Original title: Ecology and activity of mesic Afrotropic mole-rats
Translated title: Ecology and activity of mesic Afrotropic mole-rats
Authors: LÖVY, Matěj
Document type: Doctoral theses
Year: 2011
Language: cze
Abstract: This Ph.D. thesis focuses on the ecology and activity of mesic Afrotropic mole-rats. In particular, ecological characteristics in habitats of two mole-rat species with different social system, the solitary Heliophobius argenteocinereus and social Fukomys whytei, were analysed in an area of sympatry and the results are discussed in relation with available ecological data on other species. Two studies bring to light novel data on the ecology and behaviour of the free-living largest social bathyergid, the giant mole-rat Fukomys mechowii, especially in relation to ecological characteristics in its natural habitat, burrow system architecture, kin structure and spatial and temporal activity patterns. In the final study, new data on the field metabolism of the silvery mole-rat H. argenteocinereus are presented. These new findings are discussed in further detail and expand upon existing explanations for low resting metabolism in subterranean rodents and the differences in field metabolism in relation to seasonality of habitat.
Keywords: activity; African mole-rats; Bathyergidae; ecology; Fukomys; Heliophobius
Citation: LÖVY, Matěj. Ecology and activity of mesic Afrotropic mole-rats. České Budějovice, 2011. disertační práce (Ph.D.). JIHOČESKÁ UNIVERZITA V ČESKÝCH BUDĚJOVICÍCH. Přírodovědecká fakulta

Institution: University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (web)
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