Rattus rattus
Using passive detection devices to monitor occupancy of ship rats (Rattus rattus) in New Zealand temperate rainforest
... Introduced ship rats (Rattus rattus) in New Zealand periodically irrupt when beech (Fuscospora spp; Lophozonia sp.) undergo mast seed-fall events (e.g. King & Moller 1997; Studholme 2000; Blackwell et ...
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Diet overlap and potential competition between North Island brown kiwi chicks (Apteryx mantelli) and ship rats (Rattus rattus) for limited resources on Ponui Island, New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Ecology at Massey University
... Diet overlap and potential competition between North Island brown kiwi chicks Apteryx mantelli and ship rats Rattus rattus for limited resources on Ponui Island, New Zealand... Lee Mark [r] ...
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Large-Scale Poisoning of Ship Rats (Rattus rattus) in Indigenous Forests of the North-Island, New Zealand
... The ship, roof, or black rat Rattus rattus (L.) was introduced into New Zealand last century, and is now a widespread pest in indigenous forests. Ship rats eat seeds and invertebrates (Beveridge, 1964; ...
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How elevation affects ship rat (Rattus rattus) capture patterns, Mt Misery, New Zealand
... Abstract: There is a lack of information about how elevation affects the distribution of ship rats in New Zealand. In this study, ship rats (Rattus rattus) were captured in traps set along a 2 km ...
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Ecology of Ship Rats (Rattus rattus) in a Kauri (Agathis australis) Forest in Northland, New Zealand
... (Rattus rattus) at Puketi, a kauri (Agathis australis) forest in Northland, were examined by live capture and radio-tracking over five weeks in September and October ...
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Annual and Stationary Variation of Black Rat Rattus Rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) Damage On Date Palm Inflorescences in Southeastern Algeria
... Many crops have been occasionally attacked by the rodents, especially cereals, sweet potatoes, peanuts, peas and melons (Delattre et al., 1992; Bachar, 2015). The extent of the losses and the nature of the attacks ...
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Spatiotemporal changes in relative rat (Rattus rattus) abundance following large-scale pest control
... (Rattus rattus) in remote, and often mountainous, forest areas of New Zealand is now possible due to advances in the aerial application of cereal baits containing the toxin sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) ...
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Schistosome-induced portacaval haemodynamic changes in Rattus rattus are associated with translocation of adult worms to the lungs
... R. rattus was not due to an innate anomaly of the rat vasculature but resulted from the formation of portacaval shunts during ...R. rattus with a male-only schistosome infection harboured adult worms in the ...
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Diet, population structure and breeding of Rattus rattus L. in South Island beech forest
... Rattus rattus eats a wide range of plant and animal foods (Shiels et ...R. rattus also has the potential to reduce populations of large invertebrate species, reptiles, amphibians, forest birds and ...
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Home range and population density of black rats (Rattus rattus) on a seabird island: a case for a marine subsidised effect?
... (Rattus rattus) home range size and population densities were measured on Big South Cape Island/Taukihepa, an island with a dense seabird colony, near South-west Stewart ...
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THE BIOCHEMICAL ALTERATION AND DNA DAMAGE IN RATS (RATTUS RATTUS) AFTER CHRONIC INTRAPERITONEALLY INJECTION TO PURIFIED MICROCYSTIN LR FROM ANABAENA CIRCINALIS
... Vol 10, Issue 11, 2017 Online 2455 3891 Print 0974 2441 THE BIOCHEMICAL ALTERATION AND DNA DAMAGE IN RATS (RATTUS RATTUS) AFTER CHRONIC INTRAPERITONEALLY INJECTION TO PURIFIED MICROCYSTIN LR FROM ANAB[.] ...
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Ship rats (Rattus rattus L.) in a Pinus radiata plantation [in New Zealand]
... SUMMARY: Unusually heavy rodent interference with apple-baited live-traps set for brush-tailed possums (Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr) in a 15-year-old Pinus radiata stand prompted an attempt to reduce the local rodent ...
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Effect of organophosphate pesticide (chlorpyrifos, fipronil, and malathion) on certain organs of Rattus rattus
... of Rattus rattus under laboratory conditions of 30±20 ˚C and 60±50% room humidity in the Biocontrol laboratory at the Department of Zoology, Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Agriculture, ...
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Butea monosperma (Lam.) induces sexual activity in male albino rat, Rattus rattus (Wistar)
... Thus, the present observations concluded that methanolic extract of flower of Butea monosperma at 300mg dose is highly significant (p<0.001) for orientation activity, mating performance and libido and not toxic . ...
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Multiple paternity and differential male breeding success in wild ship rats (Rattus rattus)
... (Rattus rattus), is a small mammal of tropical origin now globally distributed due to an impressive record of island invasions, and to its legendary resistance to subsequent risks of local extinction ...
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Evaluation and Characterization of Black Rat (Rattus Rattus) Population in the Phoenicultural Environments of Algeria
... of Rattus rattus depending on study stations Depending on sex, the males (n = 300) were trapped more compared to the females (n = 192) at all the ...
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Damage profile of house rat ( Rattus rattus ) on dough and mature stages of maize in a crop habitat of Faisalabad
... The house rat (Rattus rattus) is one of the most common and economically important of the commensally rodents. This rat not only inflicts heavy damage to stored food and dough and mature stages of maize ...
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A survey on helminthic infection in mice (Mus musculus) and rats (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus) in Kermanshah, Iran
... Parasitic infections of rodents can compromise scientific research as well as the health of the animals and humans. Based on previous studies, infection rate of parasitic helminths is different in various regions of ...
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GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION AMONG KARYOTYPIC FORMS OF THE BLACK RAT, RATTUS RATTUS
... Moreover, data from the analysis of amino acid composition of transferrin and from restriction endonuclease digests of mitochondrial DNA suggest the possibility tha[r] ...
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Geographical distribution and relative risk of Anjozorobe virus (Thailand orthohantavirus) infection in black rats (Rattus rattus) in Madagascar
... R. rattus abundance (number rats trapped in houses/number of trap nights in houses), outside house ...R. rattus abun- dance (number rats trapped outside/number of trap nights outside); host species ...
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