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List of works by Rhodes H. Makundi

A comparative assessment on rodent impacts and cultural perceptions of ecologically based rodent management in three Afro-Malagasy farming regions

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

A faunal survey in Kingu Pira (south Tanzania), with new karyotypes of several small mammals and the description of a new Murid species (Mammalia, Rodentia)

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A systematic review of rodent pest research in Afro-Malagasy small-holder farming systems: Are we asking the right questions?

scientific article

Abundance and microhabitat use of rodent species in crop fields and bushland in Ethiopia

scientific article published in 2020

Application of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) to forecast rodent population abundance in smallholder agro-ecosystems in semi-arid areas in Tanzania

scientific article published on 18 July 2019

Are local plague endemicity and ecological characteristics of vectors and reservoirs related? A case study in north-east Tanzania

scholarly article

Arenavirus Dynamics in Experimentally and Naturally Infected Rodents

scientific article published on 14 June 2017

Biodiversity of fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) in orchards in different agro-ecological zones of the Morogoro region, Tanzania

scientific article published in 2006

Breeding and demographic aspects of <i>Montemys delectorum</i>, an East African endemic rodent

scientific article published in 2023

Breeding dynamics of rodent species inhabiting farm–fallow mosaic fields in Central Tanzania

journal article; published in African Zoology in 2012

Chromosomal and molecular characterization of Aethomys kaiseri from Zambia and Aethomys chrysophilus from Tanzania (Rodentia, Muridae).

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Comparing arenavirus infection patterns in experimentally and naturally infected rodent hosts

Correction: A systematic review of rodent pest research in Afro-Malagasy small-holder farming systems: Are we asking the right questions?

scientific article published on 20 April 2017

Cranial morphometric and fine scale genetic variability of two adjacentMastomys natalensis (Rodentia: Muridae) populations

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Demography, reproductive biology and diet of the bushveld gerbil Tatera leucogaster (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) in the Lake Rukwa valley, south-western Tanzania

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Dietary differences of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis (Smith, 1834), across different habitats and seasons in Tanzania and Swaziland

scientific article published in 2011

Dietary selection in Mastomys natalensis (Rodentia: Muridae) in the maize agro-ecosystems of central and southwestern Tanzania

scientific article published in January 2008

Differences in Diet between Two Rodent Species,Mastomys natalensisandGerbilliscus vicinus, in Fallow Land Habitats in Central Tanzania†

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Differences in diet between two rodent species,Mastomys natalensisandGerbilliscus vicinus, in fallow land habitats in central Tanzania

scholarly article by Loth S. Mulungu et al published October 2011 in African Zoology

Differentiation underground: Range-wide multilocus genetic structure of the silvery mole-rat does not support current taxonomy based on mitochondrial sequences

scientific article published in 2018

Distribution and ecology of lesser pouched rat, Beamys hindei, in Tanzanian coastal forests

scientific article

Diversity and distribution of rodent and shrew species associated with variations in altitude on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

scholarly article published in 2008

Does exploratory behavior or activity in a wild mouse explain susceptibility to virus infection?

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

Effect of synthetic hormones on reproduction in Mastomys natalensis.

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

Effects of forest disturbance on the fitness of an endemic rodent in a biodiversity hotspot

scientific article published in 2021

Effects of land use on plague (Yersinia pestis) activity in rodents in Tanzania

scientific article

Effects of prescribed burning on rodents in an East African woodland ecosystem

scientific article published in 2023

Evaluation of short-, mid- and long-term effects of toe clipping on a wild rodent

Experimental treatment-control studies of ecologically based rodent management in Africa: balancing conservation and pest management

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Farmers' perspectives of rodent damage and management from the highlands of Tigray, Northern Ethiopian

scientific article published in June 2010

Gairo virus, a novel arenavirus of the widespread Mastomys natalensis: Genetically divergent, but ecologically similar to Lassa and Morogoro viruses

scientific article published on 2 January 2015

Habitat type impacts small mammal diversity in the Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania

scientific article published on 21 November 2021

Happily together forever: temporal variation in spatial patterns and complete lack of territoriality in a promiscuous rodent

article by Benny Borremans et al published 31 August 2013 in Population Ecology

Host use of Bactrocera latifrons, a new invasive tephritid species in Tanzania

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Identification of diverse Bartonella genotypes among small mammals from Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania

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Impact of crop cycle on movement patterns of pest rodent species between fields and houses in Africa

