Folia Oecologica, 2020 Urbanization is a form of pervasive human-induced disturbance. We tested the effectiveness of Abundance/Biomass Comparisons (ABC) as an approach in detecting stress due to landscape urbanization in large small mammal assemblages obtained from pellets of ...
di Bagno Ermellina +3 more
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The Gelasian (Late Villanyan-MN17) diversified micromammal assemblage with Mimomys pliocaenicus from Coste San Giacomo (Anagni basin, central Italy), taxonomy and comparison with selected european sites [PDF]
, 2015 The Gelasian site of Coste San Giacomo (CSG) (central Italy) provides a unique opportunity to investigate the faunal and environmental changes occurred in Mediterranean Europe during the Early Pleistocene. The finding of both large and small mammal fauna
Bellucci, Luca +2 more
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Estudios Geologicos, 2014 En este trabajo se dan a conocer dos nuevos yacimientos de la zona suroeste de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón y Leganés, que han proporcionado dos ricas asociaciones de micromamíferos de edades diferentes.
C. Sesé, J. C. Jiménez Rodrigo
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Viruses, 2014 Due to novel, improved and high-throughput detection methods, there is a plethora of newly identified viruses within the genus Hantavirus. Furthermore, reservoir host species are increasingly recognized besides representatives of the order Rodentia, now ...
Isabella Eckerle +2 more
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Cytogenetic and Molecular Relationships between Zarudny'S Rock Shrew (Crocidura zarudnyi; Mammalia: Soricomorpha) and Eurasian Taxa [PDF]
, 2017 We karyotyped and sequenced 1,140 base pairs of the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b of a specimen of Zarudny's rock shrew (Crocidura zarudnyi) from Baluchestan, southeastern Iran, to clarify its cytogenetic and molecular relationships with other Eurasian ...
Dubey, Sylvain +3 more
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COMPARATIVE GENETICS OF APODEMUS AGRARIUS (RODENTIA: MAMMALIA) FROM INSULAR AND CONTINENTAL EURASIAN POPULATIONS: CYTOCHROME B SEQUENCE ANALYSES [PDF]
, 2014 To reexamine genetic divergence of Apodemus agrarius in insular Taiwan and the Korean Jeju from other populations in continental Eurasia, we obtained 91 cytochrome b complete sequences of A.
Csorba, Gábor +5 more
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Phylogeny and origins of hantaviruses harbored by bats, insectivores, and rodents.
PLoS Pathogens, 2013 Hantaviruses are among the most important zoonotic pathogens of humans and the subject of heightened global attention. Despite the importance of hantaviruses for public health, there is no consensus on their evolutionary history and especially the ...
Wen-Ping Guo +12 more
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Brief communication: Hair density and body mass in mammals and the evolution of human hairlessness [PDF]
, 2013 Humans are unusual among mammals in appearing hairless. Several hypotheses propose explanations for this phenotype, but few data are available to test these hypotheses. To elucidate the evolutionary history of human “hairlessness,” a comparative approach
Sandel, Aaron A.
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The mammals of Anzali Wetland in the Southern Caspian Sea [PDF]
, 2017 Anzali Wetland as a listed habitat in Montreux Record, was investigated for the mammal fauna during Jan. 2015 - Jan. 2016. About 165 km of water bodies and 200 km around Anzali Wetland were patrolled, respectively.
Hadipour, E. +3 more
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Diversity in small mammals from eastern Lake Turkana, Kenya [PDF]
, 2010 Rodents and insectivores were surveyed, using live trapping, at seven sites on the eastern side of Lake Turkana, one of the remotest parts of Kenya, and at study areas of biological distinctiveness, such as Sibiloi National Park and the Mount Kulal ...
Carugati, C., Fasola, M., Webala, P.W.
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