@article{fdi:010095808,
  title = {{T}empo and mode in biological invasions : exotic rodents in the small mammal community of {B}amako ({M}ali)},
  author = {{A}g {A}tteynine, {S}olimane and {B}ertrand, {M}onique and {D}emb{\'e}l{\'e}, {A}. and {C}oulibaly, {F}. and {D}iagne, {C}. and {G}ranjon, {L}aurent},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}mall mammals are regular inhabitants of urban centres worldwide. {T}he house mouse {M}us musculus and rats of the genus {R}attus, major invasive alien species, are increasingly present, particularly in {W}est {A}frica where house mice and black rats ({R}attus rattus) are frequently met in commensal small mammal communities. {W}e studied the case of {B}amako the capital of {M}ali, through intensive city-wide trapping, and found a strong dominance of invasive alien species over native ones, with house mouse representing more than half and the brown rat ({R}attus norvegicus) nearly one quarter of the captures. {S}hrews ({C}rocidura olivieri) and multimammate rats ({M}astomys natalensis) represented the main native species still found in the city. {T}he spatial and ecological determinants of these species' distribution were analysed, showing segregation between species at different spatial scales. {A}t the housing unit scale, {M}. musculus and {M}. natalensis appeared associated with inner parts of buildings, while {R}. norvegicus and {C}. olivieri occured at the interface between the indoor and outdoor environments. {A}t the city scale, invasive species were more abundant in older quarters than in more recent peripheral ones. {T}his was particularly true for the house mouse which probably colonized {B}amako during the 21st century, while the brown and the black rats had done so a century before. {T}his process of invasion of a native community of small mammals by cosmopolitan invasive species is discussed in a regional context, as are the potential consequences it may have in terms of public health and social well-being.},
  keywords = {{I}nvasive species ; {M}us ; {R}attus ; {S}pecies ; interactions ; {U}rbanization ; {W}est {A}frica ; {MALI} ; {BAMAKO}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}ammalian {B}iology},
  volume = {[{E}arly access]},
  numero = {},
  pages = {[18 p.]},
  ISSN = {1616-5047},
  year = {2025},
  DOI = {10.1007/s42991-025-00542-7},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010095808},
}