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Differences in diet between two rodent species, Mastomys natalensis and Gerbilliscus vicinus, in fallow land habitats in central Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Loth S. Mulungu --- Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Apia W. Massawe --- Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Jan Kennis --- University of Antwerp, Evolutionary Ecology Group, Belgium Dieter Crauwels --- University of Antwerp, Evolutionary Ecology Group, Belgium Seth Eiseb --- National Museum of Namibia, Namibia Themb’alilahlwa A. Mahlaba --- Department of Biological Sciences, Swaziland Ara Monadjem --- Department of Biological Sciences, Swaziland Rhodes H. Makundi --- Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Abdul A.S. Katakweba --- Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Herwig Leirs --- University of Antwerp, Evolutionary Ecology Group, Belgium Steven R. Belmain --- Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, U.K.Differences in the ecological niche requirements among rodent species competing in the same habitat may result from differences in the use of one to three resources: space, time and food or some combination of these. Alternatively, differences in resource use... -
Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: Implication for ecologically-based rodent management
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Apia W. Massawe --- Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Loth S. Mulungu --- Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Rhodes H. Makundi --- Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Nomfundo Dlamini --- Department of Biological Sciences, Swaziland Seth J. Eiseb --- National Museum of Namibia, Namibia Frikkie Kirsten --- Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute, South Africa Themb’alilahlwa Mahlaba --- Department of Biological Sciences, Swaziland Phanuel Malebane --- Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute, South Africa Emil Von Maltitz --- Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute, South Africa Ara Monadjem --- Department of Biological Sciences, Swaziland Peter Taylor --- Durban Natural Science Museum, Heritage and Libraries Department, South Africa Vassana Tutjavi --- National Museum of Namibia, Namibia Steven R. Belmain --- Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, U.K.As part of a three-year study to develop ecologically-based rodent management (EBRM) in southern Africa, a capture–mark–recapture study was carried out in Tanzania, Namibia and Swaziland to establish the demographic patterns and population dynamics of rodents. Two study grids were... -
Breeding dynamics of rodent species inhabiting farm–fallow mosaic fields in Central Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Apia W. Massawe --- Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Rhodes H. Makundi --- Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Loth S. Mulungu --- Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Abdul Katakweba --- Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Teresia N. Shayo --- Tanzania Official Seed Certification Authority, TanzaniaThe breeding dynamics of three species of rodents, Mastomys natalensis, Aethomys chrysophilus and Gerbilliscus vicina were investigated in a seasonal environment (wet versus dry) in Berega in the eastern parts of central Tanzania. Berega has a distinct unimodal rainfall pattern,... -
Post-weaning social behaviour within mother–offspring groups of the bushveld gerbil, Gerbilliscus leucogaster: implications for dispersal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Tracy K. Lötter --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Neville Pillay --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaSocial behaviour has been implicated in the natal dispersal of several small mammal species. We studied social interactions within groups of bushveld gerbil Gerbilliscus leucogaster mothers and their weaned offspring in captivity. We examined groups (n = 8) over several... -
Paraconcinnum leirsi n.sp. (Trematoda: Dicrocoeliidae) from rodents in Tanzania and its phylogenetic position within the dicrocoeliids
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: A. Ribas --- Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, Belgium R.H. Makundi --- Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania J. Goüy de Bellocq --- Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, BelgiumThe trematode Paraconcinnum leirsi n.sp. (Dicrocoeliidae) is described from two rodent species, the African gerbil, Gerbilliscus vicinus, and the spiny mouse, Acomys spinosissimus, from Tanzania. It differs from the description of P. hylomisci found in the Stella wood mouse, Hylomyscus... -
Lights out, let’s move about: locomotory activity patterns of Wagner’s gerbil from the desert of Saudi Arabia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: A.N. Alagaili --- KSU Mammals Research Chair, Department of Zoology, College of Science, Saudi Arabia O.B. Mohammed --- KSU Mammals Research Chair, Department of Zoology, College of Science, Saudi Arabia N.C. Bennett --- KSU Mammals Research Chair, Department of Zoology, College of Science, Saudi Arabia M.K. Oosthuizen --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, South AfricaWe investigated the circadian activity rhythm in the little-studied Wagner’s gerbil (Gerbillus dasyurus) from the Raydah Protected Area, southwestern Saudi Arabia. In order to assess whether these animals possess an endogenous rhythm of locomotor activity that entrains to the light:... -
Genetic variation in a North African rodent pest, Meriones shawi: microsatellite polymorphism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Aude Lalis --- Département Systématique et Evolution, France Josie Lambourdière --- Service de Systématique Moléculaire, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, FranceMeriones shawi is an ubiquitous and endemic rodent in northern African. This species is considered as an economically important pest because it often damages crops. Moreover, the gerbillines are known to function as reservoirs for a variety of serious human... -
Impacts of climatic changes on small mammal communities in the Sahel (West Africa) as evidenced by owl pellet analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Massamba Thiam --- IRD, CBGP (UMR 022: IRD/INRA/CIRAD/SupAgroMontpellier), Centre ISRA/IRD de Dakar Bel Air, Sénégal Khalilou Bâ --- IRD, CBGP (UMR 022: IRD/INRA/CIRAD/SupAgroMontpellier), Centre ISRA/IRD de Dakar Bel Air, Sénégal Jean-marc Duplantier --- IRD, CBGP( UMR 022: IRD/INRA/CIRAD/SupAgroMontpellier), Campus International de Baillarguet, FranceTo evaluate the impact of climatic change on rodent sahelian communities, we analysed the contents of over 2500 barn owl (Tyto alba) pellets collected along the Senegal river between 1989 and 2003, and from the Ferlo sahelian area in 2003...