The role of mammalian reservoir hosts in tick-borne flavivirus biology

L Mlera, ME Bloom - Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Small-to-medium sized mammals and large animals are lucrative sources of blood meals for
ixodid ticks that transmit life-threatening tick-borne flaviviruses (TBFVs). TBFVs have been …

Sustained population decline of rodents is linked to accelerated climate warming and human disturbance

X Wan, C Yan, Z Wang, Z Zhang - BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - Springer
Background During the past three decades, sustained population decline or disappearance
of cycles in small rodents have been observed. Both anthropogenic disturbance and climate …

Physiological, behavioral, and life-history adaptations to environmental fluctuations in the edible dormouse

T Ruf, C Bieber - Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The edible dormouse (Glis glis, formerly Myoxus glis) is a small arboreal mammal inhabiting
deciduous forests in Europe. This rodent shows behavioral and physiological adaptations to …

Temporal partitioning between forest-dwelling small rodents in a Mediterranean deciduous woodland

A Viviano, M Scarfò, E Mori - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Camera-trapping has been widely used to assess activity rhythms and
temporal overlap of different medium-and large-sized mammal species sharing the same …

Proportion of grassland at landscape scale drives natural pest control services in agricultural landscapes

T Perrot, A Rusch, C Coux, S Gaba… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Managing regulating ecosystem services delivered by biodiversity in farmland is a way to
maintain crop yields while reducing the use of agrochemicals. Because semi-natural …

Dynamic winter weather moderates movement and resource selection of wild turkeys at high‐latitude range limits

M Gonnerman, SA Shea, K Sullivan… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
For wide‐ranging species in temperate environments, populations at high‐latitude range
limits are subject to more extreme conditions, colder temperatures, and greater snow …

Weather conditions determine reproductive success of a ground-nesting bird of prey in natural dune grasslands

S Kämpfer, E Engel, T Fartmann - Journal of Ornithology, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) inhabits open grasslands and belongs to the
ground-breeding birds that have experienced the most severe declines during recent …

Activity of wild Japanese macaques in Yakushima revealed by camera trapping: Patterns with respect to season, daily period and rainfall

G Hanya, Y Otani, S Hongo, T Honda, H Okamura… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Animals are subject to various scales of temporal environmental fluctuations, among which
daily and seasonal variations are two of the most widespread and significant ones. Many …

Some like it burnt: species differences in small mammal assemblage in a Mediterranean basin nearly 3 years after a major fire

O Tomassini, A Aghemo, B Baldeschi, G Bedini… - Mammal Research, 2024 - Springer
The habitat accommodation model (HAM) is a theoretical framework that predicts wildlife
community recovery based on their habitat requirements. While post-fire habitat-related …

Foraging, feeding, and physiological stress responses of wild wood mice to increased illumination and common genet cues

Á Navarro-Castilla, I Barja, M Díaz - Current Zoology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In nature, animals are exposed to a broad range of threats imposed by predators, which may
strongly influence the ecology of prey species directly or indirectly by affecting their behavior …