Browsing by Subject "Octodon degus"
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(Universidad de Chile, 2012)
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(2013)Background: Birds are important mobile link species that contribute to landscape-scale patterns by means of pollination, seed dispersal, and predation. Birds are often associated with habitats modified by small mammal ...
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(Universidad de Chile., 1977)El propósito del presente trabajo es cuantificar la variación ponderal testicular a lo largo del año y relacionarla con otros parámetros hitofisiologicos del tracto reproductivo de macho, al fin de caracterizar los periodos ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2022)Octodon degus es un roedor endémico de Chile, social y de hábito diurno, que se encuentra en ambientes abiertos con poca vegetación entre las regiones de Atacama y del Maule. Se ha documentado que O. degus es fuente de ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2016)
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Does digestion rate affect diet selection? A study in Octodon degus, a generalist herbivorous rodent (Springer Verlag, 1998)Dietary chemistry and an animal digestive physiology should be considered in any explanation of behavioral patterns of food use, as both influence dietary preference. In the degu Octodon degus (Molina, 1782), a generalist ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 1976)
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(Universidad de Chile, 1987)
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(Ecological Society of America, 1997)The degu, Octodon degus (Rodentia, Octodontidae) is a diurnal herbivore inhabiting the semiarid and mediterranean environments of northern and central Chile. In the field, degus are constrained to specific foraging areas, ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2016)
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(Oxford University Press, 2016-04)A growing body of evidence showing that individuals of some social species live in non-kin groups suggests kin selection is not required in all species for sociality to evolve. Here, we investigate 2 populations of Octodon ...
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(Elsevier, 2015)Parasite-mediated behavioral changes in their hosts have been documented in many species, but field evidence is scarce. The protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi is transmitted by insect vectors to several mammal species. Although ...
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(2009)Precipitation plays an important role in the dynamics of species found in arid and semiarid environments. However, population fluctuations generally are driven by a combination of multiple factors whose relative contribution ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2006)En esta tesis se estudio la discriminación de parientes en el roedor sudamericano Octodon degu (degu), estimando la importancia relativa del parentesco genético y de la familiaridad, con el fin de evaluar estos dos mecanismos
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(Universidad de Chile, 1996)
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2016)Small mammals use plant species for gathering food resources and for shelter. Preferences for certain plant species are related to nutritional restrictions and behavioural patterns, which could be altered in the presence ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2015)En este estudio, se analizaron los ensambles de ectoparásitos y endoparásitos de cinco micromamíferos de una zona semiárida a lo largo de cinco veranos consecutivos. Se identificaron 29 especies de ectoparásitos y 11 ...