Oliveira, Flávio G. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5510-7663
Tapisso, Joaquim T. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8664-9956
von Merten, Sophie http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6010-1127
Rychlik, Leszek http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1479-1443
Fonseca, Paulo J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2663-9385
Mathias, Maria da Luz http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3876-958X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (PD/BD/109400/2015)
Article History
Accepted: 23 November 2020
First Online: 3 January 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare they have no competing interests.
: The handling, capture and transportation of shrews were authorized by Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e Florestas (ICNF, license number 37/2016/CAPT). Maintenance and testing procedures were stated by a competent authority (ORBEA 3/2017) to be in accordance with the requirements following the European guidelines (Directive 2010/63/EU) transposed to Portuguese law (decree-law number 113/2013). Shrews were cared for in accordance with the Animal Behavior guidelines for the treatment of animals in behavioral research and teaching (ASAB/ABS CitationRef removed). Disturbance to captive animals was minimized by avoiding handling between tests and only checking shrews once every day when food and water were replenished. No animals died or showed evident signs of distress during or following a trial. After approximately three weeks, captive shrews were released at their original trapping site.
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: Analyses reported in this article can be reproduced using the data provided by Oliveira et al. (CitationRef removed)