Breeding ecology of rice field rats, Rattus argentiventer and R. tanezumi in lowland irrigated rice systems in the Philippines

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 161, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-45

  Htwe, Nyo Me ^a,b,c   Singleton, Grant R ^a   Hinds, Lyn A ^d   Propper, Catherine R ^b   Sluydts, Vincent ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Agriculture   (Myanmar)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breeding ecology; Ecologically based rodent management; Lowland irrigated rice; R. argentiventer; R. tanezumi; Rodents

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; IRRIGATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PADDY FIELD; PEST SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; RICE; RODENT;

PHILIPPINES;

RATTUS; RATTUS ARGENTIVENTER; RATTUS TANEZUMI; RODENTIA;

EID: 84864919703     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.07.023     Document Type: Article

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