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The helminth community of Apodemus sylvaticus (Rodentia, Muridae) in the Sierra de Gredos (Spain)
2004
The Spanish mountain range of Gredos was included in the studies conducted on the Iberian peninsula to investigate helminth fauna of small mammals. The helminth community of the wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus (Rodentia, Muridae), was analysed. Qualitatively, 13 helminth species were detected: Plagiorchis sp. I and Plagiorchis sp. II (Trematoda); Taenia parva larvae, T. martis larvae, T. taeniaeformis larvae, Rodentolepis straminea and R. fraterna (Cestoda); and Trichuris muris, Heligmosomoides polygyrus, Syphacia stroma, S. frederici, Aspiculuris tetraptera and Rictularia proni (Nematoda). Quantitatively, the highest prevalence (65.0%) and the mean abundance (36.9%) of H. polygyrus stand o…
The use of artificial nest-boxes by Apodemus sylvaticus dichrurus in Sicily
2008
Reports of wood mouse arboreality are rather scarce outside Britain. I reviewed and analysed 267 visits and 16.456 checks of glirids artificial nest-boxes mounted on trees, in twelve sample areas of Meso- and Supra-Mediterranean woodlands (Sicily, 1995-2005). The wood mouse was recorded only 65 times (0.395%) using the artificial nest-boxes in nine sample areas, and based on this low frequency, the wood mouse can be considered as an occasional dweller of artificial nest-boxes. The resource selection index allowed checking the use respect to the availability of nest-boxes placed at different heights. These were likely reached by climbing the dense understorey and low tree branches up to 5 m,…
Aplicación del binomio Apodemus sylvaticus /helminto como bioindicador de la regeneración del Parc Natural de la Serra Calderona (Comunitat Valencian…
2015
El estudio del binomio Apodemus sylvaticus/helminto ha sido propuesto como un bioindicador del proceso de regeneración postincendio en ecosistemas mediterráneos. El presente trabajo, enmarcado en un proyecto multidisciplinar que lleva por título “Procesos de Recuperación de Ecosistemas Perturbados por el Fuego a través del modelo Helmintos/Micromamíferos” y que fue iniciado por el grupo Parasites & Fire, del Departamento de Parasitología de la Universidad de Farmacia de la Universidad de Valencia, ofrece nuevos resultados que avalan su validación en el Parc Natural de la Serra Calderona (Comunitat Valenciana, España), la cual sufrió un devastador incendio forestal en 1992. Durante 21 años (…
Body size increase in insular rodent populations: A role for predators?
2002
Insular mammalian populations living in areas of small size are often characterized by a drastic change in body mass compared to related continental populations or species. Generally, small mammals (less than 100 g) evolve into giant forms while large mammals (up to 100 g) evolve into dwarf forms. These changes, coupled with changes in other life, behavioural, physiological or demographic traits are referred to generally as the insular syndrome. We tested in this study the relative contribution of three factors - area of island, numbers of competitor species and number of predator species - to changes in body size of the woodmouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) in the Western Mediterranean Sea. Our …
Ecological Analysis of the Helminth Community of the Wood Mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus, along an 18-Year Post-Fire Regeneration Period in a Mediterrane…
2021
The role of helminths of the wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus, as biological indicators of the post-fire regeneration process in Serra Calderona Natural Park, a Mediterranean forest ecosystem located between the provinces of València and Castelló (Valencian Country, Spain), has been analysed for almost twenty years. The helminth ecological analysis of 917 A. sylvaticus (675 originating from the burned area and 242 originating from the control area) has been carried out between the 2nd and 18th post-fire years. The influence of intrinsic (host population density, sex and age) and extrinsic (site, period and year of capture, climate variables) factors on the post-fire evolution of the helminth…
Influencia de factores intrínsecos y extrínsecos sobre la evolución postincendio de la comunidad helmintiana del ratón de campo, Apodemus sylvaticus,…
2015
A lo largo de casi dos décadas se ha estado analizando el papel de los helmintos del ratón de campo, Apodemus sylvaticus, como bioindicadores del proceso de regeneración postincendio en el ecosistema de bosque mediterráneo del Parc Natural de la Serra Calderona, entre las provincias de Castelló y València. Formando parte de este proyecto multidisciplinar, se analiza la influencia de factores intrínsecos y extrínsecos sobre la evolución postincendio de las 10 especies componentes de la comunidad helmintiana del ratón de campo, 18 años después del incendio forestal. El análisis se ha llevado a cabo sobre 917 A. sylvaticus, 675 procedentes de las zonas quemadas y 242 de las zonas control. Las …