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The aim of this work was to study the range of movements of Norway rats in two poultry farms in Exaltación de la Cruz, Buenos Aires Province. Three female and three male rats were followed by radio-telemetry. The mean home range was 0.024 ha (0.0024 to 0.0525 ha) and the mean maximum distance between localization points was 33.70 m (10 m to 66 m). The maximum daily movement registered was 65 m. Individuals captured near sheds or pigpens did shorter displacements than those captured on the perimeter of each farm. Our results indicate that Norway rats moved only short distances in poultry farms. © SAREM, 2008.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Movements of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) in two poultry farms, exaltatión de la Cruz, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Autor:Gómez Villafañe, I.E.; Muschetto, E.; Busch, M.
Filiación:CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), Argentina
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón II, 4 piso, Ciudad Universitaria (C1428EHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:Home range; Movements; Poultry farms; Radio-tracking; Rodentia; Rattus; Rattus norvegicus; Rodentia
Año:2008
Volumen:15
Número:2
Página de inicio:203
Página de fin:208
Título revista:Mastozoologia Neotropical
Título revista abreviado:Mastozoologia Neotropical
ISSN:03279383
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_03279383_v15_n2_p203_GomezVillafane

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Gómez Villafañe, I.E., Muschetto, E. & Busch, M. (2008) . Movements of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) in two poultry farms, exaltatión de la Cruz, Buenos Aires, Argentina . Mastozoologia Neotropical, 15(2), 203-208.
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Gómez Villafañe, I.E., Muschetto, E., Busch, M. "Movements of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) in two poultry farms, exaltatión de la Cruz, Buenos Aires, Argentina " . Mastozoologia Neotropical 15, no. 2 (2008) : 203-208.
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Gómez Villafañe, I.E., Muschetto, E., Busch, M. "Movements of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) in two poultry farms, exaltatión de la Cruz, Buenos Aires, Argentina " . Mastozoologia Neotropical, vol. 15, no. 2, 2008, pp. 203-208.
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Gómez Villafañe, I.E., Muschetto, E., Busch, M. Movements of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) in two poultry farms, exaltatión de la Cruz, Buenos Aires, Argentina . Mastozoologia Neotropical. 2008;15(2):203-208.
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