Understanding movement patterns of rodent pests is essential for planning management strategies. Currently, for many rural village contexts, there is limited information on how rodents move between domestic and peridomestic areas, and the surrounding habitats. We investigated movement of the multimammate rat, Mastomys natalensis and the black rat, Rattus rattus in nine villages in Kilombero District, Tanzania. We used Rhodamine B (RhB) baits placed inside houses (R. rattus preferred habitat) in five villages and placed outside (M. natalensis preferred habitat) in four villages.

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共生啮齿动物 Mastomys natalensis 和 Rattus rattus 的动态运动模式：使用罗丹明 B 确定不同的栖息地利用


了解啮齿类害虫的运动模式对于规划管理策略至关重要。目前，对于许多农村环境，关于啮齿动物如何在家庭和家庭周边地区以及周围栖息地之间移动的信息有限。我们调查了多哺乳动物大鼠 Mastomys natalensis 和黑鼠 Rattus rattus 在坦桑尼亚 Kilombero 区 9 个村庄的活动。我们使用了 5 个村庄的房屋内（R. rattus 首选栖息地）和四个村庄的室外（M. natalensis 首选栖息地）放置的罗丹明 B （RhB） 诱饵。