Research trends and geographical distribution of mammalian carnivores in Portugal (SW Europe)

J Bencatel, CC Ferreira, AM Barbosa, LM Rosalino… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Information regarding species' status at a regional scale is instrumental for effective
conservation planning. Some regions of southwestern Europe, such as Portugal, albeit …

Palaearctic biogeography revisited: evidence for the existence of a North African refugium for Western Palaearctic biota

M Husemann, T Schmitt, FE Zachos… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim In contrast to the attention given to southern Europe both as a centre of speciation and
differentiation and as a Pleistocene refugium of Western Palaearctic taxa, North Africa has …

Phylogeographic Patterns in Africa and High Resolution Delineation of Genetic Clades in the Lion (Panthera leo)

LD Bertola, H Jongbloed, KJ Van Der Gaag… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Comparative phylogeography of African savannah mammals shows a congruent pattern in
which populations in West/Central Africa are distinct from populations in East/Southern …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular tracing of confiscated pangolin scales for conservation and illegal trade monitoring in Southeast Asia

H Zhang, MP Miller, F Yang, HK Chan… - Global Ecology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Despite being protected by both international and national regulations, pangolins are
threatened by illegal trade. Here we report mitochondrial DNA identification and haplotype …

Reviving the African Wolf Canis lupus lupaster in North and West Africa: A Mitochondrial Lineage Ranging More than 6,000 km Wide

P Gaubert, C Bloch, S Benyacoub, A Abdelhamid… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
The recent discovery of a lineage of gray wolf in North-East Africa suggests the presence of
a cryptic canid on the continent, the African wolf Canis lupus lupaster. We analyzed the …

Who lives where? Molecular and morphometric analyses clarify which Unio species (Unionida, Mollusca) inhabit the southwestern Palearctic

E Froufe, DV Gonçalves, A Teixeira, R Sousa… - Organisms Diversity & …, 2016 - Springer
Many doubts still exist about which freshwater mussel Unio species inhabit Northwest Africa.
While some authors refer to the presence of Unio delphinus in the Atlantic North African …

Combining ranger records and biogeographical models to identify the current and potential distribution of an expanding mesocarnivore in southern Europe

F Díaz-Ruiz, E Descalzo, M Martínez-Jauregui… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Human–wildlife conflicts (HWC) are increasing and are potentially harmful to both people
and wildlife. Understanding the current and potential distribution of wildlife species involved …

Snapshot of viral infections in wild carnivores reveals ubiquity of parvovirus and susceptibility of Egyptian mongoose to feline panleukopenia virus

MD Duarte, AM Henriques, SC Barros, T Fagulha… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The exposure of wild carnivores to viral pathogens, with emphasis on parvovirus
(CPV/FPLV), was assessed based on the molecular screening of tissue samples from 128 …

Phylogeography and postglacial recolonization of Europe by Rhinolophus hipposideros: evidence from multiple genetic markers

SE Dool, SJ Puechmaille, C Dietz, J Juste… - Molecular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The demographic history of Rhinolophus hipposideros (lesser horseshoe bat) was
reconstructed across its European, North African and Middle‐Eastern distribution prior to …

Age, sex and storage time influence hair cortisol levels in a wild mammal population

A Azevedo, L Bailey, V Bandeira, M Dehnhard… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The measurement of hair cortisol is increasingly used to understand the effect of natural and
anthropogenic stressors on wild animals, but it is potentially confounded by individual …