Rare rodent prefers an invasive noxious weed over native vegetation, study finds
https://phys.org/news/2024-07-rare-rodent-invasive-noxious-weed.html

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Rare rodent prefers an invasive noxious weed over native vegetation https://phys.org/news/2024-07-rare-rodent-invasive-noxious-weed.html

Threatened stick-nest rats preferentially eat invasive #boxthorn rather than native vegetation on Australia’s #ReevesbyIsland: Annie Kraehe et al. https://www.publish.csiro.au/WR/WR23140

In a twist to the native #animal survival story, new research shows that a threatened #rodent that only survives on offshore islands prefers one of #Australia's most invasive weeds for food and shelter.