The effect of habitat management on home-range size and survival of rural Norway rat populations

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1753-1761

  Lambert, M S ^a   Quy, R J ^a   Smith, R H ^b,c   Cowan, D P ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Farming wildlife; GIS; Habitat structure; Integrated management of rodent populations; Radio tracking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BAIT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GIS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENT; NEST SITE; PESTICIDE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION REGULATION; RANGE SIZE; REARING; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 54349114518     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01543.x     Document Type: Article

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