Agriculture is the backbone of Tanzanian economy. It accounts for about one-third of the
gross domestic product (GDP), provides 85 percent of all exports and saves as a livelihood …

To understand the functional meaning of morphological features, we need to relate what we
know about morphology and ecology in a meaningful, quantitative framework. Closely …

Rodents cause serious problems to human communities in Africa as a result of their
involvement in the spread of diseases (Katakweba et al. 2012) and in the losses of crops …

Conspecific density and animal personality (consistent among‐individual differences in
behavior) may both play an important role in disease ecology. Nevertheless, both factors …

For thousands of years they have been causing damage to crops, stored grain and
infrastructure, and are reservoirs for devastating human diseases such as plague and …

Rodent pest management traditionally relies on some form of lethal control. Develo**
effective fertility control for pest rodent species could be a major breakthrough particularly in …

The pace-of-life syndrome (POLS) theory provides an evolutionary explanation for the
existence of consistent among-individual variation in behaviour, or animal personality …

Land use, habitat suitability, and seasonality can fundamentally shape small-mammal
abundance, species richness, diversity, evenness, and composition. However, how these …

Infection probability, load, and community structure of helminths varies strongly between and
within animal populations. This can be ascribed to environmental stochasticity or due to …

Rodent diversity and community assemblages are affected by several biotic and abiotic
factors such as vegetation structure and seasonality. Vegetation structure particularly ground …