| tularemia in florida: sylvilagus palustris as a source of human infection. | the marsh rabbit, sylvilagus palustris, was epidemiologically incriminated as the source of two human cases of tularemia. this represents the first published report of involvement for this species in the human disease. | 1975 | 1195503 |
| phylogenetic relationships of cottontails (sylvilagus, lagomorpha): congruence of 12s rdna and cytogenetic data. | the genus sylvilagus, which comprises the new world cottontail rabbits, contains several commercially important as well as endangered (or threatened) species. understanding the evolution of this group is pertinent to their management and conservation. the purpose of this study was to examine the evolutionary history of the cottontails using sequence data from the mitochondrial 12s rrna gene. the 12s data provide a robust phylogeny which was supported under a variety of phylogenetic approaches an ... | 1997 | 9187089 |
| predicting the impacts of future sea-level rise on an endangered lagomorph. | human-induced global climate change presents a unique and difficult challenge to the conservation of biodiversity. despite increasing attention on global climate change, few studies have assessed the projected impacts of sea-level rise to threatened and endangered species. therefore, we estimated the impacts of rising sea levels on the endangered lower keys marsh rabbit (sylvilagus palustris hefneri) across its geographic distribution under scenarios of current conditions, low (0.3-m), medium (0 ... | 2007 | 17557173 |
| redescription, synonymy, and new records of vexillata noviberiae (dikmans, 1935) (nematoda: trichostrongylina), a parasite of rabbits sylvilagus spp. (leporidae) in the united states. | vexillata noviberiae (dikmans, 1935) (trichostrongylina: heligmosomoidea), originally described as a parasite of sylvilagus floridanus from louisiana, is redescribed from material collected from sylvilagus palustris in florida and from s. floridanus in kansas. new morphometric and morphological data are provided. stunkardionema halla arnold, 1941, described from s. floridanus from kansas and new york, is proposed as a junior synonym of v. noviberiae. these findings confirm the occurrence of v. n ... | 2007 | 17918368 |
| distribution of mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in the lower florida keys. | johne's disease, a fatal and contagious gastrointestinal infection caused by mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (map), was first diagnosed in an endangered florida key deer (odocoileus virginianus clavium) in 1996 and later in six additional key deer deaths from 1998 to 2004. we investigated the geographic distribution of map in the lower florida keys from february 2005 through may 2006 via collection of blood and fecal pellets from 51 live-captured deer, collection of 550 fecal samples ... | 2008 | 18689642 |
| stable transmission of borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto on the outer banks of north carolina. | the spirochaete (borrelia burgdorferi) associated with lyme disease was detected in questing ticks and rodents during a period of 18 years, 1991-2009, at five locations on the outer banks of north carolina. the black-legged tick (ixodes scapularis) was collected at varied intervals between 1991 and 2009 and examined for b. burgdorferi. the white-footed mouse (peromyscus leucopus), house mouse (mus musculus) marsh rice rat (oryzomys palustris), marsh rabbit (sylvilagus palustris), eastern cottont ... | 2016 | 27966833 |
| marsh rabbit mortalities tie pythons to the precipitous decline of mammals in the everglades. | to address the ongoing debate over the impact of invasive species on native terrestrial wildlife, we conducted a large-scale experiment to test the hypothesis that invasive burmese pythons (python molurus bivittatus) were a cause of the precipitous decline of mammals in everglades national park (enp). evidence linking pythons to mammal declines has been indirect and there are reasons to question whether pythons, or any predator, could have caused the precipitous declines seen across a range of m ... | 2015 | 25788598 |
| co-occurrence dynamics of endangered lower keys marsh rabbits and free-ranging domestic cats: prey responses to an exotic predator removal program. | the lower keys marsh rabbit (sylvilagus palustris hefneri) is one of many endangered endemic species of the florida keys. the main threats are habitat loss and fragmentation from sea-level rise, development, and habitat succession. exotic predators such as free-ranging domestic cats (felis catus) pose an additional threat to these endangered small mammals. management strategies have focused on habitat restoration and exotic predator control. however, the effectiveness of predator removal and the ... | 2018 | 29721278 |
| burmese python target reflectivity compared to natural florida foliage background reflectivity. | the florida everglades is infested with burmese pythons caused by the release of exotic pets in the 1980s. the current estimates are between 30,000 and 300,000 pythons, where the result is a severe decline in everglade mammals: 90% reductions in raccoon, opossum, bobcats, and foxes. the marsh rabbits are completely gone. the population of the pythons is rapidly increasing exponentially with 20-50 eggs per snake with a life span of up to 20 years. pythons have been captured in the everglades with ... | 2019 | 31044871 |