Uncovering the diversity of rodents and shrews in the Chebera Churchura National Park, Ethiopia
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081766%3A_____%2F23%3A00574396" target="_blank" >RIV/68081766:_____/23:00574396 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/23:00132912
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mammalia-2022-0127/html" target="_blank" >https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mammalia-2022-0127/html</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2022-0127" target="_blank" >10.1515/mammalia-2022-0127</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Uncovering the diversity of rodents and shrews in the Chebera Churchura National Park, Ethiopia
Original language description
The recently established Chebera Churchura National Park represents a mosaic of savanna and montane evergreen forest. A report on small mammals (2013) showed their relatively high diversity, but species identification was based only on external morphology. We conducted a new field survey and genetic analyses to shed light on diversity and biogeographical affinities of small mammals in this under-explored national park. Based on results of mitochondrial DNA barcoding, 14 species of rodents and two species of shrews, including Crocidura turba (new to the Ethiopian fauna), were identified. Moreover, a new taxon of gerbils presumably representing a new species of the genus Gerbilliscus was discovered. We show that forest and savanna species often inhabit the same localities, which can be explained by the mosaic nature of biotopes. These results document the uniqueness of Chebera Churchura NP, especially in comparison with other Ethiopian national parks, and argue for its protection and further development.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10619 - Biodiversity conservation
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GC20-07091J" target="_blank" >GC20-07091J: Small mammals of Eastern African Mountains: evolutionary diversification and endemism in one of the world´s most important biodiversity hot-spots</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Mammalia
ISSN
0025-1461
e-ISSN
1864-1547
Volume of the periodical
87
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
451-463
UT code for WoS article
001010918000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85163830199