Asian house rats may facilitate their invasive success through suppressing brown rats in chronic interaction

Abstract Background The Asian house rat (Rattus tanezumi) and the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) are closely related species and are partially sympatric in southern China. Over the past 20 years, R. tanezumi has significantly expanded northward in China and partially replaced the native brown rat sub...

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Main Authors: Hong-Ling Guo, Hua-Jing Teng, Jin-Hua Zhang, Jian-Xu Zhang, Yao-Hua Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Zoology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-017-0202-4