A Study of Distribution for Rodent Species in Old Agricultural and Newly Cultivated Lands in the Desert of Sohag Governorate, Egypt | ||
| Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology | ||
| Article 1, Volume 11, Issue 5, May 2020, Pages 241-242 PDF (441.48 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2020.103568 | ||
| Authors | ||
| A. S. S. Desoky* 1; S. A. S. Baghdadi2 | ||
| 1Plant protection Department , Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Egypt | ||
| 2Agric. Zoology and Nematology Dept., Faculty of Agric., Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The study was conducted to identify of rodent species and their distribution between the old agricultural and the newly reclaimed lands at The farms of the Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University during 2018/2019. The results showed that there are three field rats, Rattus rattus frugivorus, Rattus rattus alexandrinus, Arvicanthus niloticus a high-density rodents in the old lands to increase vegetation and food preferred in crops to attract rodents on feed and reproduce, While, in the newly cultivated lands found four rodents, three field rats Rattus r. frugivorus, Rattus r. alexandrinus, A. niloticus and one desert rat, Gerbillus gerbillus as low-density may be due to several factors, for example decrease food, the vegetation cover, difficult weather, reproduction decreased, specific competition on feeding. Also, It was also noted that the agricultural rodents occupied the desert lands for the aforementioned reasons and to change the desert ecosystem. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| rodent species; agricultural land; newly reclaimed land; high-density; vegetation cover | ||
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