Use of habitat by the black rat (Rattus rattus) at North Head, New South Wales: an observational and experimental study

By Michelle P. G. Cox, Chris R. Dickman, Warren G. Cox. 2000

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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2. Jenna P. Bytheway
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4. Andrew J. Tyre
5. Hugh P. Possingham
6. David B. Lindenmayer
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7. A. Carthey
8. Jenna P. Bytheway

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• Biology and Impacts of Pacific Island Invasive Species. 11. Rattus rattus, the Black Rat (Rodentia: Muridae) (2014, background): “In Australia, Stokes et al. (2012) experimentally determined that the resident species (R. rattus or native R. fuscipes) were dominant in their behavior relative to intruders 88% of the time, irrespective of the rodent species that was the intruder. physiology and behavior The physiological and beha”
• A review of the current knowledge of rodent behaviour in relation to control devices. (2006, background): “At North Head, New South Wales, ship rats favoured habitat with dense understorey, especially with enhanced leaf litter (Cox et al. 2000).”
• INFERRING PROCESS FROM PATTERN: CAN TERRITORY OCCUPANCY PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT LIFE HISTORY PARAMETERS? (2001, background): “…at a range of spatial scales, from day-to-day microhabitat selection within a home range (e.g., Mysterud and Ims 1998, Rotenberry and Wiens 1998, Cox et al. 2000), to measurements of home range occupancy (e.g., Lindenmayer et al. 1990), up to abundance at population scales (e.g., Braithwaite et…”
• A review of the evidence for potential impacts of black rats (Rattus rattus) on wildlife and humans in Australia (2012, background): “Black rats in an area of remnant bushland in Sydney preferentially inhabited forest over scrub, heath, or more open urban habitats; the preferred forest habitat had a more complex and dense understorey (Cox et al. 2000).”
• Risk vs. reward: how predators and prey respond to aging olfactory cues (2013, background): “Both black rats and bush rats occur on the coastal fringe of Australia (Watts and Aslin 1981) and prefer dense, structurally complex understorey habitat (Braithwaite et al. 1978; Braithwaite and Gullan 1978; Cox et al. 2000, 2003).”