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Rattus rattus

open access: yes, 2017
660. Roof Rat Rattus rattus French: Rat noir / German: Hausratte / Spanish: Rata negra Other common names: Black Rat, Common House Rat, House Rat, Ship Rat Taxonomy. Mus rattus Linnaeus, 1758, “Europe.” Taxonomy of R. rattus and its relatives is currently influx, and the clade might represent 4-6 species in the R. rattus species complex.
Don E. Wilson   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

A Review of Rat Lungworm Infection and Recent Data on Its Definitive Hosts in Hawaii

open access: yesHuman-Wildlife Interactions, 2019
Rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) is a zoonotic nematode that causes rat lungworm disease (angiostrongyliasis), a potentially debilitating form of meningitis, in humans worldwide.
Chris N. Niebuhr   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Study of Distribution for Rodent Species in Old Agricultural and Newly Cultivated Lands in the Desert of Sohag Governorate, Egypt [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2020
The study was conducted to identify of rodent species and their distribution between the old agricultural and the newly reclaimed lands at The farms of the Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University during 2018/2019.The results showed that there are three ...
S. Baghdadi, A. Desoky
doaj   +1 more source

Ground-based rodent control in a remote Hawaiian rainforest on Maui. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Effective control of introduced mammalian predators is essential to the recovery of native bird species in Hawai‘i. Between August 1996 and December 2004, introduced rodents were controlled within three home ranges of the Po‘ouli Melamprosops phaeosoma,
Brosius, Christopher N.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Phylogeography of Invasive Rats in New Zealand

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Two species of invasive rats (Rattus norvegicus and R. rattus) arrived in New Zealand with Europeans in the mid to late eighteenth and nineteenth century respectively.
James C. Russell   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Expanding population edge craniometrics and genetics provide insights into dispersal of commensal rats through Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. In Papers in Honour of Ken Aplin, ed. Julien Louys, Sue O’Connor, and Kristofer M. Helgen

open access: yesRecords of the Australian Museum, 2020
The Nusa Tenggara island chain consists of an archipelago that runs roughly east-west in eastern Indonesia. As part of Wallacea, it has never been connected to any continental landmass, and has been subject to a variety of biological invasions that have ...
Julien Louys   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

La lechuza Campanaria, Tyto alba (Strigiformes: Tytonidae) como regulador de plagas en un ecosistema urbano altoandino en el sur del Ecuador

open access: yesACI Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías, 2018
La progresiva expansión de las urbes no solo implica modificación de los ecosistemas, está también asociada a la introducción de especies plaga. En este sentido, es importante evaluar cómo especies nativas actúan como controladores de plagas.
Bernarda Elizabeth Vásquez Ávila   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Autochthonous Angiostrongylus cantonensis Lungworms in Urban Rats, Valencia, Spain, 2021

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
To determine the role of rats as potential reservoirs of zoonotic parasites, we examined rats trapped in urban sewers of Valencia, Spain, in 2021.
María Teresa Galán-Puchades   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Palaeogenomic analysis of black rat (Rattus rattus) reveals multiple European introductions associated with human economic history

open access: yes, 2022
The distribution of the black rat (Rattus rattus) has been heavily influenced by its association with humans. The dispersal history of this non-native commensal rodent across Europe, however, remains poorly understood, and different introductions may ...
Baron, Henriette   +15 more
core   +1 more source

Harnessing Population Genetics for Pest Management: Theory and Application for Urban Rats

open access: yesHuman-Wildlife Interactions, 2019
Effective management of rodent pests requires an ecological understanding of how they move through their environment and how those movements influence the invasion, persistence, or reinvasion of problematic colonies.
Matthew Combs   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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