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Early colonization of Mediterranean islands by Rattus rattus: a review of zooarcheological data

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  1. Aplin K (unpublished) Prehistory of the world's greatest pest, the black rat (Rattus rattus), based on a global survey of its mitochondrial DNA. Results presented at the ANU Archaeological Science 2008 Conference at the Australian National University, Camberra.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Jean-Denis Vigne (MNHN Paris) for providing us some useful references, Karen Bourgeois, Daniel Simberloff and two anonymous referees for their helpful comments on an earlier version of the manuscript. Funds were provided by a PhD fellowship granted by the “Ecole Doctorale des Sciences de l’Environnement” to LR, and by the National Research Agency (ANR).

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Ruffino, L., Vidal, E. Early colonization of Mediterranean islands by Rattus rattus: a review of zooarcheological data. Biol Invasions 12, 2389–2394 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-009-9681-3

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