Editorial Board
Publication date: November 2018Source: Mammalian Biology, Volume 93Author(s): (Source: Mammalian Biology)
Source: Mammalian Biology - November 21, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Additional row of outer hair cells - the unique pattern of the Corti organ in a subterranean rodent, the Gansu zokor (Eospalax cansus)
Publication date: Available online 19 November 2018Source: Mammalian BiologyAuthor(s): Lucie Pleštilová, Ema Hrouzková, Hynek Burda, Limin Hua, Radim ŠumberaAbstractAcoustic conditions in burrows are different from those aboveground and restrict hearing of subterranean mammals to low frequencies, which is reflected in the ear morphology. While low-frequency adaptations of the middle ear attracted more attention of researches, the inner ear remained rather understudied. Here, we examined the cochlea of the inner ear of the Gansu zokor (Eospalax cansus), a subterranean rodent from the Tibetan Plateau. We focused on the q...
Source: Mammalian Biology - November 21, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Walker’s Mammals of the World. Monotremes, Marsupials, Afrotherians, Xenarthrans, and Sundatherians, R.M. Nowak. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore (2018). 784 pp., 508 colour photographs. Hardback. Ca. €88. ISBN: 978-1-4214-2467-5.
Publication date: Available online 15 November 2018Source: Mammalian BiologyAuthor(s): Frank E. Zachos (Source: Mammalian Biology)
Source: Mammalian Biology - November 16, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Genetic structure of bank vole populations in the contact zone of two lineages in north-eastern Poland
Publication date: Available online 1 November 2018Source: Mammalian BiologyAuthor(s): Ewa Tarnowska, Magdalena Niedziałkowska, Bogumiła JędrzejewskaAbstractThe genetic structure of rodent populations may reflect their glacial and postglacial history. We studied the genetic structure of bank vole Myodes glareolus populations in north-eastern Poland, where two divergent mtDNA lineages met in the secondary contact zone. We investigated 441 specimens from 24 local populations using 10 microsatellite loci. We detected two clusters according to STRUCTURE and three genetic clusters in Geneland analysis. The observed spatial pa...
Source: Mammalian Biology - November 12, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Linear forest patches and the conservation of small mammals in human-altered landscapes
Publication date: Available online 6 November 2018Source: Mammalian BiologyAuthor(s): Mariana Y.G. Fialho, Ricardo A.S. Cerboncini, Marcelo PassamaniABSTRACTLinear patches of native forest are commonly found in south-eastern Brazil, where they also serve as boundaries between rural properties. These linear patches can be found connecting forest fragments (possibly acting as vegetation corridors) or isolated and are generally surrounded by agricultural areas (mainly cattle pastures and coffee plantations). In this paper, we assessed the influence of connectivity and type of surrounding agricultural areas on small mammal spe...
Source: Mammalian Biology - November 8, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Periodic resource scarcity and potential for interspecific competition influences distribution of small carnivores in a seasonally dry tropical forest fragment
Publication date: Available online 3 November 2018Source: Mammalian BiologyAuthor(s): Wyatt Joseph Petersen, Tommaso Savini, Robert Steinmetz, Dusit NgoprasertAbstractSmall, isolated, and disturbed forest fragments potentially offer valuable habitats for small carnivore conservation. Yet the influence of resource availability—critical for survival and reproduction—on small carnivore habitat use within these modified environments is poorly understood. We conducted camera-trap surveys within a seasonally dry tropical forest fragment (148 km2) in northeastern Thailand to better understand the influence resource availabi...
Source: Mammalian Biology - November 4, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Genetic structure of bank vole population in the contact zone of two lineages in north-eastern Poland
Publication date: Available online 1 November 2018Source: Mammalian BiologyAuthor(s): Ewa Tarnowska, Magdalena Niedziałkowska, Bogumiła JędrzejewskaAbstractThe genetic structure of rodent populations may reflect their glacial and postglacial history. We studied the genetic structure of bank vole Myodes glareolus population in north-eastern Poland, where two divergent mtDNA lineages met in the secondary contact zone. We investigated 441 specimens from 24 local populations using 10 microsatellite loci. We detected two clusters according to STRUCTURE and three genetic clusters in Geneland analysis. The observed spatial pat...
Source: Mammalian Biology - November 2, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Home ranges of Cape porcupines on farmlands, peri-urban and suburban areas in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Publication date: Available online 1 November 2018Source: Mammalian BiologyAuthor(s): Samukelisiwe P. Ngcobo, Amy-Leigh Wilson, Colleen T. DownsAbstractCape porcupines, Hystrix africaeaustralis, are one of the South African mammalian species that are increasing their distribution range and abundance with anthropogenic changing land-use. Knowledge of the home range of this species can provide important ecological information and explain their ability to persist in a range of land-use types. We investigated the home ranges of 15 radio-tagged Cape porcupines on farmlands, peri-urban and suburban areas in KwaZulu-Natal, South ...
