Systematics of the black rat in Madagascar: Consequences for the transmission and distribution of plague

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 335-341

  Duplantier, Jean Marc ^a,d   Catalan, Josette ^b   Orth, Annie ^c   Grolleau, Benoit ^b   Britton Davidian, Janice ^b  

^a Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Antananarivo   (Madagascar)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Biogeography; Chromosomes; Island; Rattus rattus; Rodent borne disease, taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

MADAGASCAR;

RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037361617     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2003.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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