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Future Palaeontologists Will Detect Current Mammal Latitudinal Biodiversity Gradient
Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 34, Issue 6, June 2025.ABSTRACT Aim Fossil data provide crucial insights into past biogeographic and macroecological patterns. However, geological, biological, and sampling biases can potentially compromise genuine biodiversity inferences. Here, we tested whether fossil biases may hinder the accurate retrieval of the Latitudinal Biodiversity Gradient (LBG).
Sofía Galván +5 more
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Functional Ecology, Volume 38, Issue 10, Page 2231-2246, October 2024.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The early diversification of tetrapods into terrestrial environments involved adaptations of their locomotor apparatus that allowed for weight support and propulsion on heterogeneous surfaces.
Priscila S. Rothier +6 more
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Molecular confirmation of twinning in the West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus)
, 2022 : Few twinning events have been recorded in the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus, Sirenia: Trichechidae) and no previous published study has provided confirmation of this phenomenon based in molecular tools.
Sávia Moreira (12831538) +4 more
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Global Change Biology, Volume 30, Issue 5, May 2024.This study explores how past climate changes have influenced species distribution. We found that regions with more historical climate variation have more specialist species, while generalist species decrease. This effect is stronger than the link between current climate and species richness.
Sara Gamboa, Sofía Galván, Sara Varela
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Catalog of Osteological Collections of Aquatic Mammals from Mexico [PDF]
, 1991 This paper compiles available information on osteological and other anatomical specimens of at least 51 species of aquatic mammals (34 extant, one recently extinct and 16 fossil) collected in Mexico between 1868 and 1990 and housed in 29 scientific ...
Vidal, Omar
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Ecosphere, Volume 15, Issue 3, March 2024.Abstract As gastrointestinal parasites affect the health of marine mammal species, they are a potentially consequential stressor. Although they are infrequently identified as a cause of mortality, gastrointestinal parasites could drive cryptic declines in individual fitness—including declines in nutritional status—by acting synergistically with other ...
Natalie C. Mastick +2 more
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, 2016 Includes: Aotidae, Atelidae, Balaenidae, Balaenopteridae, Bathyergidae, Bradypodidae, Bovidae, Caenolestidae, Callitrichidae, Camelidae, Canidae, Castoridae, Cebidae, Cercopithecidae, Cervidae, Chinchillidae, Chlamyphoridae, Cricetidae, Dasypodidae ...
Tommy Rodriguez (459995)
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Extinction risk of the world's freshwater mammals
Conservation Biology, Volume 38, Issue 1, February 2024.Abstract The continued loss of freshwater habitats poses a significant threat to global biodiversity. We reviewed the extinction risk of 166 freshwater aquatic and semiaquatic mammals—a group rarely documented as a collective. We used the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species categories as of December 2021 to
Emmalie Sanders +4 more
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, 2014 Distribution. Coastal areas and large inland rivers of West Africa from the Senegal River at the Mauritania—Senegal border S to the Longa River in Angola.
Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier
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The Tactile Senses of Marine Mammals [PDF]
, 2018 The successful return of mammals to aquatic environments presented numerous sensory challenges to overcome. Aquatic habitats reduced the utility of vision and the type of chemoreception important in terrestrial perception.
Reep, Roger L +2 more
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