Publications

detection of leishmania (viannia) braziliensis complex in wild mammals from colombian coffee plantations by pcr and dna hybridization.	the small mammal fauna of coffee plantations in sw colombia was surveyed to determine which of the species present were infected with parasites of the leishmania (viannia) braziliensis complex and might therefore act as reservoirs of human cutaneous leishmaniasis. fifty animals of seven different species were captured. tissue samples were taken from the ears of specimens from each of the seven species. thirty three samples were analysed by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) using oligonucleotide pr ...	1998	9588240
population dynamics of the rat microryzomys minutus (rodentia: muridae) in the venezuelan andes.	the population dynamics of the small forest rice rat microryzomys minutus, a murid rodent that occurs in the high altitudes of the northern and central andes, was studied in disturbed and primary environments in a cloud forest of the venezuelan andes (juan pablo peñaloza national park, 8 degrees 11'n, 71 degrees 49'w). we collected 121 animals (66 female female and 55 male male) between 1995 and 1998, using pitfall traps with formalin. adult males were heavier than adult females. relative abunda ...	2006	18494331