The comman darmouse is the more rare terrestdal mammal living in Sicily. An inventory of i
ts presence in woodlands of the Madonie Regional Park has been carried out by the use of …

A field survey was conducted in a highly degraded barren environment in Sicily in order to
investigate herpetofaunal community composition and structure, habitat use (niche breadth …

Using next-generation sequencing, we obtained for the first time a complete mitochondrial
DNA genome from a museum specimen of the extinct wolf (Canis lupus) population of the …

In last decades, biotechnologies have enabled a deep development of knowledge in all
fields of life sciences, allowing the collection of a wide range of data. Furthermore, the …

The common dormouse is the more rare terrestrial mammal living in Sicily. An inventory of
its presence in woodlands of the Madonie Regional Park has been carried out by the use of …

Detected larvae are subjected to identification at genus level, through the optical microscopy
(Leica DM 2000), according to morphological characters (Berland, 1961). Subsequently, …

Natural History Museums are places of scientific dissemination and informal education, and
have a fundamental role in scientific research and in preserving the historical heritage of a …

The population ecology of the Fat dormouse (Glis glis) is poorly known in Mediterranean
biotopes. During 1999–2001, we set artificial nest boxes of suitable size in three deciduous …

The Microtus (Terricola) savii sl complex is a group of five species/subspecies of the Italian
pine voles, which diverged at different times either with or without chromosomal differentiation…

We present morphological and ecological data on hares of the genus Lepus living on the
Italian peninsula and Sicily. During 16 years, we analysed specimens shot by hunters with …