Spatial and temporal patterns of brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) abundance variation in poultry farms

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 364-371

  Gómez Villafañe, Isabel E ^a   Busch, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

abundance; poultry farms; Rattus norvegicus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; POULTRY; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 35349031021     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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