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Stochastic seasonality and nonlinear density-dependent factors regulate population size in an African rodent
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Both density-dependent and density-independent effects occur simultaneously in a murid rodent pest species, the multimammate rat Mastomys natalensis, using statistical capture–recapture models, and it is demonstrated that they do not affect all demographic rates in the same way.
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Phylogeographical patterns of genetic divergence and speciation in African mole‐rats (Family: Bathyergidae)
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This study uses an extensive molecular phylogeny and mitochondrial cytochrome b and 12s rRNA molecular clocks to examine in detail the divergence times, and patterns of speciation of the five extant genera in the context of rift valley formation in Africa.
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Forecasting rodent outbreaks in Africa-an ecological basis for Mastomys control in Tanzania
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Rainfall data were collated for years preceding historical outbreaks of Mastomys rats in East Africa to test the hypothesis that such outbreaks occur after long dry periods, and a flow chart was constructed to assess the likelihood of rodent outbreaks up to 10 months beforehand.
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A re-appraisal of palaeoenvironmental history in Central Africa: evidence for a major fluvial refuge in the Zaire Basin
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Results of a 5-year study on primate distribution and systematics in the Zaire Basin do not support the previously proposed diversity gra- dients, and show that the so-called East Central major has disappeared.
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Mitochondrial phylogeny reveals differential modes of chromosomal evolution in the genus Tatera (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) in Africa.
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The Archaeal Respiratory Supercomplex SoxM from S.acidocaldarius Combines Features of Quinole and Cytochrome c Oxidases
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It is shown that all respective genes are translated into polypeptides and that the SoxM supercomplex can be separated from the alternative oxidase SoxABCD and in that way characterized in a catalytically competent form for the first time.
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The basis of reproductive seasonally in Mastomys rats (Rodentia: Muridae) in Tanzania
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This contradicts earlier hypotheses that consider Mastomys as an opportunistic breeder in which reproduction is seasonally limited by poor conditions; environmental predictors were believed not to be involved since the animals live in an unpredictably unstable environment.
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The characterization of the Kilimanjaro Lophuromys aquilus True 1892 population and the description of five new Lophuromys species (Rodentia, Muridae)
Survival-variation within and between functional categories of the African multimammate rat
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Both density-dependent and density-independent factors simultaneously determine stage-dependent survival variation of the multimammate rat, showing how much of the variability in population growth rate is accounted for by the variability of the demographic rates resulting from limiting and regulating factors.
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Systematic and distributional notes on the Lophuromys flavopunctatus Thomas, 1888 species-complex in Ethiopia (Muridae-Rodentia)
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Multivariate analyses of the craniometrical data of specimens and comparisons with the type specimens, demonstrate that Lophuromys brevicaudus and L. chrysopus are to be considered valid species both endemic to Ethiopia; moreover these two species can be distinguished on pelage colour and external characters.
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