Skip to main content

and
  1. No Access

    Article

    South African mouse shrews (Myosorex) feel the heat: using species distribution models (SDMs) and IUCN Red List criteria to flag extinction risks due to climate change

    Five species of mouse or forest shrews (Myosorex) are endemic to South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, four of which (Myosorex varius, Myosorex cafer, Myosorex longicaudatus and Myosorex cf. tenuis) are associated...

    Peter J. Taylor, Lilian Ogony, Jason Ogola, Roderick M. Baxter in Mammal Research (2017)

  2. No Access

    Chapter

    Hibernation in Free-Ranging African Woodland Dormice, Graphiurus murinus

    Although daily torpor is common in African animals, hibernation seems to be uncommon. In this study we investigated the use of hibernation in free-ranging African woodland dormice, Graphiurus murinus, during wint...

    Nomakwezi Mzilikazi, Zimkitha Madikiza, Rebecca Oelkrug in Living in a Seasonal World (2012)

  3. No Access

    Article

    Nest box use by woodland dormice (Graphiurus murinus): the influence of life cycle and nest box placement

    The use of nest boxes by the woodland dormouse, Graphiurus murinus, was investigated over a 13-month period in a riverine forest of the Great Fish River Reserve, South Africa. We predicted that some characteristi...

    Zimkitha J. K. Madikiza, Sandro Bertolino in European Journal of Wildlife Research (2010)