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The European snow vole (Chionomys nivalis) in Ukraine: a species in the far northeast of its distribution [PDF]
Theriologia Ukrainica, 2019 The European snow vole is a widespread rodent species of Europe having a highly fragmented range and a number of isolated populations. The species’ distribution is mainly restricted to high mountains of Europe and Asia Minor.
Zoltán Barkaszi
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Silicon, endophytes and secondary metabolites as grass defenses against mammalian herbivores [PDF]
, 2014 Article Accepted Date: 30 August 2014 Acknowledgments This study was supported by the Academy of Finland (grant no. 133495 to Otso Huitu; grants no. 137909 and 110658 to Kari Saikkonen) and by the NERC (grant no. NE/F003994/1 to Xavier Lambin).
Forbes, Kristian M +8 more
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Біологічні студії, 2013 Factor analysis of common and social voles morphological variability was given for 17 morphological features. According to the results of such analysis in vole samples, it was found that 85.4% variability of the majority morphological features for common
V. M. Peskov, I. O. Synyavska
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The Immunology of Wild Rodents: Current Status and Future Prospects
Frontiers in Immunology, 2017 Wild animals’ immune responses contribute to their evolutionary fitness. These responses are moulded by selection to be appropriate to the actual antigenic environment in which the animals live, but without imposing an excessive energetic demand which ...
Mark Viney, Eleanor M. Riley
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Milk composition and volume in meadow voles and prairie voles [PDF]
Acta Theriologica, 1988 Meadow and praire voles differ in frequency and duration of nursing. Authors examine differences in pattern of maternal investment by comparing the volume and composition of milk produced by the two species.
McGuire, B., Heller, H., Novak, M.
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The vicious circle and infection intensity: The case of Trypanosoma microti in field vole populations [PDF]
, 2009 Objective: In natural populations, infection and condition may act synergistically to trigger a vicious circle: poor condition predisposes to host infections, which further reduce condition, and so on.
Begon, Michael +5 more
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Genetics of Aggression in Voles [PDF]
, 2011 Prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) are socially monogamous rodents that form pair bonds-a behavior composed of several social interactions including attachment with a familiar mate and aggression toward conspecific strangers. Therefore, this species has provided an excellent opportunity for the study of pair bonding behavior and its underlying neural
Kyle L, Gobrogge, Zuoxin W, Wang
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Lice, Mites, and Ticks of Southeastern Wisconsin Mammals [PDF]
, 2017 Seventeen species of southeastern Wisconsin mammals were found to 6e infected with arthropod ectoparasites other than fleas. One host species was infested with one species of biting lice (Mallophaga), five with five species of sucking lice (Anoplura ...
Amin, Omar M
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Large-Scale Vole Population Synchrony in Central Europe Revealed by Kestrel Breeding Performance
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Rodents are classical model species to investigate spatial synchrony in population fluctuation. Yet, previous studies have been strongly biased geographically toward high latitude (boreal ecosystem) and limited in their spatial scale, i.e., few sampling ...
Rémi Fay +4 more
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