Rodents are the most abundant and diversified order of living mammals in the world.
Already since the Middle Ages we know that they can contribute to human disease, as black …

Since the recognition of hantavirus as the agent responsible for haemorrhagic fever in
Eurasia in the 1970s and, 20 years later, the descovery of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome …

Using the abundance and distribution of small mammals at 26 sites in an Atlantic forest
landscape, we investigated how species abundance and alpha and beta diversity are …

The matrix of altered habitats that surrounds remnants in human dominated landscapes has
been considered homogeneous and inhospitable. Recent studies, however, have shown the …

Pup mortality and the timing of birth of South American sea lions Otaria flavescens were
investigated to determine the possible relationship between fluctuations in prey availability …

1. The consequences of environmental variability for life-history evolution are predicted to
depend on the pattern of covariation amongst life-history traits. Using data from a 20-year …

Studies of diet overlap of insectivores, especially lizards, have been important for the
development of much ecological theory. However, measures of overlap, usually based on …

Tropical forest mammal assemblages are widely affected by the twin effects of habitat loss
and habitat fragmentation. We evaluated the effects of forest patch metrics, habitat structure …

Pequenos mamíferos não-voadores, grupo ecológico mais diversificado de mamíferos das
florestas Neotropicais, influenciam a dinâmica florestal e são bons indicadores de …

Dietary information is essential to understand amphibian life history, population fluctuations,
and the impact of habitat modification, and to develop conservation strategies (Anderson …