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Title Mixed Methods Approach to Exploring the Relationship between Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus) Abundance and Features of the Urban Environment in an Inner-City Neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada
Author Chelsea G. Himsworth mail, Kirbee L. Parsons, Alice Y. T. Feng, Thomas Kerr, Claire M. Jardine, David M. Patrick
Date 2014-05-15
Description We developed a systematic environmental observation tool using methods borrowed from the field of systematic social observation. This tool, which employed a combination of quantitative and qualitative methodologies, was then used to identify environmental factors associated with the relative abundance of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) in an inner-city neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada
Keywords Norway Rat, urban, environment,population, abundance,
URL http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0097776
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