| Description |
494 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
ACIAR monograph series ; no.59 |
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ACIAR monograph series ; no. 59
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| Contents |
1. Ecologically-based management of rodent pests - re-evaluating our approach to an old problem / Grant R. Singleton ... [et al.] -- Section 1. Basic research - the foundation for sound management -- 2. Current paradigms of rodent population dynamics - what are we missing? / Charles J. Krebs -- 3. The behaviour and ecology of Rattus norvegicus: from opportunism to kamikaze tendencies / David W. Macdonald, Fiona Matthews and Manuel Berdoy -- 4. Models for predicting plagues of house mice (Mus domesticus) in Australia / Roger P. Pech ... [et al.] -- 5. Rodent-ecosystem relationships: a review / Chris R. Dickman -- 6. The role of rodents in emerging human disease: examples from the Hantaviruses and Arenaviruses / James N. Mills -- section 2. 7. Rodenticides - their role in rodent pest management in tropical agriculture / Alan P. Buckle -- |
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15. Population ecology and management of rodent pests in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam / Peter R. Brown ... [et al.] -- 16. Rodent management in Thailand / Puangtong Boonsong ... [et al.] -- 17. Farmer participatory research on rat management in Cambodia / Gary C. Jahn ... [et al.] -- 18. Rodents in agriculture in the Lao PDR - a problem with an unknown future / John M. Schiller, Bounneuang Douang Boupha and Onechanh Bounnaphol -- 19. Populations of African rodents: models and the real world / Herwig Leirs -- 20. Ecophysiology and chronobiology applied to rodent pest management in semi-arid agricultural areas in Sub-Saharan West Africa / Bruno Sicard, Wamian Diarra and Howard M. Cooper -- |
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21. The rodent problem in Madagascar: agricultural pest and threat to human health / Jean-Marc Duplantier and Daniel Rakotondravony -- 22. Rodent pest management in East Africa - an ecological approach / Rhodes H. Makundi, Nicholas O. Oguge and Patrick S. Mwanjabe -- 23. Ecologically-based rodent management in developing countries: where to now? / Herwig Leirs, Grant R. Singleton and Lyn A. Hinds.y-based managem |
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8. Physical control of rats in developing countries / Grant R. Singleton ... [et al.] -- 9. Ecological management of Brandt's Vole (Microtus brandti) in Inner Mongolia, China / Wenqin Zhong, Mengjun Wang and Xinrong Wan -- 10. Biological control of rodents - the case for fertility control using immunocontraception / Lisa K. Chambers, Malcolm A. Lawson and Lyn A. Hinds -- 11. Urban rodent control programs for the 21st century / Bruce A. Colvin and William B. Jackson -- section 3. 12. Rodent pest management in agricultural ecosystems in China / Zhibin Zhang ... [et al.] -- 13. Rodent pest management in the Qinghai-Tibet alpine meadow ecosystem / Naichang Fan ... [et al.] -- 14. Ecologically-based population management of the rice-field rat in Indonesia / Luke K.P. Leung ... [et al.] -- |
| Summary |
Both provided a good mix of papers on the principles and practices of rodent pest management, and are compulsory reading for students and practitioners of rodent biology and management. Our book differs from these two books in providing a considerably stronger emphasis on (i) ecologically-based management, (ii) recent developments in innovative approaches to biological control, and (iii) the problems, progress and challenges of rodent pest management in developing countries. One important element missing in our book, and in the previous two books, is a substantial contribution on rodent management in Central and South America. We hope that this void is filled in the near future. In the interim, we hope that our book is of interest and practical value to researchers in that region of the world |
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The Australian Centre for International Agricultrual Research (ACIAR), the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Wildlife and Ecology each pledged support for the conference. This led to a successful recruiting drive with all the speakers we approached accepting an invitation to present a paper at the First International Conference on Rodent Biology and Management held in Beijing in October 1998. In January 1998, the editors approached ACIAR with the concept of a book on ecologically-based management that would bring together leading researchers of the basic biology of rodents and those charged with developing and implementing management strategies for rodent pests, especially in developing countries |
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The book consists primarily of a selection of papers presented at the Beijing conference and comprises three sections. Section 1 sets the scene with contributions from leading small mammal biologists interested in theory and current paradisms of rodent biology and management. Section 2 covers state-of-the-art technologies of the different approaches to management of rodent pest - rodenticides, physical control, urban management and biological control. Section 3 describes regional case studies of rodent pest problems and progress with their management for a selection of developing countries in Asia and Africa. Internationally, there have been two previous books of note on rodent pest management: one edited by Ishwar Prakash, published in 1988, the other edited by Alan Buckle and Robert Smith, published in 1994 |
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The seed for this book was sown in Morogoro, Tanzania, in 1996, following the strong ecological theme that emerged at an international workshop: Rodent Biology and Integrated Pest Management in Africa. Herwig Leirs and Grant Singleton were encouraged that the theme of ecologicallly-based rodent research came through strongly as the future direction for rodent management in developing countries in both Africa and Asia. The opportunity to germinate the see arose in 1997 when Zhibin Zhang approached Grant Singleton and Lyn Hinds to co-convene an international conference on rodent biology and management. The focus would be broader than the Morogoro workshop and it was obvious that to augment the charm and appeal of Beijing in early autumn, an impressive line-up of international speakers would be required to attract participants to the conference |
| Notes |
Includes references |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available via the World Wide Web |
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Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research GPO Box 1571, Canberra, ACT 2601 |
| Subject |
Agricultural pests -- Biological control.
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Agricultural pests -- Control.
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Agricultural pests -- Integrated control.
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Rodents -- Control.
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Rodents -- Ecology.
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Rodents.
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| Author |
Hinds, Lyn A
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Leirs, Herwig
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Singleton, Grant Robert
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Zhang, Zhibin.
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Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
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| LC no. |
00002127 |
| ISBN |
1863202625 |
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