Small mammal inventory in the Lama forest reserve (south Benin), with new cytogenetical data

Nicolas, Violaine; Gerbault‐Seureau, Michèle; Delapré, Arnaud; Bed’Hom, Bertrand

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“…Identification of captured species followed available distribution maps as provided by Kingdon (1974, 2015) to genus level in the field and species confirmation was based on molecular technique (Cytochrome b ) in the molecular genetic laboratory of the Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences (Studenec, Czech Republic). The sequencing followed the genotyping protocol described by Bryja et al (2014) and was further compared to all published and unpublished data such as Sabuni et al (2015), Sabuni et al (2018), Aghová et al (2019), Krásová et al (2019) Nicolas et al (2020) and Voelker et al (2021). Sex, reproductive condition and weight (to the nearest gram) were recorded.…”

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Effects of prescribed burning on rodents in an East African woodland ecosystem

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The name “miombo” is a vernacular term for the forests in central, southern, and eastern Africa that are dominated by the closely related legume family genera Brachystegia, Julbernardia and/or Isoberlinia. Prescribed burning is a common management practice in most miombo woodland in protected areas that highly influences vegetation structure and composition which in turn influences small mammals' distribution and abundance. This practice if not checked might significantly affect the ecosystems. We investigated the effects of prescribed burning on rodent's ecology in the miombo woodland ecosystem in the Selous game reserve, Tanzania, between July 2018 and June 2020. A total of 473 individuals comprising six rodent species; Acomys ngurui (31.50%), Aethomys chrysophilus (28.96%), Mastomys natalensis (18.82%), Lemniscomys rosalia (14.16%), Mus minutoides (2.33%), Paraxerus flavovittis (0.85%) and two insectivorous shrew species; Petrodromus tetradactylus (3.17%) and Crocidura hitra (0.21%) were captured during 14,112 trap nights. There were no statistically significant differences in the abundance of A. ngurui between burnt and unburnt areas but its abundance was statistically significantly different between seasons. M. natalensis abundance was not statistically significantly different between burnt and unburnt areas or across seasons. The burnt sites had the highest species diversity than the unburnt in both wet and dry seasons. A. ngurui and M. natalensis survival and recruitment between burnt and unburnt sites were not statistically significantly different. The study shows that prescribed burning has an effect on specific species and demographic characteristics both positive and negative.

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Effects of prescribed burning on rodents in an East African woodland ecosystem

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“…Identification of captured species in the field followed available distribution maps as provided by Kingdon (1997, 2015) and species confirmation was performed using samples collected from all the captured species by sequencing the cytochrome b gene in the molecular genetic laboratory of the Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences (Studenec, Czech Republic). The sequencing followed the genotyping protocol described in Bryja et al (2014) and further compared to all published and unpublished data such as Sabuni et al (2015), Sabuni et al (2018), Aghová et al (2019), Krásová et al (2019), Nicolas et al (2020) and Voelker et al (2021).…”

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Current and Potential Future Distribution of Small Mammals in the Selous Ecosystem, Tanzania

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Massawe

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Journal of East African Natural History

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“…They have also a key ecological role in ecosystems, representing the most abundant members of rodent communities (Happold, 2013;Nicolas and Colyn, 2003;Nicolas et al, 2020b), serving as seed dispersers and relevant part of diet in carnivores. While some species are among the most common, widespread and abundant African rodents (e.g.…”

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Phylogenomics of African radiation of Praomyini (Muridae: Murinae) rodents: First fully resolved phylogeny, evolutionary history and delimitation of extant genera

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Lavrenchenko

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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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Small mammal inventory in the Lama forest reserve (south Benin), with new cytogenetical data

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Cited by 7 publications

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Effects of prescribed burning on rodents in an East African woodland ecosystem

Effects of prescribed burning on rodents in an East African woodland ecosystem

Current and Potential Future Distribution of Small Mammals in the Selous Ecosystem, Tanzania

Phylogenomics of African radiation of Praomyini (Muridae: Murinae) rodents: First fully resolved phylogeny, evolutionary history and delimitation of extant genera

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