Sorex

Hawes M. (1976). Odor as a possible isolating mechanism in sympatric species of shrews (Sorex vagrans and S. obscurus), J Mammal 57, 404-406. 

Shrews, Sorex spp England 3 km from lead-zinc smelter vs. 23 km Carcass Immature Mature Kidney Immature Mature Liver Immature Mature... 

Dodds-Smith, M.E., M.S. Johnson, and D.J. Thompson. 1992a. Trace metal accumulation by the shrew Sorex araneus. I. Total body burden, growth, and mortahty. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Safety 24 102-117. 

Read, H.J. and M.H. Martin. 1993. The effect of heavy metals on populations of small mammals from woodlands in Avon (England) with particular emphasis on metal concentrations in Sorex araneus L. and Sorex minutus L. Chemosphere 27 2197-2211. 

Common shrew, Sorex araneus, UK, 1979 Near roadway... 

Mammalian wildlife from uncontaminated habitats usually contain less than 0.1 to about 5 mg Ni/kg DW in tissues in nickel-contaminated areas, these same species have 0.5 to about 10 mg Ni/kg DW in tissues (Outridge and Scheuhammer 1993 Chau and Kulikovsky-Cordeiro 1995), with a maximum of 37 mg/kg DW in kidneys of the common shrew (Sorex araneus) (Table 6.6). Nickel accumulations in wildlife vary greatly between species. For example, tissues of mice have higher concentrations of nickel than rats and other rodents, while beavers and minks have higher nickel concentrations in their livers than birds in similar sites near Sudbury (Chau and Kulikovsky-Cordeiro 1995). 

Common shrew, Sorex araneus Bony tissues 438-547 DW 106... 

Paraquat applications to spruce plantations for grass control had no effect on the movement or density of field mice (Microtus arvalis) and voles (Microtus agretis), but shrews (Sorex sp.) migrated from treated areas to untreated ones (Summers 1980). 

Bank vole whole less skull, stomach, viscera Common shrew, Sorex araneus] whole less skull, stomach, viscera Site 2, soil... 

However, several European rodent and shrew species (A. sylvaticus, C. glareolus, M. agrestis, and Sorex araneus) entered cleaned (with boiled water or detergent) traps equally often as dirty ones (only scraped after use). This was true for each species and sex. This suggests it may not be necessary to clean traps between uses (Tew, 1987). 

Long-taiied shrew, Sorex minutus] kidney vs. iiver... 

Masked shrew, Sorex cinereus whoie nickei-contaminated area vs. reference site Swine, Sus sp. 

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