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Isolating Greater Cane Rat Populations (Thryonomys swinderianus) from Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania: Linking Diversity to Morphometric and Molecular Characteristics

scientific article published in 2023

Mice, Rats, and People: The Bio-Economics of Agricultural Rodent Pests

scientific article published in 2003

Mitochondrial phylogeny reveals differential modes of chromosomal evolution in the genus Tatera (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) in Africa.

scientific article

Molecular detection and genomic characterization of diverse hepaciviruses in African rodents

scientific article published on 09 April 2021

Mopeia virus-related arenavirus in natal multimammate mice, Morogoro, Tanzania

scientific article published on December 2009

Nonlinear scaling of foraging contacts with rodent population density

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Plague and the human flea, Tanzania

scientific article published on May 2007

Polymorphism in vkorc1 Gene of Natal Multimammate Mice, Mastomys natalensis, in Tanzania

scientific article published on 29 July 2015

Polymorphism of the age population structure of two wild Mastomys natalensis (Rodentia: Muridae) Tanzanian habitat samples: a multicriteria comparison / Polymorphisme de la structure de l'âge dans deux populations sauvages de Mastomys natalensis…

scholarly article published in 2006

Potential mammalian reservoirs in a bubonic plague outbreak focus in Mbulu District, northern Tanzania, in 2007

scholarly article by Rhodes H. Makundi et al published 1 January 2008 in Mammalia

Preliminary investigation on rodent-ectoparasite associations in the highlands of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: implications for potential zoonoses

scientific article published in December 2011

Presence of Mopeia virus, an African arenavirus, related to biotope and individual rodent host characteristics: implications for virus transmission

scientific article published on 13 December 2010

Prevalence of Haemoparasites, Leptospires and Coccobacilli with Potential for Human Infection in the Blood of Rodents and Shrews from Selected Localities in Tanzania, Namibia and Swaziland†

scholarly article by Abdul A.S. Katakweba et al published April 2012 in African Zoology

Rapid chromosomal evolution in the mesic four-striped grass rat Rhabdomys dilectus (Rodentia, Muridae) revealed by mtDNA phylogeographic analysis

scientific article (publication date: 18 August 2011)

Relationship between sampling intensity and precision for estimating damage to maize caused by rodents

scientific article published in September 2007

Relationships between seasonal changes in diet of Multimammate rat (<i>Mastomys natalensis</i>) and its breeding patterns in semi-arid areas in Tanzania

scientific article published in 2018

Reproduction and population dynamics of Mastomys natalensis Smith, 1834 in an agricultural landscape in the Western Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

scientific article published on December 1, 2007

Rodent abundance, stone bund density and its effects on crop damage in the Tigray highlands, Ethiopia

scholarly article by Yonas Meheretu et al published January 2014 in Crop Protection

Rodent species composition, relative abundance, and habitat association in the Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda

scientific article published on 15 October 2020

Seasonal and habitat dependence of fleas parasitic on small mammals in Tanzania

scientific article published on June 2009

Small mammal species diversity and distribution in the Selous ecosystem, Tanzania

scientific article published in 2022

Soil type limits population abundance of rodents in crop fields: case study of the multimammate rat Mastomys natalensis Smith, 1834 in Tanzania

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Spatial and Temporal Population Dynamics of Rodents in Three Geographically Different Regions in Africa: Implication for Ecologically-Based Rodent Management†

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Species composition and community structure of small pest rodents (Muridae) in cultivated and fallow fields in maize-growing areas in Mayuge district, Eastern Uganda

scientific article published on 20 June 2019

Species diversity and population dynamics of rodents in a farm-fallow field mosaic system in Central Tanzania

scientific article published in 2009

Sympatric occurrence of 3 arenaviruses, Tanzania

scientific article published in April 2010

The origin of an unusual sex chromosome constitution in Acomys sp. (Rodentia, Muridae) from Tanzania

scientific article

Trichuris spp. (Nematoda: Trichuridae) from two rodents, Mastomys natalensis and Gerbilliscus vicinus in Tanzania

scientific article published on 5 April 2013

We are connected: flea–host association networks in the plague outbreak focus in the Rift Valley, northern Tanzania

scholarly article by Rhodes H. Makundi et al published 2015 in Wildlife Research

When Viruses Don't Go Viral: The Importance of Host Phylogeographic Structure in the Spatial Spread of Arenaviruses

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Yield loss due to the stemborer Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) at different nitrogen application rates to maize

scientific article published in January 2006