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Singleton, Grant

Ecologically-based rodent management / Grant Singleton - Canberra : Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 1999 - 494 p

1 Basic research - the foundation for sound management --
current paradigms of rodent population dynamics - what are we missing?;
the behaviour and ecology of rattus norvegicus: from opportunism to kamikaze tendencies;
models for predicting plagues of house mice (mus domesticus) in australia;
rodent - ecosystem relationships: a review;
the role of rodents in emerging human disease: examples from the hantaviruses and arenaviruses;
2 Methods of management --
rodenticides - their role in rodent pest management in tropical agriculture;
physical control of rats in developing countries;
ecological management of brandt's vole (microtus brandti) in inner mongolia, china;
biological control of rodents - the case for fertility control using immunocontraception;
urban rodent control programs for the 21st century;
3 Case studies in asia and africa --
rodent pest management in agricultural ecosystems in china;
rodent pest management in the qinghai - tibet alpine meadow ecosystem;
ecologically - based population management of the rice-field rat in indonesia;
population ecology and management of rodent pests in the mekong river delta, vietnam;
rodent management in thailand;
farmer participatory research on rat management in cambodia;
rodents in agriculture in the lao PDR - a problem with an unknown future;
populations of african rodents: models and the real world;
ecophysiology and chronobiology applied to rodent pest management in semi-arid agricultural areas in sub-saharan west africa;
the rodent problem in madagascar: agricultural pest and threat to human health;
rodent pest management in east africa - a ecological approach;
ecologically-based rodent management in developing countries: where to now?



ISBN: 1863202625

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Biology-Ecology

Dewey Class. No.: 577 / S61773