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Shrews (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla) from a biodiversity hotspot, Mount Nimba (West Africa), with a field identification key to species

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081766%3A_____%2F21%3A00549142" target="_blank" >RIV/68081766:_____/21:00549142 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Result on the web

    <a href="https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/hd/zoosystema2021v43a30_pdfa.pdf" target="_blank" >https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/hd/zoosystema2021v43a30_pdfa.pdf</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a30" target="_blank" >10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a30</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Shrews (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla) from a biodiversity hotspot, Mount Nimba (West Africa), with a field identification key to species

  • Original language description

    In this study, we collected 226 shrew specimens originating from 16 localities on the Guinean and Liberian sides of Mount Nimba. We surveyed all major vegetation zones from 400 to 1600 m above sea level (asl), including forest and savannah habitats. We recorded 11 species, whose identifi cations were confi rmed by genetic analyses and classical morphometrics. Furthermore, we provide cytogenetic data for fi ve of these species. The shrew community at Mount Nimba is composed of a mix of both savannah- and forest-dependent species, which is related to the peculiar position of Mount Nimba situated at the transition between lowland rainforest to the south and Guinean woodlands to the north. We recorded 11 species of shrews in syntopy in lowland rainforest, seven in edaphic savannah and mountain forest, and fi ve in high-altitude savannah at 1600 m asl. Based on morphometric analyses, we show that these syntopic species separate along a size axis, allowing species to occupy different ecological niches, which we speculate allows them to access diff erent food resources. We also highlight that Crocidura theresae Heim de Balsac, 1968 from Mount Nimba has a diff erent karyotype from that described in Côte d’Ivoire. Finally, we develop a novel identifi cation key for shrews from Mount Nimba using external characters and standard body measurements, allowing it to be used in the field on live specimens. In total 12 shrew species are now known from Mount Nimba, which highlights its exceptional position as a tropical African biodiversity hotspot.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    10619 - Biodiversity conservation

Result continuities

  • Project

  • Continuities

    I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Others

  • Publication year

    2021

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    Zoosystema

  • ISSN

    1280-9551

  • e-ISSN

    1638-9387

  • Volume of the periodical

    43

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    30

  • Country of publishing house

    FR - FRANCE

  • Number of pages

    31

  • Pages from-to

    729-757

  • UT code for WoS article

    000730425800001

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database

    2-s2.0-85121746233