Winning the fight against rodent pests: Recent developments in tanzania

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 333-340

  Mulungu, L S ^a   Ngowo, V D ^b   Makundi, R H ^a   Massawe, A W ^a   Leirs, H ^c,d  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Economics; Predictive models; Rodent management; Rodent outbreaks; Symptomatic control

Indexed keywords

RODENTICIDE;

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PESTS AND PEST CONTROL; PREDICTION; RODENT; SIMULATION; TANZANIA;

RODENTIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954733225     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2010.333.340     Document Type: Article

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