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2. Commensal small mammal trapping data in Southern Senegal, 2012–2015 : where invasive species meet native ones
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Granjon, Laurent, Fossati-Gaschignard, Odile, Artige, Emmanuelle, Bâ, Khalilou, Brouat, Carine, Dalecky, Ambroise, Diagne, Christophe, Diallo, Mamoudou, Gauthier, Philippe, Handschumacher, Pascal, Kane, Mamadou, Husse, Lætitia, Niang, Youssoupha, Piry, Sylvain, Sarr, Nathalie, Sow, Aliou, and Duplantier, Jean-Marc
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- 2021
3. Maritime international trade and bioinvasions: A three‐year long survey of small mammals in Autonomous Port of Cotonou, Benin.
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Badou, Sylvestre, Missihoun, Antoine A., Agbangla, Clément, Gauthier, Philippe, Houéménou, Gualbert, Dossou, Henri‐Joël, Etougbétché, Jonas, Adamjy, Tasnime, Tchabi, Arlette, Faton, Laurent, Hima, Karmadine, Evenamia, Camille, Diagne, Christophe, Besnard, Aurélien, Dalecky, Ambroise, and Dobigny, Gauthier
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INTRODUCED species ,BIOLOGICAL invasions ,NATIVE species ,INTERNATIONAL trade ,MICE ,FOOD transportation ,CONTAINER terminals - Abstract
International trade has been favouring the dissemination of a wide suite of invasive alien species. Upstream prevention through the monitoring of entry points is identified as an appropriate strategy to achieve control of bioinvasions and their consequences. Maritime transportation has been responsible for the introduction worldwide of exotic rodents that are major pests for crops and food stocks as well as reservoirs of many zoonotic pathogens. In order to limit further dissemination, the International Health Regulation constrains decisions makers and socio‐economic stakeholders to manage ship‐mediated import/export of rodents within seaports.Unfortunately, eco‐evolutionary insights into rodent introduction events that could guide preventive actions in seaports are very scarce. In order to bridge this gap, we here describe the results of a 3 year‐long survey of small mammals conducted in the Port of Cotonou, Benin.Our aim was to assess the spatiotemporal distribution, diversity and relative abundance of invasive and native rodents.960 small mammal individuals were captured in nine within‐seaport sites. We found (i) a marked predominance of invasive species (84% of the individuals belonging to Mus musculus, Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus), (ii) with native species (i.e. Mastomys natalensis and the shrew Crocidura olivieri) essentially restricted to peripheral non‐industrial areas, as well as (iii) a fine‐scale spatial segregation stable over time between the invasive Norway rats and house mice on the one hand, and the black rats and shrews on the other hand.Furthermore, trapping before and after two successive rodent control campaigns indicates that they were ineffective and that subsequent rodent recolonisation occurred 6–12 months following intervention.Synthesis and applications. Our results are discussed in terms of ecological processes at play (e.g. interspecific interactions) and operational recommendations (e.g. assessment of proper eradication units, environmental modifications). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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4. Differential immune gene expression associated with contemporary range expansion in two invasive rodents in Senegal
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Charbonnel, Nathalie, Galan, Maxime, Tatard, Caroline, Loiseau, Anne, Diagne, Christophe, Dalecky, Ambroise, Parrinello, Hugues, Rialle, Stephanie, Severac, Dany, and Brouat, Carine
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- 2020
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5. Parasites and invasions: changes in gastrointestinal helminth assemblages in invasive and native rodents in Senegal
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Diagne, Christophe, Ribas, Alexis, Charbonnel, Nathalie, Dalecky, Ambroise, Tatard, Caroline, Gauthier, Philippe, Haukisalmi, Voitto, Fossati-Gaschignard, Odile, Bâ, Khalilou, Kane, Mamadou, Niang, Youssoupha, Diallo, Mamoudou, Sow, Aliou, Piry, Sylvain, Sembène, Mbacké, and Brouat, Carine
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- 2016
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6. Sharing space between native and invasive small mammals: Study of commensal communities in Senegal.
