March 2019
Publication: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Author(s): Russell JC, Robins JH & Fewster RM.
In this paper, tissue samples were obtained from 425 R. rattus and 130 R. norvegicus across the New Zealand archipelago and neighboring islands and were sequenced in order to construct a modern phylogeography of the two species and to make inferences on historical invasion pathways and spread across the country.