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标题：Habitat Utilization of Field Rats in Crop Fields and Adjacent Natural Vegetation in District Rawalpindi
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作者：Mosvi, Ali Hasnain ; Haider, Jibran ; Naseer, Amir 等
期刊名称：Journal of Bioresource Management
印刷版ISSN：2309-3854
出版年度：2020
卷号：7
期号：1
页码：2-13
DOI：10.35691/JBM.0202.0116
出版社：Wright State University
摘要：Current study was designed to assess habitat utilization of field rats in crop fields and adjacent natural vegetation in District Rawalpindi. The rodents are widely distributed and a serious agricultural pest in Pakistan. Relative abundance of rodent populations changes seasonally under field conditions. The field trials were conducted in district Rawalpindi of the Pothwar area, Pakistan. Wild vegetation plays an important role for providing shelter/cover to the rodent during non-crop season. The dominant wild vegetation recorded from field boundaries were: Cynodon dactylon, Achyranthes aspera, Aerva javanica Saccharum griffithii, Dactyloctenium aegyptium, Dichanthium annulatum, Desmostachya bipinnata, Imperata cylindrical, Ziziphus nummularia, Sorghum halepense and Capparis deciduas. This vegetation provides shelter and food to rodents when there is no cultivation or at an early stage of crop growth.
关键词：Habitat; rodents; ecology; bandicoot rat; pest