The impact of sterilized females on enclosed populations of ricefield rats

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1130-1137

  Jacob, Jens ^a,b,d   Herawati, Nur Aini ^c   Davis, Stephen A ^a,b   Singleton, Grant R ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Pest Animal Control Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^c Research Institute for Rice   (Indonesia)

^d INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal plant interaction; Fertility control; Population dynamics; Rattus argentiventer; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

PADDY FIELD; PEST DAMAGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; STERILIZATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS ARGENTIVENTER;

EID: 4644323658     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[1130:TIOSFO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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