@conference {16511,
	title = {GENERAL MORPHOLOGY AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF BURROW ENTRANCES OF THE MICROTINE RODENT MICROTUS GUENTHERI (DANFORD \& ALSTON, 1880) IN THE NATIONAL PARK  OF DADIA - LEFKIMI - SOUFLI FOREST},
	booktitle = {12TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE ZOOGEOGRAPHY AND ECOLOGY OF GREECE AND ADJACENT REGIONS},
	year = {2012},
	month = {18 {\textendash} 22 June},
	publisher = {HELLENIC ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY},
	organization = {HELLENIC ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY},
	address = {Athens},
	keywords = {<i>Microtus guentheri</i>, forest, Lefkimi, Mammalia, morphology, National Park of Dadia, Rodentia, Soufli, Spatial distribution, δάσος, Εθνικό Πάρκο Δάσους Δαδιάς, θηλαστικά, Λευκίμμη, μορφολογία, Σουφλί, τρωκτικά, χωρική κατανομή},
	author = {Tritsis, K. and Bratsioti, S. and Kallimanis, A. and Poirazidis, K. and Youlatos, D.}
}
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	journal = {Journal of MammalogyJournal of Mammalogy},
	volume = {87},
	number = {3},
	year = {2006},
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	month = {2006///},
	pages = {563-570},
	abstract = {In northern Greece, European ground squirrels or sousliks (Spermophilus citellus) construct complex burrow systems by scratch-digging behavior. The present study investigated the presence of anatomical characters related to digging in the forelimb of S. citellus. The forelimb of 3 preserved specimens was dissected and several qualitative and quantitative variables on selected muscles were collected. In addition, selected osteological variables and indices were calculated in a sample of 207 sciurid postcrania representing 14 burrowing and nonburrowing genera. Both analyses showed that the forelimb of S. citellus was characterized by enlarged and powerful shoulder retractors, well-developed arm retractors with distal insertions upon a relatively robust humerus, enlarged elbow extensors associated with a long olecranon, and dominant pronators and carpal and digital flexors. Similar morphology is also encountered in other semifossorial mammals, indicating significant adaptations to scratch-digging behavior. However, the characters examined designate a more compromised morphology, associated with the generalized postcranium of sciurids. On the other hand, S. citellus exhibits a more specialized forelimb morphology, compared to that of other marmotines, for a semifossorial way of life, in association with the sub-generic derived morphology, lack of social interactions, and exploitation of a habitat with harder soils. {\textcopyright} 2006 American Society of Mammalogists.},
	keywords = {Forelimb, Mammalia, Muscles, osteology, Scratch digging, Spermophilus citellus},
	author = {Lagaria, A. and Youlatos, D.}
}
@conference {2364,
	title = {PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE INVESTIGATION OF THE PARASITIC FAUNA OF EUROPEAN GROUND SQUIRREL (SPERMOPHILUS CITELLUS) IN GREECE},
	booktitle = {12th International Congress on the Zoogeography, Ecology and Evolution of Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean},
	year = {2012},
	month = {18-22 June },
	publisher = {Hellenic Zoological Society.},
	organization = {Hellenic Zoological Society.},
	address = {Athens, Greece.},
	keywords = {Amoebozoa, Apicomplexa, Brachylaima, citellus, Cryptosporidium, disease, Eimeria, Entamoeba, european ground squirrel, Mammalia, parasites, Platyhelminthes, Rodentia, Spermophilus, Spermophilus citellus, vulnerable, ασθένεια, θηλαστικά, Λαγόγυρος, παράσιτα, τρωκτικά, τρωτός},
	author = {Diakou, A. and Kapantaidakis, E. and Youlatos, D.}
}
