@article{PAR00002590,
  title = {{A}nnual flooding, survival and recruitment in a rodent population from the {N}iger {R}iver plain in {M}ali},
  author = {{C}respin, {L}aurent and {P}apillon, {Y}ves and {D}oukary, {A}bdoulaye and {G}ranjon, {L}aurent and {S}icard, {B}runo},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}ultimammate rats of the genus {M}astomys are among the most widespread pest species in {A}frica. {P}revious studies of {M}astomys population dynamics have generally reported variation in abundance but few have investigated the demographic parameters underlying this variation, and in particular recruitment. {C}apture-mark-recapture data were collected for {M}astomys erythroleucus several times a year from 2000 to 2004 at a site annually flooded by the {N}iger {R}iver in {M}ali. {C}losed-population models were used to estimate population abundance. {B}oth seniority (a parameter inversely linked to recruitment) and survival probabilities were estimated by capture-mark-recapture models. {T}he impacts of water level, population abundance and cumulative rainfall were assessed for each demographic parameter. {S}urvival probabilities (local survival) were negatively correlated with water level, suggesting that rodents emigrated out of the study zone during flooding. {A}s for seniority probabilities, 86% of temporal variation was explained by a model with season, abundance, water level and the interaction between abundance and water level. {T}his suggests that density-dependence in recruitment was mediated by intraspecific competition for food or refuge from floodwaters, or by predation. {T}he flood of the {N}iger {R}iver greatly impacts {M}astomys erythroleucus population dynamics, affecting both survival and seniority probabilities.},
  keywords = {{A}bundance ; {C}apture recapture ; {D}ensity-dependence ; {M}astomys erythroleucus ; {R}ecruitment ; {S}eniority ; {S}mall mammal ; {S}urvival ; {T}rap-happiness ; {W}est africa},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {T}ropical {E}cology},
  volume = {24},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {375--386},
  ISSN = {0266-4674},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1017/{S}0266467408005105},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00002590},
}