Simple Summary The pet industry is a growing global multibillion dollar market. The
increase of exotic and non-domesticated animal ownership has led to an increase in the …

Invasive introduced mammals (IIMs) have ecological and social dimensions that require
holistic research to integrate academic disciplines with basic and applied sciences. We …

Abstract The American mink, Neovison vison, is an invasive species in Chile. Its impact on
native fauna and public health has not been studied in depth in the country. In this study, we …

The enemy release hypothesis (ERH) postulates that during the invasion process an
introduced species is released from the natural enemies that regulate its populations …

Species of rictulariid nematodes belonging to the genus Pterygodermatites Wedl, 1861 are
parasites of mammals with a wide geographical distribution. The taxonomy of this speciose …

The aim of the present study was to investigate the macroparasite fauna of Pallas's squirrel,
Callosciurus erythraeus, native to SE Asia, recently introduced to Italy and co-occurring with …

Introduced species are often less parasitised compared to their native counterparts and to
ecologically similar hosts in the new environment. Reduced parasitism may come about due …

Arboreal squirrels of the Asiatic genus Callosciurus have shown high likelihood of
establishment from few released animals, in particular, C. erythraeus has established wild …

In invasion ecology, reliable measures of female fecundity are necessary to infer population
growth rate and develop control programs to determine the proportion of animals that should …

Pterygodermatites are parasitic nematodes found in mammals worldwide, except Australia.
There are 38 described species, which are found parasitizing bats, rodents, marsupials …