Activity patterns and interactions of rodents in an assemblage composed by native species and the introduced black rat: implications for pathogen transmission

Abstract Background The degree of temporal overlap between sympatric wild hosts species and their behavioral interactions can be highly relevant to the transmission of pathogens. However, this topic has been scantly addressed. Furthermore, temporal overlap and interactions within an assemblage of wi...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Salgado, Isabel Barja, María del Carmen Hernández, Basilio Lucero, Ivan Castro-Arellano, Cristian Bonacic, André V. Rubio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-08-01
Series:BMC Zoology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-022-00152-7