Logging helps black rats invade rainforests

Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 11:51 in Biology & Nature

Logging can encourage black rats to invade tropical rainforests by creating habitats they prefer, giving them the chance to displace native mammals. Logging stresses animals living in tropical rainforests by disrupting and removing some of their habitat, but a new study shows that logging can cause further problems for the forests’ inhabitants – by providing […]

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