Population response of rodents to control with rodenticides

Current Zoology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-91

  Shilova, S A ^a   Tchabovsky, A V ^a  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Compensation mechanisms; Field experiments; Rodent control; Rodenticides

Indexed keywords

LAGOMORPHA; MUS MUSCULUS; OCHOTONA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 68349136858     PISSN: 00017302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/55.2.81     Document Type: Review

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