Predicting the Potential Distribution of a Rodent Pest, Brown Rat ( Rattus norvegicus ), Associated With Changes in Climate and Land Cover in South Korea
Binod Kunwar, Suraj Baral, Young‐Hun Jeong, Seon‐Mi Park, Sung‐Hwan Choi, Hong‐Shik Oh · 2024
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Binod Kunwar and five co-authors forecast where the brown rat could spread in South Korea as climate and land cover change, in a 2024 study. The brown rat is a major pest that damages crops, spreads disease, and harms native wildlife. Knowing its future habitat helps plan control before it arrives. The team fed rat sighting records and environmental data into a maximum entropy model, a standard tool for mapping species habitat.
Several climate paths and land cover futures were tested, along with ways the rats might disperse. The model highlights which factors most shape suitable habitat today. Projected maps show how that habitat could grow or shrink under each future. Such forecasts guide where monitoring and control money should go first.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Binod Kunwar, Suraj Baral, Young‐Hun Jeong, Seon‐Mi Park, Sung‐Hwan Choi, Hong‐Shik Oh |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |