Ecological characteristics in habitats of two African mole-rat species with different social systems in an area of sympatry: implications for the mole-rat social evolution
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00860.x" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00860.x</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00860.x" target="_blank" >10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00860.x</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Ecological characteristics in habitats of two African mole-rat species with different social systems in an area of sympatry: implications for the mole-rat social evolution
Original language description
African mole-rats (Bathyergidae) are subterranean rodents with diverse social systems, which range from solitary to highly cooperative. The social systems are thought to reflect ecological conditions. We examined ecological characteristics in habitats occupied by two mole-rat species with different social systems in an area of sympatry in the Nyika Plateau, Malawi. Whereas the solitary silvery mole-rat Heliophobius argenteocinereus occurs there in the afromontane grasslands, the social Whyte''s mole-ratFukomys whytei is bound to the Miombo woodlands. The habitat of F.?whytei was characterized by a lower food supply and harder soil. We suppose that the niche segregation of the two species in the Nyika Plateau is due to the inability of the solitary species to survive under the harsh ecological conditions. Absence of F.?whytei in higher altitudes may be due to its less effective thermoregulation, competitive exclusion by H.?argenteocinereus, or other unknown factors. Analysis of availab
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/KJB601410826" target="_blank" >KJB601410826: Activity and foraging ecology of subterranean rodents of family Bathyergidae</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
ISSN
0952-8369
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
286
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
145-153
UT code for WoS article
000299546200007
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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