Museum specimen data predict crop damage by tropical rodents.

摘要: Museum collections constitute a massive store of information on biological diversity. We used museum specimen data to generate ecological niche models that provide predictions geographic distributions native rodent pest species and agricultural census summarize the distribution nine crops in state Veracruz, Mexico, as well crop losses between planting harvest. Herein, we show damage is related significantly predicted presence for seven crops. may thus important baseline designing land-use pest-management programs.