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| Title |
Temporal Distribution and Weather Correlates of Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus) Infestations in the City of Madrid, Spain
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| Published in |
EcoHealth, March 2013
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10393-013-0829-3 |
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| Authors |
Ibon Tamayo Uria, Jorge Mateu Mahiques, Lapo Mughini Gras |
| Abstract |
Urban Norway rats are challenging pests, posing significant health and economic threats. Implementing ecologically based integrated rodent management (EBIRM) programmes relies primarily on the understanding of ecological relationships between rodents and their environments, with emphasis on the processes influencing rodent populations in the target ecosystem. We investigated the temporal distribution of urban Norway rat infestations in Madrid, Spain, and tested for the association of such infestations with temperature, relative humidity and precipitation by fitting a multivariate Poisson generalized linear model to a 3-year (2006-2008) daily time series of 4,689 Norway rat sightings. Norway rat infestations showed a marked seasonality, peaking in the summer. Most Norway rat sightings were reported on Mondays. Minimum temperature and relative humidity were positively associated with Norway rat infestation, whereas the association with precipitation was negative. The time series was adequately explained by the model. We identified previously unrecognized time periods that are more prone to Norway rat infestation than others and generated hypotheses about the association between weather, human outdoor activity, resource availability, rodent activity and population size. This provided local authorities engaged in preserving urban ecosystem health with basic research information to predict future rodent outbreaks and support the implementation of EBIRM programmes in urban areas. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Finland | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1 | 3% |
| South Africa | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 34 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 10 | 28% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Unknown | 10 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 31% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 17% |
| Unknown | 9 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 September 2013.
All research outputs
#3,605,010
of 22,703,044 outputs
Outputs from EcoHealth
#202
of 706 outputs
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#30,715
of 198,759 outputs
Outputs of similar age from EcoHealth
#5
of 15 outputs
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