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A cost-effective high-throughput metabarcoding approach powerful enough to genotype ~44 000 year-old rodent remains from Northern Africa

scientific article

A multi-gene analysis of diversity of Bartonella detected in fleas from Algeria

scientific article

A remarkable case of micro-endemism in Laonastes aenigmamus (Diatomyidae, Rodentia) revealed by nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data

scientific article published in 2012

African highlands as mammal diversity hotspots: new records ofLamottemys okuensisPetter, 1986 (Rodentia: Muridae) and other endemic rodents from Mt Oku, Cameroon ⬇️

scholarly article by Christiane Denys et al published September 2014 in Zoosystema

Archaeobiogeography of extinct rice rats (Oryzomyini) in the Lesser Antilles during the Ceramic Age (500 BCE–1500 CE)

scientific article published in 2020

Assessment of Three Mitochondrial Genes (16S, Cytb, CO1) for Identifying Species in the Praomyini Tribe (Rodentia: Muridae)

scientific article (publication date: 4 May 2012)

Biogeographic history of Gerbillus campestris (Rodentia, Muridae) in Morocco as revealed by morphometric and genetic data ⬇️

scientific article published in 2019

Commensalism outweighs phylogeographical structure in its effect on phenotype of a Sudanian savanna rodent

scientific article published on 29 January 2020

Comparative phylogeography of two sibling species of forest-dwelling rodent (Praomys rostratus and P. tullbergi) in West Africa: different reactions to past forest fragmentation

scientific article

Complete genome sequence and molecular phylogeny of a newfound hantavirus harbored by the Doucet's musk shrew (Crocidura douceti) in Guinea

scientific article published on 27 August 2013

Cryptic diversity of Crocidura shrews in the savannahs of Eastern and Southern Africa

Description of a new endemic species of shrew (Mammalia, Soricomorpha) from PrÍncipe Island (Gulf of Guinea)

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Efficiency of fluorescent powder tracking for studying use of space by small mammals in an African rainforest

scholarly article by Violaine Nicolas & Marc Colyn published December 2007 in African Journal of Ecology

Evolutionary history of the Persian Jird,Meriones persicus,based on genetics, species distribution modelling and morphometric data

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Evolutionary history of the thicket rats (genus Grammomys ) mirrors the evolution of African forests since late Miocene

Evolutionary history of the two North African hedgehogs (Mammalia: Erinaceidae) Atelerix algirus and Paraechinus aethiopicus based on phylogeography and species distribution modelling ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

First molecular evidence for the presence of Crocidura pachyura (Mammalia, Soricidae) in Kabylie (Algeria)

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First molecular evidence for the presence of Gerbillus latastei (Rodentia, Muridae) in Algeria

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Flightless scaly-tailed squirrels never learned how to fly: A reappraisal of Anomaluridae phylogeny

scholarly article by Pierre-Henri Fabre published in June 2018

Forest refugia and riverine barriers promote diversification in the West African pygmy shrew (Crocidura obscuriorcomplex, Soricomorpha)

scientific article published in 2013

Genetic Diversity of Talpa Europaea and Nova Hanta Virus (NVAV) in France

scientific article

Genetic diversity and origins of invasive black rats (Rattus rattus) in Benin, West Africa

scientific article published on 02 June 2020

Genetic variation of the most abundant forest‐dwelling rodents in Central Africa ( Praomys jacksoni complex): Evidence for Pleistocene refugia in both montane and lowland forests

Geographical origin and endemism of Corsican Kuhl's pipistrelles assessed from mitochondrial DNA

How genomics can help biodiversity conservation

How to cross the desert if you are small and need mountains? Out‐of‐Ethiopia dispersal in Afromontane shrews

scientific article published on 17 October 2023

Integrative taxonomy of Guinean Lemniscomys species (Rodentia, Mammalia)

scientific article published in 2020

Interrogating Phylogenetic Discordance Resolves Deep Splits in the Rapid Radiation of Old World Fruit Bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) ⬇️

scientific article published on 4 March 2021

Mitochondrial phylogeny of African wood mice, genus Hylomyscus (Rodentia, Muridae): implications for their taxonomy and biogeography.

