Correction: A systematic review of rodent pest research in Afro-Malagasy small-holder farming systems: Are we asking the right questions? (PLoS ONE (2017) 12:3 (e0174554) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174554);A systematic review of rodent pest research in Afro-Malagasy small-holder farming systems: Are we asking the right questions?

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Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Swanepoel, Lourens H ^a   Swanepoel, Corrie M ^b   Brown, Peter R ^c   Eiseb, Seth J ^d   Goodman, Steven M ^e,f   Keith, Mark ^g   Kirsten, Frikkie ^h   Leirs, Herwig ⁱ   Mahlaba, Themb'Alilahlwa A M ^j   Makundi, Rhodes H ^k   Malebane, Phanuel ^h   Von Maltitz, Emil F ^h   Massawe, Apia W ^k   Monadjem, Ara ^j   Mulungu, Loth S ^k   Singleton, Grant R ^a,l   Taylor, Peter J ^a   Soarimalala, Voahangy ^e   Belmain, Steven R ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^e ASSOCIATION VAHATRA   (Madagascar)

^f FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^h PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^k SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^l INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC RESEARCH; CROP; EMPIRICISM; ETHIOPIA; FARMING SYSTEM; HUMAN; KENYA; MADAGASCAR; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PEST RODENT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REST; SEEDLING; STORAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TANZANIA; AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; META ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HUMANS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RODENTIA;

EID: 85016782170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176621     Document Type: Erratum

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