Sympatric Invasive Rats Show Different Diets in a Tropical Rainforest of an Island Biodiversity Hotspot 1

• Main Authors: Quiterie, Duron, Martin, Thibault, Sarah, Scussel, Raphaël, Gouyet, Mathilde, Méheut, Vidal, Eric
• Other Authors: Université de Bordeaux (UB), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: sympatric species diet; rodent impacts; food preference; trophic niche partitioning; endemic Squamata; island conservation; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics; Phylogenetics and taxonomy; [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment/Ecosystems; [SDV.EE.IEO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment/Symbiosis; Pacific; Many Islands; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02120061; https://hal.science/hal-02120061/document; https://hal.science/hal-02120061/file/02_73.2Duron%20et%20al.pdf

International audience Invasive rats (Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus, R. exulans) are recognized as a major threat to native island ecosystems and biodiversity. On many islands, two or three invasive rat species co-occur, often sharing the same habitat; however few studies have focused on the effects...