scientific article

Mitogenomics of the endemic Ethiopian rats: looking for footprints of adaptive evolution in sky islands

scientific article published on 04 January 2021

Molecular and morphological evidence for a Pleistocene radiation of laminate-toothed rats (Otomys: Rodentia) across a volcanic archipelago in equatorial Africa

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Molecular characterization and phylogenetic position of a new mariner-like element in the coastal crab, Pachygrapsus marmoratus

scientific article published on 23 March 2007

Molecular data and ecological niche modelling reveal the evolutionary history of the common and Iberian moles (Talpidae) in Europe

scientific article published in 2016

Molecular evidence supports recent anthropogenic introduction of the Algerian hedgehog Atelerix algirus in Spain, Balearic and Canary islands from North Africa

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Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate paraphyly of the genus Hybomys (Rodentia: Muridae): Taxonomic implications

scholarly article by Alain Didier Missoup published in February 2018

Molecular phylogeny of South-East Asian arboreal murine rodents

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Molecular phylogeny of hantaviruses harbored by insectivorous bats in Côte d'Ivoire and Vietnam

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Molecular taxonomy of Crocidura species (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) in a key biogeographical region for African shrews, Nigeria

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Morphometric Variation inHylomyscus AlleniandH. stella(Rodentia: Muridae), and Description of a New Species

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Multilocus phylogeny of African striped grass mice (Lemniscomys): stripe pattern only partly reflects evolutionary relationships

scientific article published on 04 November 2020

New data on the distribution of the two mole species Talpa aquitania Nicolas, Matinez-Vargas & Hugot, 2017 and T. europaea Linnaeus, 1758 in France based on museum and newly collected specimens

scientific article

New insights on phylogeography and distribution of painted frogs (Discoglossus) in northern Africa and the Iberian Peninsula

New molecular data favour an anthropogenic introduction of the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) in North Africa

scientific article published in 2015

Nonlinear projection methods for visualizing Barcode data and application on two data sets

scientific article

Notes on the distribution and phylogeography of two rare small Gerbillinae (Rodentia, Muridae) in Morocco: Gerbillus simoni and Gerbillus henleyi

scholarly article by Oussama Bouarakia et al published September 2018 in Comptes Rendus Biologies

Occupation and land-use history of a medium mountain from the Mid-Holocene: A multidisciplinary study performed in the South Cantal (French Massif Central)

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Out of Africa: demographic and colonization history of the Algerian mouse (Mus spretus Lataste)

scientific article published on 23 May 2018

Phylogenetic position of the endemic Mount Oku rat,Lamottemys okuensis(Rodentia: Muridae), based on molecular and morphological data

scholarly article by Alain Didier Missoup et al published 18 December 2015 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Phylogenomics of African radiation of Praomyini (Muridae: Murinae) rodents: First fully resolved phylogeny, evolutionary history and delimitation of extant genera ⬇️

journal article from 'Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution' published in 2021

Phylogeographic patterns in North African water frogPelophylax saharicus(Anura: Ranidae)

scientific article published in 2015

Phylogeographic structure and regional history ofLemniscomys striatus(Rodentia: Muridae) in tropical Africa

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Phylogeography and demographic history of Shaw's Jird (Meriones shawiicomplex) in North Africa

Phylogeography and ecological niche modeling unravel the evolutionary history of the African green toad, Bufotes boulengeri boulengeri (Amphibia: Bufonidae), through the Quaternary

scientific article published in 2017

Phylogeography and evolutionary history of the Crocidura olivieri complex (Mammalia, Soricomorpha): from a forest origin to broad ecological expansion across Africa

scientific article

Phylogeography of Mus (Nannomys) minutoides (Rodentia, Muridae) in West Central African savannahs: singular vicariance in neighbouring populations

scientific article published in 2010

Phylogeography of the North African dipodil (Rodentia: Muridae) based on cytochrome-bsequences

