Spatial segregation between invasive and native commensal rodents in an urban environment: a case study in Niamey, Niger

M Garba, A Dalecky, I Kadaoure, M Kane, K Hima… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Invasive rodents have been responsible for the diffusion worldwide of many zoonotic agents,
thus representing major threats for public health. Cities are important hubs for people and …

Native and invasive small mammals in urban habitats along the commercial axis connecting Benin and Niger, West Africa

K Hima, G Houémenou, S Badou, M Garba, HJ Dossou… - Diversity, 2019 - mdpi.com
Based on compiled small mammal trapping data collected over 12 years from Benin and
Niger (3701 individual records from 66 sampling sites), located in mainland Africa, we here …

Rats and the city: Implications of urbanization on zoonotic disease risk in Southeast Asia

KR Blasdell, S Morand… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Urbanization is rapidly transforming much of Southeast Asia, altering the structure and
function of the landscape, as well as the frequency and intensity of the interactions between …

From human geography to biological invasions: the black rat distribution in the changing southeastern of Senegal

H Lucaccioni, L Granjon, A Dalecky, O Fossati… - PloS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
In the contemporary context of zoonosis emergence and spread, invasive species are a
major issue since they represent potential pathogen hosts. Even though many progresses …

Rats, cities, people, and pathogens: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of literature regarding the ecology of rat-associated zoonoses in urban centers

CG Himsworth, KL Parsons, C Jardine… - Vector-Borne and …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Urban Norway and black rats (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus) are the source of a
number of pathogens responsible for significant human morbidity and mortality in cities …

Epidemiological connectivity between humans and animals across an urban landscape

JM Hassell, DM Muloi… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Urbanization is predicted to be a key driver of disease emergence through human exposure
to novel, animal-borne pathogens. However, while we suspect that urban landscapes are …

Monitoring rodents movements with a biomarker around introduction and feeding foci in an urban environment in Tanzania

K Mohr, H Leirs, A Katakweba, R Machang'u - African Zoology, 2007 - journals.co.za
Rodents are of concern as reservoirs and transmitters of pathogens that cause zoonotic and
other diseases in domestic animals and humans. The contact between wild and urban …

Assessing the distribution of disease‐bearing rodents in human‐modified tropical landscapes

S Morand, F Bordes, K Blasdell, S Pilosof… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We tested how habitat structure and fragmentation affect the spatial distribution of common
murine rodents inhabiting human‐dominated landscapes in South‐East Asia. The spatial …

Trends in urban rodent monitoring and mitigation: improving our understanding of population and disease ecology, surveillance and control

MH Parsons, CM Jardine, MS Crowther… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The urban environment is unique among earth's ecosystem in that it is almost entirely
created, maintained, and modified by humans. As such, it is not often a focus of ecological …

Lethal dog attacks on adult rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in an anthropogenic landscape

B Chakraborty, K Pithva, S Mohanty, B McCowan - Primates, 2024 - Springer
For nonhuman primates living in anthropogenic areas, predation by larger predators is
relatively rare. However, smaller predators, such as free-ranging as well as domesticated …