Population genetics, community of parasites, and resistance to rodenticides in an urban brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) population

Desvars-Larrive, Amélie; Pascal, Michel; Gasqui, Patrick; Cosson, Jean‐François; Benoît, Etienne; Lattard, Virginie; Crespin, Laurent; Lorvelec, Olivier; Pisanu, Benoît; Teynié, Alexandre; Vayssier‐Taussat, Muriel; Bonnet, Sarah; Marianneau, Philippe; Lacôte, Sandra; Bourhy, Pascale; Berny, Philippe; Pavio, Nicole; Le Poder, Sophie; Gilot‐Fromont, Emmanuelle; Jourdain, Elsa; Hammed, Abdessalem; Fourel, Isabelle; Chikh, Farid; Vourc’h, Gwenaël

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0184015

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Population genetics, community of parasites, and resistance to rodenticides in an urban brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) population

Published in PLoS ONE • Sep 8, 2017

Authors:

Amélie Desvars-Larrive

Michel Pascal

Patrick Gasqui

Abstract

Brown rats are one of the most widespread urban species worldwide. Despite the nuisances they induce and their potential role as a zoonotic reservoir, knowledge on urban rat populations remains scarce. The main purpose of this study was to characterize an urban brown rat population from Chanteraines...

Subject

Biology

Population

Rodenticide

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