Monitoring rodents movements with a biomarker around introduction and feeding foci in an urban environment in Tanzania

African Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 294-298

  Mohr, Katrine ^a   Leirs, Herwig ^a,b   Katakweba, Abdul ^c   Machang'u, Robert ^c  

^a Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Pest management; Rhodamine B; Rodents

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING; MONITORING; PATHOGEN; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 35748971427     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2007)42[294:MRMWAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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