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Invasive predators and global biodiversity loss

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Evidence of natal habitat preference induction within one habitat type

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Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Infections Among Urban Homeless and Marginalized People in the United States and Europe, 1990–2014

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Multiple Paternity in Urban Norway Rats: Extended Ranging for Mates

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Preliminary Survey of Ectoparasites and Associated Pathogens from Norway Rats in New York City

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The Characteristics of Wild Rat (Rattus spp.) Populations from an Inner-City Neighborhood with a Focus on Factors Critical to the Understanding of Rat-Associated Zoonoses

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Detection of Zoonotic Pathogens and Characterization of Novel Viruses Carried by Commensal Rattus norvegicus in New York City

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(2014) Ridalva D. M. Felzemburgh et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Rat sightings in New York City are associated with neighborhood sociodemographics, housing characteristics, and proximity to open public space

(2014) Michael G. Walsh   PeerJ

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(2013) Julian Catchen et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Rats, Cities, People, and Pathogens: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Literature Regarding the Ecology of Rat-Associated Zoonoses in Urban Centers

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Infections by Leptospira interrogans, Seoul Virus, and Bartonella spp. Among Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) from the Urban Slum Environment in Brazil

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Ecology of Leptospira interrogans in Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) in an Inner-City Neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada

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The secret life of the city rat: a review of the ecology of urban Norway and black rats (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus)

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Fast gapped-read alignment with Bowtie 2

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Uncovering the secret lives of sewer rats (Rattus norvegicus): movements, distribution and population dynamics revealed by a capture - mark - recapture study

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Causes and consequences of living in closed societies: lessons from a long-term socio-genetic study on Bechstein’s bats

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Refuge sharing network predicts ectoparasite load in a lizard

(2010) Stephan T. Leu et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Discriminant analysis of principal components: a new method for the analysis of genetically structured populations

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Comparison of the Mantel test and alternative approaches for detecting complex multivariate relationships in the spatial analysis of genetic data

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AN ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IN WILD RATS

(2010) S. A. BARNETT   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

Hantavirus Transmission in Sylvan and Peridomestic Environments

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Rodent-borne diseases and their risks for public health

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Commensal ecology, urban landscapes, and their influence on the genetic characteristics of city-dwelling Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus)

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MATCHING HABITAT CHOICE CAUSES DIRECTED GENE FLOW: A NEGLECTED DIMENSION IN EVOLUTION AND ECOLOGY

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Vector transmission of Bartonella species with emphasis on the potential for tick transmission

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