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Chemotherapy of helminthiasis among wild mammals. III. Some considerations on the control of helminthiasis among the mammals and birds of zoological gardens Institute of Tropical Medicine
Understanding mammals, hands-on Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Traditional shade coffee forest systems act as refuges for medium- and large-sized mammals as natural forest dwindles in Ethiopia Ghent University
Ethiopian shade coffee plantations are well documented to be bird-friendly and act as refuges for disappearing tree species. The extent to which these plantations support mammal conservation, as well as mammal sensitivity to coffee intensification, remain little studied. We studied the distribution and diversity of mammals under three coffee management systems of differing intensities (i.e., semi-forest, semi-plantation, and plantation) and in ...
Simple mechanistic models can partially explain local but not range-wide co-occurrence of African mammals Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Aim
One hypothesis to explain strong biodiversity–climate correlations is that climate gradients determine individual species ranges, which then sum up to form species richness patterns. If this is true, then climate gradients should not only predict the local occurrence of species (i.e. patterns in the local community) but also co-occurrence of species across the entirety of their ranges (i.e. the regional community concept). We test ...
One hypothesis to explain strong biodiversity–climate correlations is that climate gradients determine individual species ranges, which then sum up to form species richness patterns. If this is true, then climate gradients should not only predict the local occurrence of species (i.e. patterns in the local community) but also co-occurrence of species across the entirety of their ranges (i.e. the regional community concept). We test ...
Farmers survey of wild mammals species implicated in crop damage in the Okapi wilslife reserve (OWR-Epulu, Democratic Republic of the Congo): severity and control strategies Institute of Tropical Medicine University of Antwerp
Investigations on mammal species implicated in crop damage and control techniques used to protect fields was carried out in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve (OWR). The aim of this study was to identify mammal species causing damages on crops, the growth stages affected, the frequency and severity of damage in the fields and control techniques used. Data were collected in six villages using a standard questionnaire form translated in the main local ...
Terrestrial small mammals as reservoir of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Benin Institute of Tropical Medicine
Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU), the causative agent of Buruli ulcer (BU), is considered an environmental pathogen. Different mycobacteria were detected in 68 (12%) out of 565 small mammals collected in BU endemic areas in Benin. Although MU was not found, we suggest more research on MU in African (small) mammals
Scaling of plantar pressures in mammals Ghent University University of Antwerp
The interaction of the limbs with the substrate can teach a lot about an animal's gait mechanics. Unlike ground-reaction forces, plantar pressure distributions are rarely studied in animals, but they may provide more detailed information about the loading patterns and locomotor function of specific anatomical structures. With this study, we aim to describe pressures for a large and diverse sample of mammalian species, focusing on scaling ...