Origin and putative colonization routes for invasive rodent taxa in the democratic Republic of Congo
peer reviewed The threat posed by biological invasions is well established. An important consideration in preventing the spread of invasives and also subsequent introductions lies in understanding introduction pathways. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) houses a large percentage of the worl...
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ftorbi:oai:orbi.ulg.ac.be:2268/174114 2024-04-21T08:10:46+00:00 Origin and putative colonization routes for invasive rodent taxa in the democratic Republic of Congo Kaleme, P. K. Bates, J. M. Belesi, H. K. Bowie, R. C. K. Gambalemoke, M. Kerbis-Peterhans, J. Michaux, Johan Mwanga, J. M. Ndara, B. R. Taylor, P. J. Van Vuuren, B. J. 2011 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/174114 https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/174114/1/kaleme.pdf https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0104 en eng Taylor & Francis urn:issn:1562-7020 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/174114 info:hdl:2268/174114 https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/174114/1/kaleme.pdf doi:10.3377/004.046.0104 scopus-id:2-s2.0-79956131537 open access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess African Zoology, 46 (1), 133-145 (2011) Control region Democratic Republic of the Congo Mus musculus Rattus norvegicus Rattus rattus Democratic Republic Congo Kinshasa Ville de Kinshasa Rattus Rodentia Life sciences Zoology Sciences du vivant Zoologie journal article http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 info:eu-repo/semantics/article peer reviewed 2011 ftorbi https://doi.org/10.3377/004.046.0104 2024-03-27T14:56:39Z peer reviewed The threat posed by biological invasions is well established. An important consideration in preventing the spread of invasives and also subsequent introductions lies in understanding introduction pathways. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) houses a large percentage of the world's biodiversity, yet no national strategy exists to deal with the growing number of invasive alien species. Amongst these are the house mouse and ship and Norwegian rats. By comparing our result to published data, we show that species were possibly introduced into the DRC via two routes. The first is via the western seaport at Kinshasa where specimens of M. m. domesticus and R. rattus on the western and northwestern side of the DRC show ties with European haplotypes. The second is via the east where specimens of R. rattus appear linked to Arab and southeast Asian haplotypes. Future work should consider more comprehensive sampling throughout the DRC to more accurately investigate the occurrence of invasive species throughout the country as well as extend sampling to other African countries. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus University of Liège: ORBi (Open Repository and Bibliography) African Zoology 46 1 133 145 |
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Control region Democratic Republic of the Congo Mus musculus Rattus norvegicus Rattus rattus Democratic Republic Congo Kinshasa Ville de Kinshasa Rattus Rodentia Life sciences Zoology Sciences du vivant Zoologie Kaleme, P. K. Bates, J. M. Belesi, H. K. Bowie, R. C. K. Gambalemoke, M. Kerbis-Peterhans, J. Michaux, Johan Mwanga, J. M. Ndara, B. R. Taylor, P. J. Van Vuuren, B. J. Origin and putative colonization routes for invasive rodent taxa in the democratic Republic of Congo |
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peer reviewed The threat posed by biological invasions is well established. An important consideration in preventing the spread of invasives and also subsequent introductions lies in understanding introduction pathways. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) houses a large percentage of the world's biodiversity, yet no national strategy exists to deal with the growing number of invasive alien species. Amongst these are the house mouse and ship and Norwegian rats. By comparing our result to published data, we show that species were possibly introduced into the DRC via two routes. The first is via the western seaport at Kinshasa where specimens of M. m. domesticus and R. rattus on the western and northwestern side of the DRC show ties with European haplotypes. The second is via the east where specimens of R. rattus appear linked to Arab and southeast Asian haplotypes. Future work should consider more comprehensive sampling throughout the DRC to more accurately investigate the occurrence of invasive species throughout the country as well as extend sampling to other African countries. |
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Kaleme, P. K. Bates, J. M. Belesi, H. K. Bowie, R. C. K. Gambalemoke, M. Kerbis-Peterhans, J. Michaux, Johan Mwanga, J. M. Ndara, B. R. Taylor, P. J. Van Vuuren, B. J. |
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Kaleme, P. K. Bates, J. M. Belesi, H. K. Bowie, R. C. K. Gambalemoke, M. Kerbis-Peterhans, J. Michaux, Johan Mwanga, J. M. Ndara, B. R. Taylor, P. J. Van Vuuren, B. J. |
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Origin and putative colonization routes for invasive rodent taxa in the democratic Republic of Congo |
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Origin and putative colonization routes for invasive rodent taxa in the democratic Republic of Congo |
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Origin and putative colonization routes for invasive rodent taxa in the democratic Republic of Congo |
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Origin and putative colonization routes for invasive rodent taxa in the democratic Republic of Congo |
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Origin and putative colonization routes for invasive rodent taxa in the democratic Republic of Congo |
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origin and putative colonization routes for invasive rodent taxa in the democratic republic of congo |
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