Source: Mammalian Biology - November 2, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Elevation and wind exposure shape the habitat preferences of the Andean cottontail Sylvilagus andinus (Lagomorpha: Leporidae)
Publication date: Available online 31 October 2018Source: Mammalian BiologyAuthor(s): Luis F. Camacho, Paola Chávez, Diego G. TiriraAbstractRegional and local environmental conditions shape the habitat preferences of species. In tropical highlands, the regional effects of elevation and local effects of topography combine to shape environmental conditions and create drastically heterogeneous habitats. This is thought to strongly influence the habitat preferences of species in the region at a local level; however, evidence of this hypothesis remains scarce. We studied the habitat preferences of the Andean cottontail Sylvila...
Source: Mammalian Biology - October 31, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
A recent shift in the pigmentation phenotype of a wild Neotropical primate
Publication date: Available online 31 October 2018Source: Mammalian BiologyAuthor(s): Ismael Galván, Alberto Jorge, Francisco Sánchez-Murillo, Gustavo Gutiérrez-EspeletaAbstractThe colors of primates are among the most diverse phenotypes in mammals. These colors are mostly produced by the deposition of melanin pigments in hairs. Many species show considerable variability in pigmentation, but this is always temporarily fixed. Here we report the first rapid change in the pigmentation phenotype of a primate. In the last five years, the pelage of mantled howler monkeys Alouatta palliata inhabiting Costa Rica has started to ...
Source: Mammalian Biology - October 31, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Rutting roars in native Pannonian red deer of Southern Hungary and the evidence of acoustic divergence of male sexual vocalization between Eastern and Western European red deer (Cervus elaphus)
This study of rutting mature male Pannonian red deer from Southern Hungary presents a description of the calling posture, a graphical reconstruction of the oral vocal tract length during rutting roar production and a spectrographic analyses of 1740 bouts containing a total of 5535 rutting roars. In addition, this study provides the first direct comparison of the bouts and main (=longest) rutting roars between Pannonian and Iberian red deer stags, representative of the Western and Eastern lineages of European red deer. The bouts of the Pannonian stags comprised 1-15 roars per bout; 24.37% were single-roar bouts and 23.68% w...
Source: Mammalian Biology - October 30, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Quaternary range-shifts of arboreal rodents of the genus Habromys (Cricetidae, Neotominae) in Mesoamerica and their evolutionary consequences
This study emphasizes the dynamic nature of species’ geographic distributions and potential barriers to create current patterns of genetic variation in Mesoamerican rodents. (Source: Mammalian Biology)
Source: Mammalian Biology - October 29, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Are female camels capital breeders? Influence of seasons, age, and body condition on reproduction in an extremely arid region
We examined reproductive tract, ovaries (e.g. follicles, ovarian pathologies) and fetal traits. Most females were cyclic (N = 288); analyses revealed an alternate contralateral ovarian functioning, the left ovary being the most active. Pregnancy rate was low (N = 34 pregnant females), and only the left uterine horn carried a single fetus. In both cyclic and pregnant females we found marked seasonal patterns with a reproductive peak in winter, but without cessation of reproduction during the hot and dry summer. Age and body condition positively influenced ovarian functioning, pregnancy rate and gestational age. All ...
Source: Mammalian Biology - October 26, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Effects of forest degradation on the moonrat Echinosorex gymnura in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
Publication date: Available online 15 October 2018Source: Mammalian BiologyAuthor(s): Robert Brozovic, Jesse F. Abrams, Azlan Mohamed, Seth T. Wong, Jürgen Niedballa, Tejas Bhagwat, Rahel Sollmann, Sam Mannan, Johnny Kissing, Andreas WiltingAbstractCommercial timber extraction and agricultural expansion lead to substantial degradation and loss of tropical rainforests, posing a severe threat to biodiversity in South-east Asia. Although the impacts of these disturbances are well understood for some species, they remain largely unknown for most species, impeding any directed conservation efforts. One of these little known, p...
Source: Mammalian Biology - October 17, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Are female camels capital breeder? Influence of seasons, age, and body condition on reproduction in an extremely arid region
We examined reproductive tract, ovaries (e.g. follicles, ovarian pathologies) and fetal traits. Most females were cyclic (N = 288); analyses revealed an alternate contralateral ovarian functioning, the left ovary being the most active. Pregnancy rate was low (N = 34 pregnant females), and only the left uterine horn carried a single fetus. In both cyclic and pregnant females we found marked seasonal patterns with a reproductive peak in winter, but without cessation of reproduction during the hot and dry summer. Age and body condition positively influenced ovarian functioning, pregnancy rate and gestational age. All ...
Source: Mammalian Biology - October 17, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
