A review of the current knowledge of rodent behaviour in relation to control devices

Science for Conservation

Volumn , Issue 263, 2006, Pages 1-55

  Clapperton, B Kay ^a  

^a NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aversion; Bait; Behaviour; Control; Eradication; Feeding; Island; Mouse; Movement; Mus musculus; Neophobia; Rat; Rattus exulans; Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus; Resistance; Rodent; Station

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; RODENT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS EXULANS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33645824718     PISSN: 11732946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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