What affects bait uptake by house mice in Australian grain fields?

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 341-351

  Jacob, J ^a   Ylonen H ^b   Runcie, M J ^a   Jones, D A ^a   Singleton, G R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystems; Australia; Bait; Fertility control; Mus domesticus; Pest rodent management; Rhodamine B; Rodenticide

Indexed keywords

BAIT; CROP PEST; PEST CONTROL; POISONING; REPRODUCTION; RODENT;

(SOUTHEAST); AUSTRALIA;

MUS; MUS DOMESTICUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037695054     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802776     Document Type: Article

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