Habitat loss and fragmentation represent the most serious extinction threats for many species and have been demonstrated to be especially detrimental for mammals. Particularly, highly specialized species with low dispersal abilities will encounter a high risk of extinction in fragmented landscapes. Here we studied the edible dormouse (Glis glis), a small arboreal mammal that is distributed thro...

Here we summarize all available data about dormice (Gliridae) in Bulgaria, published one and our own observations, collected the last 20 years. Four species are found Bulgaria - Forest Dormouse ( Dryomys nitedula ), Edible Glis glis Hazel Muscardinus avellanarius ) Roach’s Mouse-tailed Myomimus roachi ). Altogether 1200 records from 283 locations. A database has been created which every single ...

The metalloid arsenic is a worldwide environmental toxicant, exposure to which is associated with many adverse outcomes. Arsenic is also an effective therapeutic agent in certain disease settings. Arsenic was recently shown to regulate the activity of the Hedgehog (HH) signal transduction pathway, and this regulation of HH signaling was proposed to be responsible for a subset of arsenic's biolo...

Tree shrews are small mammals living in the tropical forest of Southeast Asia. The habitus of species within the genus Tupaia is often quite similar, so that it is difficult to differentiate the species based on their morphology. We applied comparative bioacoustics, a tool successfully used to discriminate cryptic species of nocturnal mammals, to investigate whether species in the diurnal genus...

Glis2 is a member of the Gli-similar (Glis) subfamily of Krüppel-like zinc finger transcription factors. It functions as an activator and repressor of gene transcription. To identify potential co-activators or co-repressors that mediate these actions of Glis2, we performed yeast two-hybrid analysis using Glis2 as bait. C-terminal binding protein 1 (CtBP1) was identified as one of the proteins t...

Understanding how local environmental factors lead to temporal variability of vital rates and to plasticity of life history tactics is one of the central questions in population ecology. We used long-term capture-recapture data from five populations of a small hibernating rodent, the edible dormouse Glis glis, collected over a large geographical range across Europe, to determine and analyze bot...

The Garden Dormouse ( Eliomys quercinus) , is the rarest species of Gliridae family in Central Europe. So far, information on occurrence this Poland based mainly historical data literature. presence additionally confused by Forest Dryomys nitedula) similar appearance. range both overlap Poland, and they have often been distinguished incorrectly. aim research was to critically analyse known loca...

The Edible Dormouse ( Glis glis ) is a small arboreal mammal that lives in deciduous forests much of Europe, the Iberian Peninsula being one southern limits its distribution. Some studies have shown this species uses strategy anticipatory reproduction, which means it adapts reproductive effort to seed production, such as beech mast and acorns, varies greatly from year year. anticipates future a...

Intraspecific variation in size along spatial and environmental gradients has been documented many studies, different hypotheses have proposed to explain these patterns of geographic variation. We explored 4 island 35 mainland samples the Edible Dormouse ( Glis glis Linnaeus, 1758) from western Balkans Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia. Samples comprised 207 (mean ± SD=1...