The rare Fuegian fox (Lycalopex culpaeus) from the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago: history of discovery, geographic distribution, and socio-ecological aspects

Autor: Fabian M. Jaksic, Carlos Zurita, Cristóbal Briceño, Jaime E. Jiménez

Publikováno v: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, Vol 97, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2024)

Abstract Background The Fuegian fox (Lycalopex culpaeus) is a rare inhabitant of the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago on account of: (a) It is the southernmost Canid in the world. (b) It is the second largest, heaviest, and tallest native Canid in South

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/e2fb7e2978d44c7ebd47f7dc24e56b96

Monk Parakeet’s (Myiopsitta monachus) Ecological Parameters after Five Decades of Invasion in Santiago Metropolis, Chile

Autor: Cristóbal Briceño, Matilde Larraechea, Sergio Alvarado

Publikováno v: Birds, Vol 3, Iss 4, Pp 341-358 (2022)

Monk Parakeets are considered one of the most invasive bird species given its unique capacity among psittacines to build their own communal nests. Originally introduced as pets in houses from where they escaped or were released, they are currently co

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/ddc19f8f5c19458b8c7653cb01a48b35

Recurrent horizontal transfer identifies mitochondrial positive selection in a transmissible cancer

Autor: Andrea Strakova, Thomas J. Nicholls, Adrian Baez-Ortega, Máire Ní Leathlobhair, Alexander T. Sampson, Katherine Hughes, Isobelle A. G. Bolton, Kevin Gori, Jinhong Wang, Ilona Airikkala-Otter, Janice L. Allen, Karen M. Allum, Clara L. Arnold, Leontine Bansse-Issa, Thinlay N. Bhutia, Jocelyn L. Bisson, Kelli Blank, Cristóbal Briceño, Artemio Castillo Domracheva, Anne M. Corrigan, Hugh R. Cran, Jane T. Crawford, Stephen M. Cutter, Eric Davis, Karina F. de Castro, Andrigo B. De Nardi, Anna P. de Vos, Laura Delgadillo Keenan, Edward M. Donelan, Adela R. Espinoza Huerta, Ibikunle A. Faramade, Mohammed Fazil, Eleni Fotopoulou, Skye N. Fruean, Fanny Gallardo-Arrieta, Olga Glebova, Pagona G. Gouletsou, Rodrigo F. Häfelin Manrique, Joaquim J. G. P. Henriques, Rodrigo S. Horta, Natalia Ignatenko, Yaghouba Kane, Cathy King, Debbie Koenig, Ada Krupa, Steven J. Kruzeniski, Marta Lanza-Perea, Mihran Lazyan, Adriana M. Lopez Quintana, Thibault Losfelt, Gabriele Marino, Simón Martínez Castañeda, Mayra F. Martínez-López, Bedan M. Masuruli, Michael Meyer, Edward J. Migneco, Berna Nakanwagi, Karter B. Neal, Winifred Neunzig, Sally J. Nixon, Antonio Ortega-Pacheco, Francisco Pedraza-Ordoñez, Maria C. Peleteiro, Katherine Polak, Ruth J. Pye, Juan C. Ramirez-Ante, John F. Reece, Jose Rojas Gutierrez, Haleema Sadia, Sheila K. Schmeling, Olga Shamanova, Alan G. Sherlock, Audrey E. Steenland-Smit, Alla Svitich, Lester J. Tapia Martínez, Ismail Thoya Ngoka, Cristian G. Torres, Elizabeth M. Tudor, Mirjam G. van der Wel, Bogdan A. Vițălaru, Sevil A. Vural, Oliver Walkinton, Alvaro S. Wehrle-Martinez, Sophie A. E. Widdowson, Irina Zvarich, Patrick F. Chinnery, Maria Falkenberg, Claes M. Gustafsson, Elizabeth P. Murchison

Publikováno v: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020)

The competitive dynamics of mitochondrial haplotypes juxtaposed within the same cell are poorly studied. Here the authors show, in the context of a transmissible cancer, that one haplotype has recurrently entered cancer cells by horizontal transfer a

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/cb9d1b65978f4b9aba741090656d7d49

First record of Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888) (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) parasitizing invasive monk parakeets in Santiago, Chile

Autor: Cristóbal Briceño, Karina Yévenes, Matilde Larraechea, Alejandra Sandoval-Rodríguez, María Carolina Silva-de la Fuente, Fernando Fredes, Héctor Hidalgo, Valeria Alcayaga, Pablo Oyarzún-Ruiz, Cintia Munita, Daniel González-Acuña

Publikováno v: Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, Vol 30, Iss 1 (2021)

Abstract Myiopsitta monachus is an invasive psittacine with wide distribution due to the pet trade. Its large communal nests and synanthropic nature contribute to its successful colonization of cities, from where it seems to be expanding in range and

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/669162d2962c423e896e6f8b29c7e00d

Description of gastrointestinal parasitism through coprologic survey in Darwin’s fox, Lycalopex fulvipes (Martin 1837), and kodkod, Leopardus guigna (Molina 1782), in Chiloé island, Chile

Autor: Gerardo Acosta-Jamett, Sol Contreras, Pamela Muñoz, Cristóbal Briceño, Catherine Chirgwin, Felipe Hernández

Publikováno v: Gayana, Vol 82, Iss 2 (2018)

We aimed to identify faeces belonging to either Darwin’s fox (Lycalopex fulvipes) or kodkod (Leopardus guigna) by using molecular genetic techniques, and to describe and compare the gastrointestinal parasites harbored by both carnivores in Chiloé

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/fba367fb7f3547819ec6815266d6dce3