Spatial segregation between invasive and native commensal rodents in an urban environment: a case study in Niamey, Niger
Invasive rodents have been responsible for the diffusion worldwide of many zoonotic agents, thus representing major threats for public health. Cities are important hubs for people and goods exchange and are thus expected to play a pivotal role in invasive commensal rodent dissemination. Yet, data ab...
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ftenkore:wikidata-Q34472733 2023-10-09T21:55:33+02:00 Spatial segregation between invasive and native commensal rodents in an urban environment: a case study in Niamey, Niger Garba, Madougou Dalecky, Ambroise Kadaoure, Ibrahima Kane, Mamadou Hima, Karmadine Veran, Sophie Gagare, Sama Gauthier, Philippe Tatard, Caroline Rossi, Jean-Pierre Dobigny, Gauthier 2014-11-07 https://scholia.toolforge.org/work/Q34472733 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q34472733 https://doi.org/10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0110666 en eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://scholia.toolforge.org/work/Q34472733 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q34472733 doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0110666 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ urbanization Niger urban invasion journal article 2014 ftenkore https://doi.org/10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0110666 2023-09-22T09:36:30Z Invasive rodents have been responsible for the diffusion worldwide of many zoonotic agents, thus representing major threats for public health. Cities are important hubs for people and goods exchange and are thus expected to play a pivotal role in invasive commensal rodent dissemination. Yet, data about urban rodents' ecology, especially invasive vs. native species interactions, are dramatically scarce. Here, we provide results of an extensive survey of urban rodents conducted in Niamey, Niger, depicting the early stages of rodent bioinvasions within a city. We explore the species-specific spatial distributions throughout the city using contrasted approaches, namely field sampling, co-occurrence analysis, occupancy modelling and indicator geostatistics. We show that (i) two species (i.e. rural-like vs. truly commensal) assemblages can be identified, and that (ii) within commensal rodents, invasive (Rattus rattus and Mus musculus) and native (Mastomys natalensis) species are spatially segregated. Moreover, several pieces of arguments tend to suggest that these exclusive distributions reflect an ongoing native-to-invasive species turn over. The underlying processes as well as the possible consequences for humans are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus enKORE project PLoS ONE 9 11 e110666 |
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Invasive rodents have been responsible for the diffusion worldwide of many zoonotic agents, thus representing major threats for public health. Cities are important hubs for people and goods exchange and are thus expected to play a pivotal role in invasive commensal rodent dissemination. Yet, data about urban rodents' ecology, especially invasive vs. native species interactions, are dramatically scarce. Here, we provide results of an extensive survey of urban rodents conducted in Niamey, Niger, depicting the early stages of rodent bioinvasions within a city. We explore the species-specific spatial distributions throughout the city using contrasted approaches, namely field sampling, co-occurrence analysis, occupancy modelling and indicator geostatistics. We show that (i) two species (i.e. rural-like vs. truly commensal) assemblages can be identified, and that (ii) within commensal rodents, invasive (Rattus rattus and Mus musculus) and native (Mastomys natalensis) species are spatially segregated. Moreover, several pieces of arguments tend to suggest that these exclusive distributions reflect an ongoing native-to-invasive species turn over. The underlying processes as well as the possible consequences for humans are discussed. |
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Garba, Madougou Dalecky, Ambroise Kadaoure, Ibrahima Kane, Mamadou Hima, Karmadine Veran, Sophie Gagare, Sama Gauthier, Philippe Tatard, Caroline Rossi, Jean-Pierre Dobigny, Gauthier |
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Garba, Madougou Dalecky, Ambroise Kadaoure, Ibrahima Kane, Mamadou Hima, Karmadine Veran, Sophie Gagare, Sama Gauthier, Philippe Tatard, Caroline Rossi, Jean-Pierre Dobigny, Gauthier |
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Spatial segregation between invasive and native commensal rodents in an urban environment: a case study in Niamey, Niger |
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Spatial segregation between invasive and native commensal rodents in an urban environment: a case study in Niamey, Niger |
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Spatial segregation between invasive and native commensal rodents in an urban environment: a case study in Niamey, Niger |
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Spatial segregation between invasive and native commensal rodents in an urban environment: a case study in Niamey, Niger |
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Spatial segregation between invasive and native commensal rodents in an urban environment: a case study in Niamey, Niger |
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spatial segregation between invasive and native commensal rodents in an urban environment: a case study in niamey, niger |
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