Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Rats in the ranks: the introduced black rat in Australia. |
| Authors: |
Banks, Peter B., Hughes, Nelika K. |
| Source: |
Ecos. Jul2012, Issue 173, p1-3. 3p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*RATTUS rattus, *FOODBORNE diseases, *PATHOGENIC bacteria, *BIOTIC communities |
| Geographic Terms: |
AUSTRALIA |
| Abstract: |
The article focuses on black rat's ecology and its impact on the Australian ecosystems. They are widely distributed across coastal environments in Australia. Black rats spread a suite of other bacterial diseases in Australia, such as Leptospira, Listeria and Salmonella. Black rats have largely been overlooked as a focus for research, compared with other introduced mammals in Australia. |
| Database: |
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