THE RANGE OF BLACK RAT (RATTUS-RATTUS) ON OCEANIC ISLANDS

Authors
KUCHERUK VV LAPSHOV VA
Citation
Vv. Kucheruk et Va. Lapshov, THE RANGE OF BLACK RAT (RATTUS-RATTUS) ON OCEANIC ISLANDS, Zoologiceskij zurnal, 73(7-8), 1994, pp. 179-194
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Zoologiceskij zurnal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00445134
Volume
73
Issue
7-8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
179 - 194
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-5134(1994)73:7-8<179:TROBR(>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The dispersion of black rat over oceanic islands took place in histori cal epoch in the course of human marine expansion. The present distrib ution of black rat and accompaning eusynanthropous rodents that occupi ed insular areas is shown by the analysis of data from more than 200 p ublications. The maps of global dispersion of black, Norway, Polynesia n rats and house mouse over islands are given. The characteristic feat ures of the distribution of the black rat are shown by designation of latitudinal zones of global range of eusynanthropous rodents. The prin cipal factors determining diffusion and implantation of black rat on o ceanic islands are revealed.