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Granjon, Laurent, Artige, Emanuelle, Bâ, Khalilou, Brouat, Carine, Dalecky, Ambroise, Diagne, Christophe, Diallo, Mamoudou, Fossati‐Gaschignard, Odile, Gauthier, Philippe, Kane, Mamadou, Husse, Laëtitia, Niang, Youssoupha, Piry, Sylvain, Sarr, Nathalie, Sow, Aliou, and Duplantier, Jean‐Marc
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COMMENSALISM ,MICE ,MAMMALS ,HABITAT modification ,MAMMAL communities ,ZOONOSES ,RATTUS rattus - Abstract
Urbanization processes are taking place at a very high rate, especially in Africa. At the same time, a number of small mammal species, be they native or invasive, take advantage of human‐induced habitat modifications. They represent commensal communities of organisms that cause a number of inconveniences to humans, including potential reservoirs of zoonotic diseases. We studied via live trapping and habitat characterization such commensal small mammal communities in small villages to large cities of Senegal, to try to understand how the species share this particular space. Seven major species were recorded, with exotic invasive house mice (Mus musculus) and black rats (Rattus rattus) dominating in numbers. The shrew Crocidura olivieri appeared as the main and more widespread native species, while native rodent species (Mastomys natalensis, M. erythroleucus, Arvicanthis niloticus and Praomys daltoni) were less abundant and/or more localized. Habitat preferences, compared between species in terms of room types and characteristics, showed differences among house mice, black rats and M. natalensis especially. Niche (habitat component) breadth and overlap were measured. Among invasive species, the house mouse showed a larger niche breadth than the black rat, and overall, all species displayed high overlap values. Co‐occurrence patterns were studied at the global and local scales. The latter show cases of aggregation (between the black rat and native species, for instance) and of segregation (as between the house mouse and the black rat in Tambacounda, or between the black rat and M. natalensis in Kédougou). While updating information on commensal small mammal distribution in Senegal, a country submitted to a dynamic process of invasion by the black rat and the house mouse, we bring original information on how species occupy and share the commensal space, and make predictions on the evolution of these communities in a period of ever‐accelerating global changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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7. Out of Southern East Asia of the Brown Rat Revealed by Large-Scale Genome Sequencing
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Zeng, Lin, Ming, Chen, Li, Yan, Su, Ling-Yan, Su, Yan-Hua, Otecko, Newton O, Dalecky, Ambroise, Donnellan, Stephen, Aplin, Ken, Liu, Xiao-Hui, Song, Ying, Zhang, Zhi-Bin, Esmailizadeh, Ali, Sohrabi, Saeed S, Nanaei, Hojjat Asadollahpour, Liu, He-Qun, Wang, Ming-Shan, Ag Atteynine, Solimane, Rocamora, Gérard, Brescia, Fabrice, Morand, Serge, Irwin, David M, Peng, Ming-Sheng, Yao, Yong-Gang, Li, Hai-Peng, Wu, Dong-Dong, and Zhang, Ya-Ping
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- 2018
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8. Prolifération de rongeurs dans les milieux urbains et agricoles d'Afrique subsaharienne.
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Dalecky, Ambroise, Garba, Madougou, Danzabarma, Abdoulaziz Ibrahim, Etougbétché, Jonas, Badou, Sylvestre, Dossou, Henri-Joël, Sow, Ibrahima, Niang, Cheikh Tidiane, Diene, Ousmane, Diallo, Idrissa, Saghiri, Mohamed Seyidna Ali, Sidatt, Mohamed El Hady, Van Steenbergen, Frank, Bal, Amadou Bocar, Bosma, Luwieke, Houéménou, Gualbert, Atteynine, Solimane Ag, Hima, Karmadine, Dobigny, Gauthier, and Meheretu, Yonas
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ZOONOSES ,PLANT protection ,CITIES & towns ,SUSTAINABLE development ,NUISANCES ,RODENTICIDES - Abstract
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- 2023
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9. Contemporary variations of immune responsiveness during range expansion of two invasive rodents in Senegal
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Diagne, Christophe, Gilot‐Fromont, Emmanuelle, Cornet, Stéphane, Husse, Laëtitia, Doucouré, Souleymane, Dalecky, Ambroise, Bâ, Khalilou, Kane, Mamadou, Niang, Youssoupha, Diallo, Mamoudou, Sow, Aliou, Fossati‐Gaschignard, Odile, Piry, Sylvain, Artige, Emmanuelle, Sembène, Mbacké, Brouat, Carine, and Charbonnel, Nathalie
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- 2017
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10. Age and relatedness have an interactive effect on the feeding behaviour of helpers in cooperatively breeding sociable weavers
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Doutrelant, Claire, Dalecky, Ambroise, and Covas, Rita
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- 2011
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11. Dynamics of Species Coexistence: Maintenance of a Plant-Ant Competitive Metacommunity
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Debout, Gabriel D. G., Dalecky, Ambroise, Ngomi, Alain Ngomi, and McKey, Doyle B.
