Can humans outsmart rodents? Learning to work collectively and strategically

Wildlife Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 568-578

  Palis, Florencia G ^a   Singleton, Grant R ^a   Brown, Peter R ^b   Huan, Nguyen Huu ^c   Umali, Christian ^a   Nga, Nguyen Thi Duong ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Plant Protection Department   (Viet Nam)

^d VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOOD SECURITY; HARVESTING; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INSECTICIDE; IRRIGATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RODENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

RED RIVER DELTA; VIET NAM;

EID: 82955240503     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR10226     Document Type: Article

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