Ship rats and island reptiles: patterns of co-existence in the Mediterranean
Background The western Mediterranean archipelagos have a rich endemic fauna, which includes five species of reptiles. Most of these archipelagos were colonized since early historic times by anthropochoric fauna, such as ship rats (Rattus rattus). Here, I evaluated the influence of ship rats on the o...
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PeerJ Inc.
2020-03-01
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/8821.pdf |