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- 2009
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12. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in commensal rodents sampled across Senegal, West Africa
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Brouat Carine, Diagne Christophe Amidi, Ismaïl Khadija, Aroussi Abdelkrim, Dalecky Ambroise, Bâ Khalilou, Kane Mamadou, Niang Youssoupha, Diallo Mamoudou, Sow Aliou, Galal Lokman, Piry Sylvain, Dardé Marie-Laure, and Mercier Aurélien
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africa ,rodents ,senegal ,seroprevalence ,toxoplasma gondii ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
Risks related to Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans remain poorly known in Senegal. Although rodent surveys could help to assess the circulation of T. gondii, they have seldom been set up in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to examine Toxoplasma seroprevalence in rodents from villages and towns across Senegal. Rodents were sampled in 40 localities using a standardised trapping protocol. Detection of T. gondii antibodies was performed on 1205 rodents, using a modified agglutination test (MAT) technique. Seroprevalence data were analysed depending on geography, the local rodent community, and individual characteristics of the rodent hosts. We found 44 seropositive rodents from four different species (Mastomys erythroleucus, Mastomys natalensis, Mus musculus domesticus, Rattus rattus). Toxoplasma seroprevalence was low, averaging 4% in the localities. Higher Toxoplasma seroprevalence (up to 24%) was found in northern Senegal, a region known to be the heart of pastoral herding in the country.
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- 2018
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13. Kin Associations and Direct vs Indirect Fitness Benefits in Colonial Cooperatively Breeding Sociable Weavers Philetairus socius
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Covas, Rita, Dalecky, Ambroise, Caizergues, Alain, and Doutrelant, Claire
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- 2006
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14. Socio-environmental changes and rodent populations in lowland agroecosystems of the lower delta of the River Senegal, West Africa: results of observations over a decade, 2008-2019.
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NIANG, Cheikh T., KANE, Mamadou, NIANG, Youssoupha, SARR, Nathalie, MARCH, Laura, TATARD, Caroline, ARTIGE, Emma, DIAGNE, Christophe, MORON, Vincent, MAUFFREY, Jean-François, NOÛS, Camille, BÂ, Khalilou, LAFFONT-SCHWOB, Isabelle, BAL, Amadou B., and DALECKY, Ambroise
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In the context of food self-sufficiency, the River Senegal Valley has been undergoing profound environmental changes for several decades. Rice production has increased due to the development of vast irrigated perimeters, which has been accompanied by recurrent proliferations of rodent populations that are crop pests and reservoirs of zoonoses. The aim of our study was to determine the factors underlying these phases of increased rodent abundance over a ten-year (2008 to 2019) sampling period during the hot dry season (February-May). A total of 1,867 rodents of four species were captured, among which Arvicanthis niloticus and Mastomys huberti dominated. Our results showed that, during this season, rodent abundance (i) increases significantly with rainfall from the previous year, (ii) is higher in cultivated than in uncultivated plots, (iii) increases with plant cover, (iv) increases, for M. huberti, with the presence of open water. We showed that in an area that was first sparsely cultivated and then impacted by hydro-agricultural rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage infrastructure, the abundance of A. niloticus changed following this program, reaching the level of a nearby area that has been intensively cultivated for decades. Moreover, we showed that the proportion of adults among the captured individuals was lower in rice plots than in vegetable gardening fields and uncultivated plots. The breeding pattern of adult individuals was also affected by land use. Results suggest that uncultivated areas and vegetable gardening fields constitute refuge and breeding ground hotspots and would thus form a starting point for the invasion of rice fields. Following these results, we advocate for regular monitoring of rodent breeding and abundance patterns, with a special focus on these refuge areas, particularly during the hot dry season. We recommend implementing effective and sustainable science-based control strategies at national and community levels to keep rodent populations within tolerable limits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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15. Changes in mating system and social structure of the ant Petalomymex phylax are associated with range expansion in Cameroon
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Dalecky, Ambroise, Debout, Gabriel, Estoup, Arnaud, McKey, Doyle B., and Kjellberg, Finn
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Courtship of animals -- Research ,Ants -- Behavior ,Social behavior in animals -- Research ,Biological sciences - Abstract
Changes in mating system and social structure of the ant Petalomymex phylax from the coastal southern Cameroon were studied. The results suggested that the initial founders of new populations belong to monogynous to weakly polygynous phenotype.
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16. Ecophylogenetics: advances and perspectives
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Mouquet, Nicolas, Devictor, Vincent, Meynard, Christine N., Munoz, Francois, Bersier, Louis-Félix, Chave, Jérôme, Couteron, Pierre, Dalecky, Ambroise, Fontaine, Colin, Gravel, Dominique, Hardy, Olivier J., Jabot, Franck, Lavergne, Sébastien, Leibold, Mathew, Mouillot, David, Münkemüller, Tamara, Pavoine, Sandrine, Prinzing, Andreas, Rodrigues, Ana S.L., Rohr, Rudolf P., Thébault, Elisa, and Thuiller, Wilfried
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- 2012
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17. Leishmania major and Trypanosoma lewisi infection in invasive and native rodents in Senegal.
