Distribution, Present and Past, of Rattus praetor in the Pacific and Its Implications

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dc.contributor.author	White, J Peter	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Clark, Geoffrey	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bedford, Stuart	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2008-06-03T19:35:34Z	en_US
dc.date.available	2008-06-03T19:35:34Z	en_US
dc.date.issued	2000-04	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	White JP, Clark G, Bedford S. 2000. Distribution, present and past, of Rattus praetor in the Pacific and its implications. Pac Sci 54(2): 105-117.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0030-8870	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/1605	en_US
dc.description.abstract	We outline the current distribution of Rattus praetor in Near Oceania and present new evidence for its association with prehistoric human settlement on some islands in Remote Oceania. We discuss the problems of determining intentionality in the human transport of this animal, with reference to other examples of animal translocation in the Pacific. Current and prehistoric disjunct distributions of all domestic and nearly all wild mammals in both Near and Remote Oceania point to a common pattern of human behavior and in particular the deliberate translocation of R. praetor into Remote Oceania.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en-US	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Hawai'i Press	en_US
dc.title	Distribution, Present and Past, of Rattus praetor in the Pacific and Its Implications	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.type.dcmi	Text	en_US