Find research datasets worth reusing
Search datasets from major research repositories and use ShareScore to quickly assess how well each record supports discovery, access, and reuse.
33
datasets available to search
ShareScore release 0.9.0
Dataset results
33 results for “invasive rodents”
Supplementary material 1 from: Duron Q, Cornulier T, Vidal E, Bourguet E, Ruffino L (2020) Combining live and lethal trapping to inform the management of alien invasive rodent populations in a tropical montane forest. NeoBiota 63: 101-125. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.63.53811
Density of rats
Supplementary material 2 from: Duron Q, Cornulier T, Vidal E, Bourguet E, Ruffino L (2020) Combining live and lethal trapping to inform the management of alien invasive rodent populations in a tropical montane forest. NeoBiota 63: 101-125. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.63.53811
Rat abundance and density, rat capture probabilities
Data from: Controlling invasive rodents via synthetic gene drive and the role of polyandry
House mice are a major ecosystem pest, particularly threatening island ecosystems as a non-native invasive species. Rapid advances in synthetic biology offer new avenues to control pest species for biodiversity conservation. Recently, a synthetic sperm killing gene drive construct called t-Sry has been proposed as a means to eradicate target mouse populations due to a lack of females. A factor that has received little attention in the discussion surrounding such drive applications is polyandry. Previous research has demonstrated that sperm killing drivers are extremely damaging to a male's sperm competitive ability. Here we examine the importance of this effect on the t-Sry system using a theoretical model. We find that polyandry substantially hampers the spread of t-Sry such that release efforts have to be increased 3- to 6-fold for successful eradication. We discuss the implications of our finding for pest potential control programs, the risk of drive spread beyond the target population, and the emergence of drive resistance. Our work highlights that a solid understanding of the forces that determine drive dynamics in a natural setting are key for successful drive application, and that exploring the natural diversity of gene drives may inform effective gene drive design.
Data from: Invasive shrubs modify rodent activity timing, revealing a behavioral rule governing diel activity
Animals adjust the timing of their activity to maximize benefits, such as access to resources, and minimize costs, such as exposure to predators. Despite many examples of invasive plants changing animal behavior, the potential for invasive plants to alter the timing of animal activity remains unexplored. In eastern North America, invasive shrubs might have particularly strong effects on animal activity timing during spring and fall, when many invasive shrubs retain their leaves long after native species' leaves senesce. We experimentally removed an invasive shrub (buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica) and monitored the activity timing of a ubiquitous small-mammal species (white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus) in spring, summer, and fall. We captured nearly three times as many P. leucopus in plots invaded by R. cathartica compared to plots with R. cathartica removed, and P. leucopus were captured two hours earlier in invaded plots. Regardless of invasion treatment, P. leucopus appear to follow a common rule to set activity timing: P. leucopus were only active below a threshold of ground-level moonlight illuminance (0.038 lux). Diel and monthly lunar cycles play an important role in regulating small-mammal activity, but our data suggest that decreased light penetration dampens the influence of moonlight illuminance in habitats invaded by R. cathartica, allowing P. leucopus to remain active throughout the night. By changing the temporal niche of ubiquitous native animals, invasive shrubs may have unappreciated effects on many ecological interactions, including processes that alter community diversity and affect human health.
Figs 5–7. 5 in Dispersal History Of An Invasive Rodent In Hungary - Subfossil Finds Of Rattus Rattus
Figs 5–7. 5 = Lingual side of mandible of the black rat from the site of Budapest, District III, 139 Szentendrei Road. Aquincum (Roman Period); 6 = Mandibles of black rats from the site of Remetehegy rockshelter (Medieval Period); 7 = Skull (ventral view) of a black rat from excavations
Fig. 2 in Dispersal History Of An Invasive Rodent In Hungary - Subfossil Finds Of Rattus Rattus
Fig. 2. Archaeological black rat remains from the Roman Period in Europe (after AUDOIN-ROUZEAU & VIGNE 1994) complemented with Hungarian finds (shaded areas: expanse of the Roman Empire). 1: Arras–Beaudimont, France; 2: Bad Kreuznach, Germany; 3: Baron Buisson-Saint-Cyr, France; 4: Beddingham, Britain; 5: Les Ilettes–Annecy-le-Vieux, France; 6: Ladenburg, Germany; 7: Londres– Crosswall, Britain; 8: Londress–Frenchurch, Britain; 9: Taula Torralba d'en Salort–Menorca, Spain; 10: Ordona, Italy; 11: Pforzheim, Germany; 12: Pompei, Italy; 13: Portout, France; 14: Sette Finestre – Grosetto, Italy; 15: Thésée et Pouillé, France; 16: Waltersdorf, Germany; 17: Wroxeter, Britain; 18: York–Skeldergate, Britain; 19: Monte di Tuda–Crosica, France; 20: Senlis, France; 21: Sierentz– Landstrasse, France; 22: Budapest, District III., Szentendrei Road 139., Aquincum, Hungary; 23: Bu-
Data from: Controlling invasive rodents via synthetic gene drive and the role of polyandry
Open the record for dataset details and reuse information.