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Cassan, Cécile, Diagne, Christophe A., Tatard, Caroline, Gauthier, Philippe, Dalecky, Ambroise, Bâ, Khalilou, Kane, Mamadou, Niang, Youssoupha, Diallo, Mamoudou, Sow, Aliou, Brouat, Carine, and Bañuls, Anne-Laure
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LEISHMANIA ,TRYPANOSOMA cruzi ,PATHOGENIC microorganisms ,RODENTS ,POLYMERASE chain reaction - Abstract
Bioinvasion is a major public health issue because it can lead to the introduction of pathogens in new areas and favours the emergence of zoonotic diseases. Rodents are prominent invasive species, and act as reservoirs in many zoonotic infectious diseases. The aim of this study was to determine the link between the distribution and spread of two parasite taxa (Leishmania spp. and Trypanosoma lewisi) and the progressive invasion of Senegal by two commensal rodent species (the house mouse Mus musculus domesticus and the black rat Rattus rattus). M. m. domesticus and R. rattus have invaded the northern part and the central/southern part of the country, respectively. Native and invasive rodents were caught in villages and cities along the invasion gradients of both invaders, from coastal localities towards the interior of the land. Molecular diagnosis of the two trypanosomatid infections was performed using spleen specimens. In the north, neither M. m. domesticus nor the native species were carriers of these parasites. Conversely, in the south, 17.5% of R. rattus were infected by L. major and 27.8% by T. lewisi, while very few commensal native rodents were carriers. Prevalence pattern along invasion gradients, together with the knowledge on the geographical distribution of the parasites, suggested that the presence of the two parasites in R. rattus in Senegal is of different origins. Indeed, the invader R. rattus could have been locally infected by the native parasite L. major. Conversely, it could have introduced the exotic parasite T. lewisi in Senegal, the latter appearing to be poorly transmitted to native rodents. Altogether, these data show that R. rattus is a carrier of both parasites and could be responsible for the emergence of new foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis, or for the transmission of atypical human trypanosomiasis in Senegal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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18. Black rat invasion of inland Sahel: insights from interviews and population genetics in south-western Niger.
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Berthier, Karine, Garba, Madougou, Leblois, Raphael, Navascués, Miguel, Tatard, Caroline, Gauthier, Philippe, Gagaré, Sama, Piry, Sylvain, Brouat, Carine, Dalecky, Ambroise, Loiseau, Anne, and Dobigny, Gauthier
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POPULATION genetics ,INTRODUCED species ,GENETIC databases ,RATTUS rattus ,BOAT transport - Abstract
Human population migrations, as well as long-distance trade activities, have been responsible for the spread of many invasive organisms. The black rat, Rattus rattus, has colonized most of the world following ship-mediated trade. Owing to its tight association with human infrastructures, this species has been able to survive in unfavourable environments, such as Sahelian Africa. In this work, we combined interview-based and population genetic surveys to investigate the processes underlying the ongoing invasion of south-western Niger by black rats, with special emphasis on the capital city, Niamey. Our trapping and interview data are quite congruent, and all together point towards a patchy, but rather widespread, current distribution of R. rattus. Genetic data strongly suggest that road network development for truck-based commercial flow from/to international harbours located in neighbouring countries (Benin, Togo, and Nigeria) facilitates the passive dispersal of black rats over a long distance through unfavourable landscapes. Another potentially, more ancient, invasion route may be associated with boat transport along the Niger River. Human-mediated dispersal thus probably allows the foundation of persisting populations within highly anthropized areas while population dynamics may be more unstable in remote areas and mostly depends on propagule pressure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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19. From Human Geography to Biological Invasions: The Black Rat Distribution in the Changing Southeastern of Senegal.
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Lucaccioni, Héloïse, Granjon, Laurent, Dalecky, Ambroise, Fossati, Odile, Le Fur, Jean, Duplantier, Jean-Marc, and Handschumacher, Pascal
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BIOLOGICAL invasions ,RATTUS rattus ,SPECIES distribution ,ZOONOSES - Abstract
In the contemporary context of zoonosis emergence and spread, invasive species are a major issue since they represent potential pathogen hosts. Even though many progresses have been done to understand and predict spatial patterns of invasive species, the challenge to identify the underlying determinants of their distribution remains a central question in invasion biology. This is particularly exacerbated in the case of commensal species that strictly depend on humankind for dispersal and perennial establishment of new populations. The distribution of these species is predicted to be influenced by dispersal opportunities and conditions acting on establishment and proliferation, such as environmental characteristics, including spatio-temporal components of the human societies. We propose to contribute to the understanding of the recent spread of a major invasive rodent species, the black rat (Rattus rattus), in the changing southeastern of Senegal. We address the factors that promote the dispersal and distribution of this invasive rodent from the perspective of human geography. We first describe characteristics of human settlements in terms of social and spatial organization of human societies (i.e. economic activities, commercial and agricultural networks, roads connectivity). We then explore the relationship between these characteristics and the distribution of this invasive rodent. Finally we propose that historical and contemporary dynamics of human societies have contributed to the risk of invasion of the black rat. We argue that the diffusion processes of invasive species cannot be considered as a result of the spatial structure only (i.e. connectivity and distance), but as a part of the human territory that includes the social and spatial organization. Results suggest that the distribution of invasive rodents partly results from the contemporary and inherited human socio-spatial systems, beyond the existence of suitable ecological conditions that are classically investigated by biologists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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20. Range expansion of the invasive house mouse M us musculus domesticus in Senegal, West Africa: a synthesis of trapping data over three decades, 1983-2014.
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Dalecky, Ambroise, Bâ, Khalilou, Piry, Sylvain, Lippens, Cédric, Diagne, Christophe A., Kane, Mamadou, Sow, Aliou, Diallo, Mamoudou, Niang, Youssoupha, Konečný, Adam, Sarr, Nathalie, Artige, Emmanuelle, Charbonnel, Nathalie, Granjon, Laurent, Duplantier, Jean-Marc, and Brouat, Carine
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INTRODUCED species , *MICE ecology , *SPECIES diversity , *MAMMALS , *BIODIVERSITY - Abstract
The worldwide intensification of human-associated exchanges favours the multiplication of biological invasions. Among mammals, rodent species, including the house mouse M us musculus, are identified as major invaders with profound impacts on native biodiversity, human health and activities. Though contemporary rodent invasions are described on several islands, there are few data describing ongoing house mouse invasions in continental areas., We first outline the known picture of the distribution of the house mouse in Africa. We then describe the ongoing range expansion of the house mouse in Senegal, in order to update its distribution area, assess the location of the invasion front, describe the spatio-temporal dynamics of the invasion at the country scale and evaluate its impact on native small mammal communities., We briefly review the worldwide status of the house mouse, with special focus on its situation in Africa. Focusing on Senegal, we then use historical records and a large body of spatio-temporal indoor trapping data obtained from small mammal communities over the last 30 years to analyse the invasion dynamics of the subspecies at the scale of the country., The geographic range of the invasive house mouse is surprisingly poorly known in Africa. In Senegal, we document a large range expansion of the subspecies in human settlements over the whole country within the last 30 years. The invasion is still ongoing further east and south within the country, and has major consequences for small mammal communities and thus probably for risks associated with zoonotic diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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21. Detection of Orientia sp. DNA in rodents from Asia, West Africa and Europe.
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Cosson, Jean François, Galan, Maxime, Bard, Emilie, Razzauti, Maria, Bernard, Maria, Morand, Serge, Brouat, Carine, Dalecky, Ambroise, Bâ, Khalilou, Charbonnel, Nathalie, and Vayssier-Taussat, Muriel
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DNA ,RODENTS ,PUBLIC health - Abstract
Orientia bacterium is the agent of the scrub typhus, a seriously neglected life-threatening disease in Asia. Here, we report the detection of DNA of Orientia in rodents from Europe and Africa. These findings have important implications for public health. Surveillance outside Asia, where the disease is not expected by sanitary services, needs to be improved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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22. Spatial Segregation between Invasive and Native Commensal Rodents in an Urban Environment: A Case Study in Niamey, Niger.
