| a small mammal community in a forest fragment, vegetation corridor and coffee matrix system in the brazilian atlantic forest. | the objective of our work was to verify the value of the vegetation corridor in the conservation of small mammals in fragmented tropical landscapes, using a model system in the southeastern minas gerais. we evaluated and compared the composition and structure of small mammals in a vegetation corridor, forest fragments and a coffee matrix. a total of 15 species were recorded, and the highest species richness was observed in the vegetation corridor (13 species), followed by the forest fragments (1 ... | 2011 | 21912591 |
| noteworthy records of ixodes schulzei (acari: ixodidae) on rodents from the state of parana, southern brazil. | ixodes schulzei aragão & fonseca is an endemic tick to brazil and has already been reported in the northern (state of rondonia), southeastern (states of minas gerais, rio de janeiro and sao paulo) and southern (state of santa catarina) regions, always found in association with the water rat nectomys squamipes (brandt). this communication records the first occurrence of this tick species in the state of parana, southern region of brazil, and it constitutes its first report on akodon montensis (th ... | 2013 | 24252964 |