Data from: Invasive shrubs modify rodent activity timing, revealing a behavioral rule governing diel activity
Open the record for dataset details and reuse information.
Comparison of transcriptomic profiles in natural populations of rodents (house mouse and black rat) along invasion routes in Senegal
GEO Series GSE112890. Rattus rattus; Mus musculus. 32 samples. Type: Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing.
Data from: Genetic identification of Iberian rodent species using both mitochondrial and nuclear loci: application to non-invasive sampling
Species identification through non-invasive sampling is increasingly used in animal conservation genetics, given that it obviates the need to handle free-living individuals. Non-invasive sampling is particularly valuable for elusive and small species such as rodents. Although rodents are not usually assumed to be the most obvious target for conservation, of the 21 species or near-species present in Iberia, three are considered endangered and declining while several others are poorly studied. Here we develop a genetic tool for identifying all rodent species in Iberia by non-invasive genetic sampling. To achieve this purpose we selected one mitochondrial gene (cytochrome b – cyt-b) and one nuclear gene (interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein – IRBP), which we first sequenced using tissue samples. Both genes allow for the phylogenetic distinction of all species except the sibling species Microtus lusitanicus and M. duodecimcostatus. Overall, cyt-b showed higher resolution than IRBP, revealing a clear barcoding gap. To allow these markers to be applied to non-invasive samples, we selected a short highly-diagnostic fragment from each gene, which we used to obtain sequences from faeces and bones from owl pellets. Amplification success for the cyt-b and IRBP fragment was 85% and 43% in faecal and 88% and 64% in owl-pellet DNA extractions, respectively. The method allows the unambiguous identification of the great majority of Iberian rodent species from non-invasive samples, with application in studies of distribution, spatial ecology and population dynamics, and for conservation.
Data from: Differential population responses of native and alien rodents to an invasive predator, habitat alteration, and plant masting
Open the record for dataset details and reuse information.
Data from: Effect of an invasive plant and moonlight on rodent foraging behavior in a coastal dune ecosystem
Open the record for dataset details and reuse information.
Data from: Genetic identification of Iberian rodent species using both mitochondrial and nuclear loci: application to non-invasive sampling
Open the record for dataset details and reuse information.
ScienceDex guides
Understand access before you commit
These curated guides explain access requirements, typical timelines, costs, and reuse considerations for widely used research datasets.
Allen Brain Atlas
Allen Brain Atlas is an Allen Institute collection of brain map atlases, datasets, APIs, and analysis tools covering mouse, human, and non-human primate brain resources.
Annotated Behaviour and Observability Dataset (ABODe)
ABODe is a University of Edinburgh DataShare dataset for behavior classification in group-housed mice using home-cage video, identities, bounding boxes, ground-plate positions, and annotator labels.
DANDI Archive for NWB datasets
DANDI is a BRAIN Initiative archive for publishing and sharing neurophysiology data, including electrophysiology, optophysiology, and behavioral data packaged as NWB and related standards.
International Brain Laboratory public data
The International Brain Laboratory public data releases expose standardized mouse decision-making experiments, including Neuropixels recordings, widefield calcium imaging, behavior, and session metadata accessed through the ONE API.
OpenNeuro
OpenNeuro is a free, open platform for sharing neuroimaging datasets, with public search, dataset pages, and download paths for web, S3, DataLad, and the OpenNeuro CLI.