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Garba, Madougou, Dalecky, Ambroise, Kadaoure, Ibrahima, Kane, Mamadou, Hima, Karmadine, Veran, Sophie, Gagare, Sama, Gauthier, Philippe, Tatard, Caroline, Rossi, Jean-Pierre, and Dobigny, Gauthier
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ZOONOSES , *PUBLIC health , *BIOLOGICAL invasions , *RODENTS ,URBAN ecology (Sociology) - Abstract
Invasive rodents have been responsible for the diffusion worldwide of many zoonotic agents, thus representing major threats for public health. Cities are important hubs for people and goods exchange and are thus expected to play a pivotal role in invasive commensal rodent dissemination. Yet, data about urban rodents' ecology, especially invasive vs. native species interactions, are dramatically scarce. Here, we provide results of an extensive survey of urban rodents conducted in Niamey, Niger, depicting the early stages of rodent bioinvasions within a city. We explore the species-specific spatial distributions throughout the city using contrasted approaches, namely field sampling, co-occurrence analysis, occupancy modelling and indicator geostatistics. We show that (i) two species (i.e. rural-like vs. truly commensal) assemblages can be identified, and that (ii) within commensal rodents, invasive (Rattus rattus and Mus musculus) and native (Mastomys natalensis) species are spatially segregated. Moreover, several pieces of arguments tend to suggest that these exclusive distributions reflect an ongoing native-to-invasive species turn over. The underlying processes as well as the possible consequences for humans are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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23. Integrative taxonomy of a poorly known Sahelian rodent, Gerbillus nancillus (Muridae, Gerbillinae).
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Ndiaye, Arame, Hima, Karmadine, Dobigny, Gauthier, Sow, Aliou, Dalecky, Ambroise, Bâ, Khalilou, Thiam, Massamba, and Granjon, Laurent
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RODENT classification ,PLANT communities ,ANIMAL communities ,ANIMAL species ,ZOOLOGICAL specimens - Abstract
Abstract: Aridification processes that affected the Sahelian area of West Africa during the last decades have induced significant changes in plant and animal communities of this region. In rodents, the genus Gerbillus characteristic of North African and Asian arid habitats has been affected by this climatic and environmental trends. Several species of this genus showed a southward range expansion in recent years into the Sahelian bioclimatic zone. Recent sampling in several localities of West Africa (Mali, Niger and Senegal) enabled us to collect numerous specimens of small gerbils. An integrative study of these samples using molecular, morphological and cytogenetical methods revealed that many of them were attributable to Gerbillus nancillus, a secretive and poorly known species. Gerbillus nancillus appears characterized by a well differentiated karyotype with 2n=56 chromosomes, and to represent a unique genetic lineage within this genus. Body and skull measurements of G. nancillus were compared with those of the morphologically similar Gerbillus henleyi, which provided diagnostic clues between them. These new data significantly expand the distribution area of G. nancillus, which now ranges from Sudan in the East to Senegal in the West. G. nancillus is here reported from numerous new localities in Niger and Mali, and for the first time in Senegal, which raises questions about the origin of its presence and the colonization routes it followed to get there. We also show that G. henleyi and G. nancillus are sympatric and apparently often syntopic in the sub-Saharan part of the distribution of G. henleyi. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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24. Range Expansion Drives Dispersal Evolution In An Equatorial Three-Species Symbiosis.
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Léotard, Guillaume, Debout, Gabriel, Dalecky, Ambroise, Guillot, Sylvain, Gaume, Laurence, McKey, Doyle, and Kjellberg, Finn
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SYMBIOSIS ,SYMBIOGENESIS ,HOSTS (Biology) ,BIOLOGICAL evolution ,BIODIVERSITY ,BIOLOGICAL variation ,PARASITIC insects - Abstract
Background: Recurrent climatic oscillations have produced dramatic changes in species distributions. This process has been proposed to be a major evolutionary force, shaping many life history traits of species, and to govern global patterns of biodiversity at different scales. During range expansions selection may favor the evolution of higher dispersal, and symbiotic interactions may be affected. It has been argued that a weakness of climate fluctuation-driven range dynamics at equatorial latitudes has facilitated the persistence there of more specialized species and interactions. However, how much the biology and ecology of species is changed by range dynamics has seldom been investigated, particularly in equatorial regions. Methodology/Principal Findings: We studied a three-species symbiosis endemic to coastal equatorial rainforests in Cameroon, where the impact of range dynamics is supposed to be limited, comprised of two species-specific obligate mutualists -an ant-plant and its protective ant- and a species-specific ant parasite of this mutualism. We combined analyses of within-species genetic diversity and of phenotypic variation in a transect at the southern range limit of this ant-plant system. All three species present congruent genetic signatures of recent gradual southward expansion, a result compatible with available regional paleoclimatic data. As predicted, this expansion has been accompanied by the evolution of more dispersive traits in the two ant species. In contrast, we detected no evidence of change in lifetime reproductive strategy in the tree, nor in its investment in food resources provided to its symbiotic ants. Conclusions/Significance: Despite the decreasing investment in protective workers and the increasing investment in dispersing females by both the mutualistic and the parasitic ant species, there was no evidence of destabilization of the symbiosis at the colonization front. To our knowledge, we provide here the first evidence at equatorial latitudes that biological traits associated with dispersal are affected by the range expansion dynamics of a set of interacting species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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25. Changes in composition of cuticular biochemicals of the facultatively polygynous ant Petalomyrmex phylax during range expansion in Cameroon with respect to social, spatial and genetic variation.
