Plague and climate: scales matter

T Ben Ari, S Neerinckx, KL Gage, K Kreppel… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Plague is enzootic in wildlife populations of small mammals in central and eastern Asia,
Africa, South and North America, and has been recognized recently as a reemerging threat …

[图书][B] The biology of deserts

D Ward - 2016 - books.google.com
This book offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to desert ecology and adopts a
strong evolutionary focus. As with other titles in the Biology of Habitats Series, the emphasis …

[图书][B] Functional and evolutionary ecology of fleas: A model for ecological parasitology.

BR Krasnov - 2008 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Fleas are one of the most interesting and fascinating taxa of ectoparasites. All species in this
relatively small order are obligatory haematophagous (blood-feeding) parasites of higher …

The Physics of Animal Behavior: Form, Function, and Interactions

CA Riiska, C Nguyen, O Peleg… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Understanding the physics of behavior in animals is a challenging and fascinating area of
research that has gained increasing attention in recent years. In this review, we delve into …

The importance of biologically relevant microclimates in habitat suitability assessments

J Varner, MD Dearing - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Predicting habitat suitability under climate change is vital to conserving biodiversity.
However, current species distribution models rely on coarse scale climate data, whereas …

Microclimate in burrows of subterranean rodents—revisited

H Burda, R Šumbera, S Begall - Subterranean rodents: news from …, 2007 - Springer
The subterranean ecotope provides its inhabitants with several advantages. Burrowing
(fossorial) mammals construct or visit existing burrow systems regularly or temporarily for …

Ectoparasite load of small mammals in the Serengeti Ecosystem: effects of land use, season, host species, age, sex and breeding status

M Shilereyo, F Magige, PS Ranke, JO Ogutu… - Parasitology …, 2022 - Springer
Ectoparasite load in small mammals can be influenced by both environmental conditions
and host species characteristics. However, the nature of these influences is poorly …

[HTML][HTML] An experimental test of lignocellulosic fabrics for potential use in artificial habitat construction in deserts.

N Ghazian, SE MacDonald, CJ Lortie - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change has profound effects on drylands, where vegetation like shrubs provide
microclimatic refugia for animals. However, prolonged drought and higher temperatures are …

Similarity in ectoparasite faunas of Palaearctic rodents as a function of host phylogenetic, geographic or environmental distances: which matters the most?

BR Krasnov, D Mouillot, GI Shenbrot… - International journal for …, 2010 - Elsevier
Different host species harbour parasite faunas that are anywhere from very similar to very
different in species composition. A priori, the similarity in the parasite faunas of any two host …

Regional flea and host assemblages form biogeographic, but not ecological, clusters: evidence for a dispersal-based mechanism as a driver of species composition

BR Krasnov, GI Shenbrot, IS Khokhlova - Parasitology, 2022 - cambridge.org
We used data on the species composition of regional assemblages of fleas and their small
mammalian hosts from 6 biogeographic realms and applied a novel method of step-down …