Rodent population fluctuations in three ecologically heterogeneous locations in northeast, central and south-west Tanzania

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 135, Issue SUPPL.1, 2005, Pages 159-165

  Makundi, Rhodes H ^a   Massawe, Apia W ^a   Mulungu, Loth S ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Arvicanthis nairobae; Crop damage; Grammomys dolichurus; Graphiurus; Lophuromys flavopunctatus sp.; Mastomys natalensis; Mus; Plague; Population fluctuation; Praomys delectorum; Saccostomus elegans; Tanzania; Tatera leucogaster

Indexed keywords

ARVICANTHIS NAIROBAE; GRAMMOMYS DOLICHURUS; GRAPHIURUS; GRAPHIURUS MURINUS; LEMNISCOMYS GRISELDA; LOPHUROMYS FLAVOPUNCTATUS; MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; MUS SP.; PRAOMYS DELECTORUM; RODENTIA; SACCOSTOMUS; STEATOMYS PRATENSIS; TATERA LEUCOGASTER;

EID: 50849091678     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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