The degu can be found among theWestern slopes of the Andes Mountainsin Chile, occupying a sweet spot between 28 and 35 degrees south latitude, where the climate is neither too arid nor too wet. While considered an agricultural pest in their native region, they are common in the international...
New research led by the Threatened Species Recovery Hub has revealed which Australian mammals are most vulnerable to cats and foxes, and many much-loved potoroos, bandicoots and bettongs, as well as native rodents, are at the top of the list. Jim Radford from La Trobe University led a team...
biodiversity. Giant hornets have been maligned in recent years, in large part becausehumans introduced them to the U.S.from Asia (it wasn't the hornet's fault) and the media thenattached a wrong-headed name to the animals. But in the hornet's native land, they're an important part of...
said: "The introduction of alien mammals to Ireland over the last 100 years has had major detrimental effects, threatening our indigenous habitats and species. The American grey squirrel, for example, passes a deadly virus to native red squirrels, whilst European hares threaten the ...
Forestry Effects of experimental fire and nonnative grass invasion on small mammals and insects THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Robert J. Steidl LittAndrea RebeccaA goal of efforts to restore altered ecosystems is to reestablish natural disturbance processes, such as fire, that govern ecosystem structure ...
The study was an international collaboration, with contributors from Michigan State University, Bryn Mawr College, the University of Arizona, the University of New Mexico, the University of Freiburg in Germany, Dalhousie University in Canada, the U.N. Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring...
Mexican Fox Squirrel (NO) ___ (another name has been "Apache Fox Squirrel") (nearly endemic to Mexico; in US, only in mountains of southeast Arizona) Scirus nayaritensis Peter's Squirrel (MXe) ___ Sciurus oculatus Variegated Squirrel ___ Sciurus variegatoides (14 named subspecies ...
The University of Arizona.Litt AR (2007) Effects of experimental fire and nonnative grass invasion on small mammals and insects. Dissertation, University of ArizonaLitt, A. R. 2007 . Effects of experimental fire and nonnative grass invasion on small mammals and insects . Ph.D. dissertation, ...