Bark consumption by small rodents in the northern and southern hemispheres

Mammal Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-59

  Baxter, R ^a   Hansson, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arvicola; Bark consumption; Clethrionomys; Mastomys; Microtus; Otomys; Pitymys; Rhabdomys; Rodent damage

Indexed keywords

BARK; PEST DAMAGE; PLANTATION; RODENT;

EID: 0035023418     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2907.2001.00078.x     Document Type: Article

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