Uncovering the secret lives of sewer rats (Rattus norvegicus): Movements, distribution and population dynamics revealed by a capturemarkrecapture study

Wildlife Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 202-219

  Heiberg, Ann Charlotte ^a   Sluydts, Vincent ^b   Leirs, Herwig ^a,b  

^a Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECOLONIZATION; RODENT; SEWER NETWORK; SUBURBAN AREA; SURFACE AREA; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

COPENHAGEN [(CTY) HOVEDSTADEN]; DENMARK; HOVEDSTADEN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84860127734     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR11149     Document Type: Article

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