Native-range ecology and invasive potential of Cricetomys in North America

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 427-432

  Peterson, A Townsend ^a   Papeş, Monica ^a   Reynolds, Mary G ^b   Perry, Neil D ^c   Hanson, Britta ^d   Regnery, Russell L ^b   Hutson, Christina L ^b   Muizniek, Britta ^e   Damon, Inger K ^b   Carroll, Darin S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

African giant pouched rat; Cricetomys; Ecological niche modeling; Genetic Algorithm for Rule set Prediction; Invasive species; Rodent ecology

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOME RANGE; NATIVE SPECIES; NICHE; RODENT;

AFRICA; CONGO BASIN; EAST AFRICA; GAMBIA; INDIAN OCEAN; NORTH AMERICA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED STATES; WEST AFRICA;

CRICETOMYS; CRICETOMYS EMINI; CRICETOMYS GAMBIANUS;

EID: 33745174872     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-133R3.1     Document Type: Article

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