climate and Competition on the Distributional Limits of European Shrews

Animals, 2021
It is known that species’ distributions are influenced by several ecological factors. Nonetheless, the geographical scale upon which the influence of these factors is perceived is largely undefined. We assessed the importance of competition in regulating
Tomé Neves, Luís Borda-de-Água, Maria da Luz Mathias, Joaquim T. Tapisso   +3 more
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Dietary Response of Black-Backed Jackals (<i>Lupulella mesomelas</i>) to Contrasted Land Use. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study examines dietary shifts in black‐backed jackals across different land‐use types using DNA metabarcoding. Results reveal that jackal diets vary significantly by landscape and season, with a strong reliance on sheep in livestock areas, selective feeding on greater kudu on game farms, and a broader, more even prey profile in nature reserves ...
Roberts M, Degrugillier F, Dzingwena L, Fritz H, Rougeron V, Prugnolle FR.   +5 more
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Aging of white-tooth shrews (Crocidura: Soricidae) [PDF]

Праці Теріологічної школи, 2012
Morphological diagnostics of white-tooth shrews species is a difficult task. Main origins of this difficulty are the overlapping and uncertainty of external characteristics for the individuals of different species having different ages.
O. Drobotun
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Materials on the fauna of the Bug Gard: a review of small mammal records (Soricidae, Muridae, Cricetidae)

Novitates Theriologicae, 2023
New data on micromammals of the Bug Gard National Nature Park obtained in 2022–2023 are presented. Eight species of this survey group were recorded. They include three species of shrews of the family Soricidae (Crocidura suaveolens, Sorex araneus, and ...
Serhii Legkyi, Vladyslav Artamonov, Yana Ovsienko   +2 more
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Trypanosoma (Euglenozoa: Kinetoplastea) infections in rodents, bats, and shrews along an elevation and disturbance gradient in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Records of the Australian Museum, 2023
Surveillance of wildlife pathogens is critically important to the conservation of species and human health. However, few species of wildlife in biodiverse countries like Indonesia, especially endemic species in intact ecosystems, have been screened for ...
Ahmad Mursyid, Anang S. Achmadi, Wilson Novarino, Heru Handika, Herjuno Ari Nugroho, Syahfitri Anita, Amy Louise Adams, Karen M. C. Rowe, Kevin C. Rowe   +8 more
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Parasitic Arthropods of Soricinae Shrews in North-Eastern Poland

Animals, 2023
The study of the ectoparasite fauna of the insectivores—Sorex araneus, Sorex minutus, Neomys fodiens, and Neomys anomalus (subfamily Soricinae)—was carried out in three locations in Poland: Białowieża National Park, Kosewo Górne in the Masurian Lake ...
Grzegorz Karbowiak, Michal Stanko, Katerina Smahol, Joanna Werszko, Leszek Rychlik   +4 more
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