Stable isotopes reveal seasonal dietary responses to agroforestry in a venomous mammal, the Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus)
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8761
Abstract: Abstract While trends in tropical deforestation are alarming, conservation biologists are increasingly recognizing the potential for species survival in human‐modified landscapes. Identifying the factors underlying such persistence, however, requires basic ecological knowledge of a species’… read more here.
Keywords: venomous mammal; solenodon solenodon; solenodon paradoxus; mammal hispaniolan ... See more keywords
The Fast and the Furriest: Investigating the Rate of Selection on Mammalian Toxins
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DOI: 10.3390/toxins14120842
Abstract: The evolution of venom and the selection pressures that act on toxins have been increasingly researched within toxinology in the last two decades, in part due to the exceptionally high rates of diversifying selection observed… read more here.
Keywords: toxins fast; venomous mammal; diversifying selection; toxin ... See more keywords