Rodents : habitat, pathology and environmental impact / Alfeo Triunveri and Desi Scalise, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Triunveri, Alfeo.

Scalise, Desi.

Series:

Animal science, issues, and professions series.

Animal science, issues, and professions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rodents.

Rodents--Ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book gathers topical research from across the globe in the study of the habitat, pathology and environmental impact of the rodent population. Topics discussed include rodents in urban ecosystems of Russia and the USA; the European water vole of Western Siberia; a study of rodents in field investigations; the potential use of Proechimys (spiny rat) in the field of neuroscience; niche overlap and resource partitioning among three urban rodent species; helminth parasites of hydromyine rodents from the island of New Guinea and rodent management in animal farms by anticoagulant rodenticides.

Contents:

Intro

RODENTSHABITAT, PATHOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

ANIMAL SCIENCE, ISSUES AND PROFESSIONS

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

CONTENTS

PREFACE

CHAPTER 1. RODENTS IN URBAN ECOSYSTEMS OF RUSSIA AND THE USA

ABSTRACT

TERMINOLOGY AND DIFFERENCES IN TERMS BETWEEN WESTERN AND RUSSIAN LITERATURES

SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF URBAN TERRITORIES AS AN ENVIRONMENT FOR RODENTS

BIOLOGICAL TRAITS OF URBAN RODENTS

NORWAY RATS

BLACK RATS

HOUSE MICE

WILD RODENTS WITHIN URBAN TERRITORIES

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 2. EXTRINSIC AND INTRINSIC FACTORS OF REGULATION OF REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL IN THE WATER VOLE (ARVICOLA AMPHIBIUS) POPULATION FROM WESTERN SIBERIA

INTRODUCTION

POPULATION REGULATION IN REPRODUCTIVE SEASON

Materal and Methods

Results and Discussion

WINTER FACTORS OF POPULATION REGULATION

Material and Methods

CONCLUSION

ACNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER 3. RODENTS AND SPACE: WHAT BEHAVIOR DO WE STUDY UNDER SEMI-NATURAL AND LABORATORY CONDITIONS?

CHAPTER 4. PROECHIMYS: A RODENT STILL POORLY UNDERSTOOD

PROECHIMYS TAXONOMY

PROECHIMYS: POTENTIAL RESERVOIR OF DISEASES

PROECHIMYS RODENTS AND NEUROSCIENCE

CHAPTER 5. NICHE OVERLAP AND RESOURCE PARTITIONING AMONG THREE URBAN RODENT SPECIES

METHODS

Study Area

Data Collection

Data Analysis

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER 6. HELMINTH PARASITES OF HYDROMYINE RODENTS FROM THE ISLAND OF NEW GUINEA

MURIDAE

HELMINTHS

ACANTHOCEPHALA

PLATYHELMINTHES

NEMATODA

REFERENCES.

CHAPTER 7. RODENT MANAGEMENT IN ANIMAL FARMS BY ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDES

NON-LETHAL MANAGEMENT

FAST-ACTING RODENTICIDES

SLOW-ACTING RODENTICIDES: THE ANTICOAGULANTS

RODENTICIDE FORMULATIONS

BAIT CONTAINERS

FOOD AVAILABILITY AND CONTROL EFFICACY

SOCIAL DOMINANCE AND CONTROL EFFICACY

Control Success Assessment

(A) Live Trapping

(B) Tracking

(C) Rodent Droppings

(D) Re-Opened Hole Census

(E) Food Consumption

TESTING COMMERCIAL FORMULATIONS

CHAPTER 8. SUSTAINED AGRICULTURE: THE NEED TO MANAGE RODENT DAMAGE

THE NATURE OF RODENTS

RODENT DAMAGE AND THE SPECIES CAUSING DAMAGE

LEVELS OF RODENT DAMAGE

MONITORING RODENT POPULATIONS

CHALLENGES TO MANAGING RODENT DAMAGE AND POPULATIONS

POPULATION MANAGEMENT OF RODENTS

ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS: PHYSICAL AND BIOTIC ENVIRONMENT

INFLUENCING FOOD AND SHELTER TO REDUCE RODENT POPULATIONS OR DAMAGE

EXCLUSION OF RODENTS FROM AREAS OR RESOURCES

INFLUENCE OF LAND USES, MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON RODENT POPULATIONS

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS

RESEARCH NEEDS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61470-904-1

OCLC:

828868939