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A review of the evidence for potential impacts of black rats (Rattus rattus) on wildlife and humans in Australia

Peter B. Banks A E and Nelika K. Hughes B C D
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A School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.

B Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.

C Australian Wildlife Conservancy, 33 Scenic Drive, Manly, NSW 2095, Australia.

D Present address: Evolutionary Ecology Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerpen, Belgium.

E Corresponding author. Email: peter.banks@sydney.edu.au

Wildlife Research 39(1) 78-88 https://doi.org/10.1071/WR11086
Submitted: 20 May 2011  Accepted: 6 November 2011   Published: 27 February 2012



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