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New insights into morphological adaptation in common mole‐rats (Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus) along an aridity gradient by Merchant, Hana N., Portugal, Steven J., Bennett, Nigel C., Janse van Vuuren, Andries K., Faulkes, Chris G., Bowen, James, Hart, Daniel W.

“…Morphological adaptation is the change in the form of an organism that benefits the individual in its current habitat. Mole‐rats (family Bathyergidae), despite…”
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Tissue Oxidative Ecology along an Aridity Gradient in a Mammalian Subterranean Species by Jacobs, Paul J, Hart, Daniel W, Merchant, Hana N, Janse van Vuuren, Andries K, Faulkes, Chris G, Portugal, Steven J, Van Jaarsveld, Barry, Bennett, Nigel C

“…Climate change has caused aridification which can alter habitat vegetation, soil and precipitation profiles potentially affecting resident species. Vegetation…”
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A comparison of the population ecology of 4 Cryptomys hottentotus subspecies by Süess, Tobias, Finn, Kyle T., Vuuren, Andries K. Janse van, Hart, Daniel W., Bennett, Nigel C.

“…Selection pressures underpinning the evolution of mammalian sociality and body mass variation have spurred great interest for several decades. Because they…”
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Evolutionary shifts in the thermal biology of a subterranean mammal: the effect of habitat aridity by Merchant, Hana N, Hart, Daniel W, Bennett, Nigel C, van Vuuren, Andries K Janse, Freeman, Marc T, McKechnie, Andrew E, Faulkes, Chris G, Mordaunt, Nathan D, Portugal, Steven J

“…Subterranean mammals representing a single subspecies occurring along an aridity gradient provide an appropriate model for investigating adaptive variation in…”
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Seasonal Changes in Locomotor Activity Patterns of Wild Social Natal Mole-Rats (Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis) by Finn, Kyle T., Janse van Vuuren, Andries K., Hart, Daniel W., Süess, Tobias, Zöttl, Markus, Bennett, Nigel C.

“…Differences in individual locomotor activity patterns may be linked to a number of ecological factors, such as changes in ambient temperature or photoperiod…”
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