Can farm-management practices reduce the impact of house mouse populations on crops in an irrigated farming system?

Wildlife Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 597-604

  Brown, Peter R ^a   Davies, Micah J ^a   Singleton, Grant R ^a   Croft, J David ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PEST CONTROL; PEST DAMAGE; RODENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORLD;

GLYCINE MAX; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE;

EID: 13844298315     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR03063     Document Type: Article

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