HIGH FREQUENCY AUDIBLE CALLS IN NORTHERN BIRCH MICE SICISTA BETULINA IN RESPONSE TO HANDLING: EFFECTS OF INDIVIDUALITY, SEX AND BODY MASS ON THE ACOUSTICS

High frequency audible calls in northern birch mice Sicista betulina in response to handling: effects of individuality, sex and body mass on the acoustics

Abstract Objectives This is the first study of the sonic and ultrasonic vocalization in a Dipodidae rodent.For the small-sized quadrupedal northern birch mouse Sicista betulina, phylogenetically related to the bipedal jerboas (Dipodidae), we report null results for ultrasonic vocalization and investigate the acoustic cues to individual identity, se

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Work and subjectivity in the university: A multifaceted and global view of the processes of suffering and illness

The objective of this article is to discuss the relations among the processes of intensification, extensification and job insecurity in the university with the suffering and/or illness of professors, tutors, students and technical-administrative staff.It presents interlocutions of researcher groups who discuss the relation between work and subjecti

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