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1 online resource. |
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Animal Science, Issues and Professions
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Animal Science, Issues and Professions.
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Includes bibliographical references and include index. |
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RODENTSHABITAT, PATHOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ANIMAL SCIENCE, ISSUES AND PROFESSIONS; RODENTSHABITAT, PATHOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. RODENTS IN URBAN ECOSYSTEMS OF RUSSIA AND THE USA; ABSTRACT; TERMINOLOGY AND DIFFERENCES IN TERMS BETWEEN WESTERN AND RUSSIAN LITERATURES; SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF URBAN TERRITORIES AS AN ENVIRONMENT FOR RODENTS; BIOLOGICAL TRAITS OF URBAN RODENTS; NORWAY RATS ; BLACK RATS; HOUSE MICE; WILD RODENTS WITHIN URBAN TERRITORIES; REFERENCES. |
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CHAPTER 2. EXTRINSIC AND INTRINSIC FACTORS OF REGULATION OF REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL IN THE WATER VOLE (ARVICOLA AMPHIBIUS) POPULATION FROM WESTERN SIBERIAABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; POPULATION REGULATION IN REPRODUCTIVE SEASON; Materal and Methods; Results and Discussion; WINTER FACTORS OF POPULATION REGULATION; Material and Methods; Results and Discussion; CONCLUSION; ACNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. RODENTS AND SPACE: WHAT BEHAVIOR DO WE STUDY UNDER SEMI-NATURAL AND LABORATORY CONDITIONS?; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. PROECHIMYS: A RODENT STILL POORLY UNDERSTOOD; ABSTRACT. |
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INTRODUCTIONPROECHIMYS TAXONOMY; PROECHIMYS: POTENTIAL RESERVOIR OF DISEASES; PROECHIMYS RODENTS AND NEUROSCIENCE; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. NICHE OVERLAP AND RESOURCE PARTITIONING AMONG THREE URBAN RODENT SPECIES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; Study Area; Data Collection; Data Analysis; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. HELMINTH PARASITES OF HYDROMYINE RODENTS FROM THE ISLAND OF NEW GUINEA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MURIDAE; HELMINTHS; ACANTHOCEPHALA; PLATYHELMINTHES; NEMATODA; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES. |
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CHAPTER 7. RODENT MANAGEMENT IN ANIMAL FARMS BY ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDESABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; NON-LETHAL MANAGEMENT; FAST-ACTING RODENTICIDES; SLOW-ACTING RODENTICIDES: THE ANTICOAGULANTS; RODENTICIDE FORMULATIONS; BAIT CONTAINERS; FOOD AVAILABILITY AND CONTROL EFFICACY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE AND CONTROL EFFICACY; Control Success Assessment; (A) Live Trapping; (B) Tracking; (C) Rodent Droppings; (D) Re-Opened Hole Census; (E) Food Consumption; TESTING COMMERCIAL FORMULATIONS; METHODS; RESULTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. SUSTAINED AGRICULTURE: THE NEED TO MANAGE RODENT DAMAGE. |
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INTRODUCTIONTHE NATURE OF RODENTS; RODENT DAMAGE AND THE SPECIES CAUSING DAMAGE; LEVELS OF RODENT DAMAGE; MONITORING RODENT POPULATIONS; CHALLENGES TO MANAGING RODENT DAMAGE AND POPULATIONS; POPULATION MANAGEMENT OF RODENTS; ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS: PHYSICAL AND BIOTIC ENVIRONMENT; INFLUENCING FOOD AND SHELTER TO REDUCE RODENT POPULATIONS OR DAMAGE; EXCLUSION OF RODENTS FROM AREAS OR RESOURCES; INFLUENCE OF LAND USES, MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON RODENT POPULATIONS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; RESEARCH NEEDS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS; REFERENCES; INDEX. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Rodents.
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Rodents. |
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Rodents -- Ecology.
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Rodents -- Ecology. |
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Electronic books.
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Triunveri, Alfeo, editor.
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Scalise, Desi, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rodents New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2012] 9781614708339 (hardcover) (DLC) 2011028141 |
| ISBN |
9781614709046 ebook |
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1614709041 |
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9781614708339 hardcover |
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1614708339 |
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9781614708339 |
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