| frequent leptospira spp. detection but absence of tula orthohantavirus in microtus spp. voles, northwestern spain. | the common vole (microtus arvalis) is a major agricultural pest in europe and is a reservoir for several zoonotic agents, such as leptospira spp. and tula orthohantavirus (tulv). however, little is known about the occurrence of those pathogens in voles from spain, where the species has largely expanded its distribution range in the past decades, causing agricultural pests and zoonotic diseases. for a molecular survey, 580 common voles and six lusitanian pine voles (microtus lusitanicus) were col ... | 2021 | 34320644 |
| energetics and thermal adaptation in semifossorial pine-voles microtus lusitanicus and microtus duodecimcostatus. | rodents colonising subterranean environments have developed several morphological, physiological and behaviour traits that promote the success of individuals in such demanding conditions. resting metabolic rate, thermoregulation capacity and daily energy expenditure were analysed in two semi-fossorial pine-vole species microtus lusitanicus and microtus duodecimcostatus inhabiting distinct areas of the iberian peninsula. individuals capture location varied in habitat and soil features, allowing t ... | 2019 | 30719532 |
| p53 gene discriminates two ecologically divergent sister species of pine voles. | genes with relevant roles in the differentiation of closely-related species are likely to have diverged simultaneously with the species and more accurately reproduce the species tree. the lusitanian (microtus lusitanicus) and mediterranean (m. duodecimcostatus) pine voles are two recently separated sister species with fossorial lifestyles whose different ecological, physiological and morphological phenotypes reflect the better adaptation of m. duodecimcostatus to the underground habitat. here we ... | 2015 | 25990877 |
| using presence signs to discriminate between similar species. | the lusitanian and the mediterranean pine voles (microtus lusitanicus gerbe, 1879 and microtus duodecimcostatus de selys-longchamps, 1839) are fossorial sister species and have an allopatric pattern of distribution in portugal, which includes a potential sympatry area in the centre of the country. the present study aimed to determine the validity of using presence signs in the field for discrimination of the two species in an area of sympatry (northern alentejo) and the characteristics that achi ... | 2009 | 21392297 |
| genetic identification of iberian rodent species using both mitochondrial and nuclear loci: application to noninvasive sampling. | species identification through noninvasive sampling is increasingly used in animal conservation genetics, given that it obviates the need to handle free-living individuals. noninvasive sampling is particularly valuable for elusive and small species such as rodents. although rodents are not usually assumed to be the most obvious target for conservation, of the 21 species or near-species present in iberia, three are considered endangered and declining, while several others are poorly studied. here ... | 2013 | 23095787 |