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Final Gondwana breakup: The Paleogene South American native ungulates and the demise of the South America–Antarctica land connection

Global and Planetary Change, 2014
Fil: Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas; Argentina. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Interno y Culto. Direccion Nacional del Antartico. Instituto Antartico Argentino; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo.
Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo, Gelfo, Javier Nicolás, López, Guillermo Marcos, Bond, Mariano, Abello, María Alejandra, Santillana, Sergio N., Marenssi, Sergio Alfredo   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Natural history of Plasmodium odocoilei malaria infection in farmed white-tailed deer [PDF]

, 2018
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), an ecologically and economically important species, are the most widely distributed large animals in North America.
Ann M. Guggisberg, Audrey R. Odom John, Ira J. Blader, Katherine A. Sayler, Samantha M. Wisely   +4 more
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Prunus serotina unleashed: invader dominance after 70 years of forest development [PDF]

, 2009
Propagule pressure and disturbance have both been found to facilitate invasion. Therefore, knowledge on the history of introduction and disturbance is vital for understanding an invasion process, and research should focus on areas in which the invasive ...
Baeten, L., Bijlsma, R.J., Frenne, P., De, Hermy, M., Vanhellemont, M., Verheyen, K., Wauters, L.   +6 more
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New postcranial remains of large toxodontian notoungulates from the late Oligocene of Mendoza, Argentina and their systematic implications [PDF]

, 2017
During the last decade, the Deseadan (late Oligocene) Quebrada Fiera locality, Mendoza Province, Argentina, has provided a large amount of mammal remains.
Cerdeño Serrano, Maria Esperanza, Hernández del Pino, Santiago Ezequiel, Seoane, Federico Damián   +2 more
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Asian gliriform origin for arctostylopid mammals [PDF]

, 2006
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A Sulimski, AR Bleefeld, AR Wyss, B Patterson, Dian-Yong Guo, FS Szalay, FS Szalay, J Meng, JI Bloch, Jonathan I. Bloch, KC Beard, M Schlosser, P Missiaen, PD Gingerich, PE Kondrashov, Philip D. Gingerich, Pieter Missiaen, R Tabuce, RJ Asher, RL Cifelli, RL Cifelli, RL Cifelli, RL Cifelli, S Ting, SP Zack, T Smith, Thierry Smith, WD Matthew, WD Matthew   +28 more
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New remains and paleoecology of uruguaytheriine astrapotheres (Mammalia) from the Middle Miocene of Bolivia [PDF]

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Astrapotheres (Astrapotheria) are an order of South American native ungulates (SANUs), and the geologically youngest astrapotheres belong to the subfamily Uruguaytheriinae (Astrapotheriidae).
Julia Van Orman, Oscar E. Wilson, Angeline Catena, Smruthi Maganti, Federico Anaya, Darin A. Croft   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Grassland Management Practices on Ant Functional Groups in Central North America [PDF]

, 2013
Tallgrass prairies of central North America have experienced disturbances including fire and grazing for millennia. Little is known about the effects of these disturbances on prairie ants, even though ants are thought to play major roles in ecosystem ...
AB Swengel, AN Andersen, AN Andersen, AN Andersen, AN Andersen, BD Hoffmann, BD Hoffmann, BD Hoffmann, BD Hoffmann, BT Bestelmeyer, CL Parr, CM Warui, David M. Engle, DC Hartnett, Devan A. McGranahan, DI Axelrod, Diane M. Debinski, DJ Wilgers, EC Underwood, EG Towne, FC Pillsbury, G Henderson, G Henderson, H Andresen, H Dahms, J Dauber, James R. Miller, James Trager, JCZ Woinarski, JG Watts, JL Holechek, KP Burnham, LA Brudvig, Laura Winkler, M Moretti, MP McClaran, R Daubenmire, R Panzer, RA Moranz, Raymond A. Moranz, RC Anderson, RJ Robel, RJ Whelan, RT Churchwell, S Archibald, SD Fuhlendorf, SD Fuhlendorf, SS Stephens, T Tscharntke, TJ Stohlgren, WM Cook   +50 more
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Possible Coevolution of Vampire Bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Desmodus) and Large Xenarthrans (Cingulata, Pilosa) in North America and South America During the Quaternary

Quaternary
Vampire bats likely first appeared in South America in the early Miocene (~20 Ma) and evolved to feed upon the blood of native South American mammals of medium to large body size, in particular, xenarthrans–ground sloths, armadillos, pampatheres, and ...
Gary Morgan, H. Gregory McDonald, Nicholas J. Czaplewski   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A new Megatheriinae skull (Xenarthra, Tardigrada) from the pliocene of northern venezuela – Implications for a giant sloth dispersal to central and North America [PDF]

, 2018
A skull of a ground sloth from the Pliocene San Gregorio Formation documents a northern neotropical occurrence of a megatheriine that addresses issues on intraspecific variation and biogeography. The new specimen is broadly similar in size and morphology
Brandoni, Diego, Carlini, Alfredo Armando, Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R., Sánchez, Rodolfo   +3 more
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More pumas (Puma concolor) does not change perceptions: The mismatched response of ranchers to the presence of a top carnivore

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Human‐wildlife conflicts (HWCs) are one of the most critical conservation challenges worldwide. Large carnivores are frequently at the centre of these conflicts because of the perceived and real threats they pose to livestock and human safety.
Esperanza C. Iranzo, Omar Ohrens, Cristina Mata, Juan Traba, Pablo Acebes, Benito A. González, Fernando R. Tortato, Rafael Hoogesteijn, Dania Goic, L. Mark Elbroch, Juan E. Malo   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source