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DOI	10.1016/j.biocontrol.2021.104536
	Pasture plant biomass increase following introduction of European rabbit fleas, Spilopsyllus cuniculi, into Australia to facilitate myxomatosis transmission
	Cooke, B. D.
通讯作者	Cooke, BD (corresponding author), Univ Canberra, Inst Appl Ecol, Bruce, ACT 2617, Australia.
来源期刊	BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
ISSN	1049-9644
EISSN	1090-2112
出版年	2021
卷号	155
英文摘要	Long-term benefits of introducing European rabbit fleas to Australia as vectors of myxomatosis have not been evaluated. To address this deficit, data on pasture plant biomass from a 21-year study in semi-arid South Australia was reviewed. A plant biomass index was derived from photographed quadrats on the site. Spring pasture biomass over a seven-year period before fleas were introduced was compared with pasture production over 14 years following their introduction after correcting for differences in rainfall. Plant biomass on the quadrats in spring (October) doubled after arrival of fleas presumably because high mortality of young rabbits reduced grazing pressure during the plant growing season; little dry plant material was carried over from previous years contrary to model outputs using the 'Aussie GRASS' program. Substantial benefits accrued from releasing rabbit fleas, especially in areas of Mediterranean-like climate in Western Australia, south-eastern South Australia and western Victoria where rabbit fleas changed the timing of myxomatosis outbreaks. Plant biomass saved from rabbits helped to maintain sheep production which was at an all-time high when fleas were released. Extra food may also have enabled native mammals such as swamp wallabies to expand their distribution soon after fleas became established.
英文关键词	European rabbit Flea Pasture Plant biomass Rainfall Myxomatosis
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000621041400011
WOS类目	Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology ; Entomology
WOS研究方向	Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology ; Entomology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/368919
作者单位	[Cooke, B. D.] Univ Canberra, Inst Appl Ecol, Bruce, ACT 2617, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cooke, B. D.. Pasture plant biomass increase following introduction of European rabbit fleas, Spilopsyllus cuniculi, into Australia to facilitate myxomatosis transmission[J],2021,155.
APA	Cooke, B. D..(2021).Pasture plant biomass increase following introduction of European rabbit fleas, Spilopsyllus cuniculi, into Australia to facilitate myxomatosis transmission.BIOLOGICAL CONTROL,155.
MLA	Cooke, B. D.."Pasture plant biomass increase following introduction of European rabbit fleas, Spilopsyllus cuniculi, into Australia to facilitate myxomatosis transmission".BIOLOGICAL CONTROL 155(2021).

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