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DALECKY, AMBROISE, RENUCCI, MARIELLE, TIRARD, ALAIN, DEBOUT, GABRIEL, ROUX, MAURICE, KJELLBERG, FINN, and PROVOST, ERICK
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ANT communities , *BIOCHEMICAL genetics , *BIOCHEMISTRY , *MOLECULAR genetics , *GENETIC toxicology , *PHARMACOGENOMICS , *BIOMARKERS , *GENETIC markers ,ANT anatomy - Abstract
In social insects, biochemicals found at the surface of the cuticle are involved in the recognition process and in protection against desiccation and pathogens. However, the relative contribution of evolutionary forces in shaping diversity of these biochemicals remains largely unresolved in ants. We determined the composition of epicuticular biochemicals for workers sampled in 12 populations of the ant Petalomyrmex phylax from Cameroon. Genetic variation at 12 microsatellite markers was used to infer population history and to provide null expectations under the neutrality hypothesis. Genetic data suggest a recent southward range expansion of this ant species. Furthermore, there is a decline southward in the numbers of queens present in mature colonies. Here, we contrast the pattern of biochemical variation against genetic, social and spatial parameters. We thus provide the first estimates of the relative contribution of neutral and selective processes on variation of ant cuticular profile. Populations in migration–drift disequilibrium showed reduction of within-population variation for genetic markers as well as for cuticular profiles. In these populations, the cuticular profile became biased towards a limited number of high molecular weight molecules. Within- and among-population biochemical variation was explained by both genetic and social variation and by the spatial distribution of populations. We therefore propose that during range expansion of P. phylax, the composition of epicuticular compounds has been affected by a combination of neutral processes — genetic drift and spatially limited dispersal — and spatially varying selection, social organization and environmental effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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26. Resistance Evolution to Bt Crops: Predispersal Mating of European Corn Borers.
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Dalecky, Ambroise, Ponsard, Sergine, Bailey, Richard I., Pélissier, Céline, and Bourguet, Denis
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TRANSGENIC plants , *DISEASE resistance of plants , *BACILLUS thuringiensis , *TOXINS , *PLANT genetic engineering , *AGRICULTURAL pests - Abstract
Over the past decade, the high-dose refuge (HDR) strategy, aimed at delaying the evolution of pest resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins produced by transgenic crops, became mandatory in the United States and is being discussed for Europe. However, precopulatory dispersal and the mating rate between resident and immigrant individuals, two features influencing the efficiency of this strategy, have seldom been quantified in pests targeted by these toxins. We combined mark-recapture and biogeochemical marking over three breeding seasons to quantify these features directly in natural populations of Ostrinia nubilalis, a major lepidopteran corn pest. At the local scale, resident females mated regardless of males having dispersed beforehand or not, as assumed in the HDR strategy. Accordingly, 0-67% of resident females mating before dispersal did so with resident males, this percentage depending on the local proportion of resident males (0% to 67.2%). However, resident males rarely mated with immigrant females (which mostly arrived mated), the fraction of females mating before dispersal was variable and sometimes substantial (4.8% to 56.8%), and there was no evidence for male premating dispersal being higher. Hence, O. nubilalis probably mates at a more restricted spatial scale than previously assumed, a feature that may decrease the efficiency of the HDR strategy under certain circumstances, depending for example on crop rotation practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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27. Facultative polygyny in the plant-ant Petalomyrmex phylax (Hymenoptera: Formicinae): sociogenetic and ecological determinants of queen number.
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DALECKY, AMBROISE, GAUME, LAURENCE, SCHATZ, BERTRAND, MCKEY, DOYLE, and KJELLBERG, FINN
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ANTS , *HYMENOPTERA , *INSECTS , *INSECT societies , *RAIN forests - Abstract
In polygynous ants it has been proposed that the coexistence of several queens in a colony evolved as a response to ecological, social and genetic parameters. We present demographic, histological and genetic data showing that the plant-ant Petalomyrmex phylax is facultatively and secondarily polygynous. Polygyny is functional, lowers the reproductive output per queen, and is a kin-selected trait as new queens accepted in polygynous colonies are highly related females that never left their natal colony. The degree of polygyny varies according to a geographical gradient. Northern colonies can be strongly polygynous, while at the southern edge of the species’ distribution, colonies are almost exclusively monogynous. However, ecological studies of the host-plant populations revealed that this cline could not be explained by variations in the degree of nest site limitation. We discuss selective costs and benefits associated with these social structures, and propose that this cline may result from historical processes such as selection of a more dispersive strategy along a colonization front. © 2005 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2005, 86, 133–151. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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28. Two multiplex sets of eight and five microsatellite markers for the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Crambidae).
