General ecology of a rural population of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) based on intensive live trapping

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 221-236

  McGuire, Betty ^a,c   Pizzuto, Theresa ^a,d   Bemis, William E ^b,c   Getz, Lowell L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; RURAL AREA; TRAPPING;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

OESTRIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 32644431584     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)155[0221:GEOARP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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