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Plio-Pleistocene history of West African Sudanian savanna and the phylogeography of the Praomys daltoni complex (Rodentia): the environment/geography/genetic interplay

scientific article published on 07 October 2010

Potential impact of climate change on spatial distribution of two savannah amphibian species in West Africa

scientific article published on 26 June 2023

Preliminary note: Talpa aquitania nov. sp. (Talpidae, Soricomorpha) a new mole species from southwest France and north Spain

scientific article published in 2015

Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: A collective international appeal ⬇️

scientific article published on 19 June 2024

Quaternary terrestrial microvertebrates from mediterranean northwestern Africa: State-of-the-art focused on recent multidisciplinary studies

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Recent species in old Islands: the origin of introduced populations of Litoria aurea (Anura: Hylidae) in New Caledonia and Wallis

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Seasonal variation in population and community structure of shrews in a tropical forest of Gabon

scholarly article by Violaine Nicolas et al published 16 February 2005 in Journal of Tropical Ecology

Seasonal variations in population and community structure of small rodents in a tropical forest of Gabon

scholarly article by Violaine Nicolas & Marc Colyn published June 2003 in Canadian Journal of Zoology

Shrew species diversity and abundance in Ziama Biosphere Reserve, Guinea: comparison among primary forest, degraded forest and restoration plots

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

scholarly article published in 2021

Species distribution modelling of Hylarana Species (Anura, Ranidae) and the problem of accurate species identification

scientific article published on 27 March 2023

Species sympatry and horizontal transfers of Mariner transposons in marine crustacean genomes.

scientific article published on 11 May 2006

Swimming Ability of 5 Species of African Rainforest Murid Rodents in Relation to Their Habitat Preferences ⬇️

scientific article published in April 2006

Systematics and diversification of Praomys species (Rodentia: Muridae) endemic to the Cameroon Volcanic Line (West Central Africa)

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Systematics and evolution of the Meriones shawii/grandis complex (Rodentia, Gerbillinae) during the Late Quaternary in northwestern Africa: Exploring the role of environmental and anthropogenic changes

scholarly article

Talpa aquitania sp. nov. (Talpidae, Soricomorpha), a new mole species from SW France and N Spain ⬇️

scientific article published in 2017

Taxonomy and biogeography of the African Pygmy mice, Subgenus Nannomys (Rodentia, Murinae, Mus) in Ivory Coast and Guinea (West Africa)

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Taxonomy of the African giant pouched rats (Nesomyidae: Cricetomys): molecular and craniometric evidence support an unexpected high species diversity

scientific article published on 26 June 2012

Tectonics, climate and the diversification of the tropical African terrestrial flora and fauna

scientific article published on 13 September 2020

Terrestrial small mammal diversity and abundance in central Benin: comparison between habitats, with conservation implications

scholarly article by Violaine Nicolas et al published 10 November 2010 in African Journal of Ecology

Terrestrial small mammals as reservoirs of Mycobacterium ulcerans in benin

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The 2016 release of the PREDICTS database [SUPERSEDED]

The Gambian epauletted fruit bat shows increased genetic divergence in the Ethiopian highlands and in an area of rapid urbanization

scientific article published on 11 December 2018

The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses

scientific article published on 12 February 2024

The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project ⬇️

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The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics

scientific article published in March 2022

The impact of the Congo River and its tributaries on the rodent genus Praomys: speciation origin or range expansion limit?

scientific article published on 25 October 2011

The phylogeny of the African wood mice (Muridae, Hylomyscus) based on complete mitochondrial genomes and five nuclear genes reveals their evolutionary history and undescribed diversity

scientific article published on 06 December 2019

The phylogeography of the rodent genusMalacomyssuggests multiple Afrotropical Pleistocene lowland forest refugia

The presence of Praomys, Lophuromys, and Deomys species (Muridae, Mammalia) in the forest blocks separated by the Congo River and its tributaries (Kisangani region, Democratic Republic of Congo)

scientific article published in January 2008

West-Central African Pleistocene lowland forest evolution revealed by the phylogeography of Misonne’s soft-furred mouse

journal article; published in African Zoology in 2012

Which frog's legs do froggies eat? The use of DNA barcoding for identification of deep frozen frog legs (Dicroglossidae, Amphibia) commercialized in France

scientific article published on 6 February 2017

Widespread occurence of mariner transposons in coastal crabs

scientific article published on 28 March 2008

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