Using long-term monitoring of red fox populations to assess changes in rodent control practices

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1406-1414

  Jacquot, Marion ^a   Coeurdassier, Michaël ^a   Couval, Geoffroy ^b   Renaude, Régis ^c   Pleydell, David ^d   Truchetet, Denis ^e   Raoul, Francis ^a   Giraudoux, Patrick ^a,f  

^a University of Franche Comté   (France)

^b FREDON Franche Comté Espace Valentin Est   (France)

^c Fédération Départementale des Chasseurs du Doubs ^*  (France)

^d UMR ASTRE   (France)

^e DRAAF FC   (France)

^f INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant rodenticide AVK; Bromadiolone; Grassland rodent; Integrated pest management; Large scale impact; Pesticide; Vertebrate pest; Water vole Arvicola terrestris

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTICOAGULANT; BAIT; BIODIVERSITY; CANID; CHEMICAL CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GRASSLAND; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LEGAL SYSTEM; MONITORING; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT; RODENTICIDE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

FRANCE;

EID: 84887542375     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12151     Document Type: Article

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