SURVIVAL AND RECRUITMENT OF MULTI-MAMMATE MOUSE, MASTOMYS NATALENSIS (SMITH 1834) IN AN AGRO-ECOSYST

• 作 者: LothS.Mulungu[1]V.Ngowo[2]M.E.Mdangi[3]A.S.Katakweba[1]P.Tesha[2]F.P.Mrosso[4]M.Mchomvu[5]A.W.Massawe[1]A.Monadjem[6]
• 机 构: Pest Management Centre,Sokoine University of Agriculture,P.O. Box 3110,Morogoro,Tanzania
• 出 处: The 5th International Conference on Rodent Biology and Manag
• 发表日期: 2014年期

　　We investigated the recruitment and survival of the multi-mammate mouse,Mastomys natalensis,within irrigated rice and fallow field habitats at different periods related to rice crop growth stages.Capture-Mark-Recapture data were collected for M.natalensis each month from June 2010 to May 2012 and both recruitment and survival were estimated in relation to land use (irrigated rice or fallow field) within the rice agro-ecosystem.Higher recruitment and survival were observed in rice fields than in fallow fields suggesting the relationship being compensatory where there was a higher abundance of the main food resources.In terms of management,farmers in the study area should clean and reduce the size of bunds around the rice fields in order to keep both recruitment and survival at low levels.