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hispid

[′his·pəd]

(biology)

Having a covering of bristles or minute spines.

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This invasive predator is eating many larger mammals--raccoons, opossums, deer and others--which has caused an increase in contact between the mosquito and the hispid cotton rat.

Repellant News from the' Glades: One more reason to keep the skeeters away-and pythons, too

Nisoscolopocerus can be distinguished by having antennal segment I longer than total length of head, abdomen oval in outline, connexivum strongly exposed beyond margin of corium, and general surface of the body clothed with hispid tubercles.

A second species of the genus Nisoscolopocerus Barber 1928, from North America (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Coreini)

Remarks: Differs from Globigerina bulloides in loose embracing, radial elongation of the final chambers, visible aperture (slit) on the spiral side, and in having a thinner and less hispid wall.

Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa

One factor facilitating the northward range expansion of hispid cotton rats has likely been a switch to occupancy of deeper burrows that extend below the frost line (Dunnum 2002).

Potential influence of climate change on vector-borne and zoonotic diseases: a review and proposed research plan

Surface reticulate, hispid, conulose with the conules distributed in alignements.

Colonization of hydroelectric reservoirs in Brazil by freshwater sponges, with special attention on Itaipu/Colonizacion de reservorios de plantas hidroelectricas en Brasil por esponjas de agua dulce, con enfasis en el de Itaipu/Colonizacao de reservatorios de hidroeletricas no Brasil por esponjas de agua doce, com destaque para o de Itaipu

Growth and reproduction of hispid cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) in response to naturally occurring levels of dietary protein.

Effects of protein and energy restricted diet during lactation leads to persistent Morphological changes on Tibia growth in the weaned pups/Efectos de las restricciones de proteinas y de energia durante la lactancia provocan cambios morfologicos persistentes en el crecimiento de la Tibia de crias destetadas

40) The coconut leaf beetle (also known as coconut hispid or palm leaf beetle), an alien species that was first discovered in Hainan province in June 2002, is posing an unprecedented threat to trees of the palm family.

The war against biotic invasion - a new challenge of biodiversity conservation for China

Tissue samples of the opossum (Dideiphis virginiana), raccoon (Procyon lotor), hispid cot ton rat (Sigmodon hispidus), deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), and the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogastor) were examined microscopically for merozoites and/or sarcocysts.

Survey for Sarcocystis Neurona in Taxa of Small Mammals from Johnson and Henry Counties, Missouri. (Biological Science Section)

The armadillo and hispid cotton rat also have been documented as expanding northward into Nebraska in previous studies.

SHIFTING DISTRIBUTIONAL PATTERNS OF MAMMALS IN NEBRASKA

Habitat Differences in Mass-Specific Litter Sizes of Hispid Cotton Rats" / Journal of Mammalogy

Environmental impact: a preliminary citation analysis of local faculty in a new academic program in environmental and human health applied to collection development in an academic library

These include the entire population of the endemic golden langur monkey (Trachypithecus geei), the dwarf pig (Sus salvanius), and the Assam rabbit or hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus).

4 The protected areas and biosphere reserves in the savannahs

grassy fields, field and roadside edges, and edges of cultivated fields); capture frequency greatest in broom-sedge fields; however, given the lack of old-field habitat at the Station, abundance of hispid cotton rats is not as high as that of white-footed deermice.

Annotated checklist of the mammals at the Edward J. Meeman Biological Station

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