Efficacy of aluminum phosphide tablets to control Richardson's ground squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii) populations in southern Saskatchewan, Canada

Crop Protection

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1039-1042

  Proulx, Gilbert ^a   MacKenzie, Neil ^a   MacKenzie, Keith ^a   Walsh, Kara ^a  

^a Alpha Wildlife Research and Management Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aluminum phosphide; Pesticide; Phostoxin ; Prairies; Richardson's ground squirrels; Rodent control

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BAIT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRASSLAND; INORGANIC COMPOUND; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRAIRIE; RICHARDSON NUMBER; RODENT;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS RICHARDSONII;

EID: 79957558656     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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