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Dalecky, Ambroise, Bogdanowicz, Steven M., Dopman, Erik B., Bourguet, Denis, and Harrison, Richard G.
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GENETIC polymorphisms , *MICROSATELLITE repeats , *MOTHS , *POLYMERASE chain reaction , *ELECTROPHORESIS - Abstract
Primer sequence and polymorphism data are presented for 13 microsatellite loci isolated from the European corn borer moth, Ostrinia nubilalis, as part of a project to construct a linkage map for the two pheromone strains. Experimental conditions are described for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) multiplexing, which allows genotyping in two electrophoresis runs of eight and five markers each. In a sample of 27 individuals coming from one European locality, the number of alleles per locus ranged from one to 12, and gene diversity from 0 to 0.859. Seven loci showed a deficit of heterozygotes. Eleven loci cross-amplify in the related Ostrinia furnacalis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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29. Native and Invasive Small Mammals in Urban Habitats along the Commercial Axis Connecting Benin and Niger, West Africa.
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Hima, Karmadine, Houémenou, Gualbert, Badou, Sylvestre, Garba, Madougou, Dossou, Henri-Joel, Etougbétché, Jonas, Gauthier, Philippe, Artige, Emma, Fossati-Gaschignard, Odile, Gagaré, Sama, Dobigny, Gauthier, and Dalecky, Ambroise
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MAMMALS ,RATTUS rattus ,BIOTIC communities ,RATTUS norvegicus ,INTRODUCED species ,BIOLOGICAL invasions ,CITY dwellers - Abstract
Based on compiled small mammal trapping data collected over 12 years from Benin and Niger (3701 individual records from 66 sampling sites), located in mainland Africa, we here describe the small mammal community assemblage in urban habitats along the commercial axis connecting the two countries, from the seaport of Cotonou to the Sahelian hinterland, with a particular focus on invasive species. In doing so, we document extant species distributions, which highlight the risks of continuing the range expansion of three synanthropic invasive rodent species, namely black rats (Rattusrattus), brown rats (R. norvegicus), and house mice (Musmusculus). Using various diversity estimates and community ecology approaches, we detect a latitudinal gradient of species richness that significantly decreased Northward. We show that shrews (Crocidura) represent a very important component of micro-mammal fauna in West African towns and villages, especially at lower latitudes. We also demonstrate that invasive and native synanthropic rodents do not distribute randomly in West Africa, which suggests that invasive species dynamics and history differ markedly, and that they involve gradual, as well as human-mediated, long distance dispersal. Patterns of segregation are also observed between native Mastomys natalensis and invasive rats R. rattus and R. norvegicus, suggesting potential native-to-invasive species turn over. Consequences of such processes, especially in terms of public health, are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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30. Alternative domestic rodent pest management approaches to address the hazardous use of metal phosphides in low- and middle-income countries.
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Stuart, Alexander M., Jacob, Jens, Awoniyi, Adedayo Michael, Costa, Federico, Bosma, Luwieke, Meheretu, Yonas, Htwe, Nyo Me, Williamson, Stephanie, Eddleston, Michael, Dalecky, Ambroise, and Willis, Sheila
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PEST control , *ZINC phosphide , *ALUMINUM phosphide , *MIDDLE-income countries , *PESTICIDES , *RODENTICIDES - Abstract
Metal phosphides, particularly aluminium phosphide (AlP) and zinc phosphide (Zn3P2), are widely used in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) as rodenticides in urban and domestic environments due to their low cost and high toxicity to rodent pests. However, they are also highly toxic to humans with no antidote available and have been associated with numerous fatal cases of intentional and accidental poisoning. This paper reviews alternatives to metal phosphide use for rodent pest management in urban and domestic environments, highlights case studies of effective alternative approaches, and provides recommendations for research and policy. This review identifies numerous alternative methods available for managing rodent pests in domestic/urban settings that can replace metal phosphides. These include chemical methods, i.e. rodenticides, and non-chemical methods, e.g. rodent-proofing, sanitation and trapping. However
, because the majority of chemical rodenticides qualify as highly hazardous pesticides due to acute human health toxicity, environmental toxicity, and/or bioaccumulation, simply selecting substitute chemical rodenticides to replace metal phosphides are likely to replace one set of hazards with others. Thus, careful risk and hazard assessments are needed when considering substituting with other chemicals. Overall, we need to move away from current levels of rodenticide reliance towards more integrated and ecologically based approaches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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