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Hitching a ride: the early history of black rat immigration into southern Africa

2023-04-01

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Black rats are amongst the most studied mammals in the world due to both their broad distribution and their destructive association with humans. An exception has been southern Africa where their arrival and spread received little attention until recent genetic studies began to fill this knowledge gap. The present review examines two aspects of the broader picture that complement and provide a framework for these d...

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Literature Corpus work: 44afc89f-75c6-5d13-bbf7-cbdce2bd1789
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-022-02962-9

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