LEADER 05421nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910955151203321 005 20251116181724.0 010 $a1-61470-904-1 035 $a(CKB)2550000001042552 035 $a(EBL)3020359 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000875962 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11455079 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000875962 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10896292 035 $a(PQKB)10780901 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3020359 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3020359 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10676648 035 $a(OCoLC)828868939 035 $a(BIP)35284299 035 $a(BIP)35284301 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001042552 100 $a20110801d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aRodents $ehabitat, pathology and environmental impact /$fAlfeo Triunveri and Desi Scalise, editors 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aHauppauge, N.Y. $cNova Science$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (208 p.) 225 1 $aAnimal science, issues, and professions 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a1-61470-833-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- RODENTSHABITAT, PATHOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT -- ANIMAL SCIENCE, ISSUES AND PROFESSIONS -- RODENTSHABITAT, PATHOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT -- 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 -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- POPULATION REGULATION IN REPRODUCTIVE SEASON -- Materal and Methods -- Results and Discussion -- WINTER FACTORS OF POPULATION REGULATION -- Material and Methods -- Results and Discussion -- CONCLUSION -- ACNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3. RODENTS AND SPACE: WHAT BEHAVIOR DO WE STUDY UNDER SEMI-NATURAL AND LABORATORY CONDITIONS? -- INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4. PROECHIMYS: A RODENT STILL POORLY UNDERSTOOD -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PROECHIMYS TAXONOMY -- PROECHIMYS: POTENTIAL RESERVOIR OF DISEASES -- PROECHIMYS RODENTS AND NEUROSCIENCE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5. NICHE OVERLAP AND RESOURCE PARTITIONING AMONG THREE URBAN RODENT SPECIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- Study Area -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6. HELMINTH PARASITES OF HYDROMYINE RODENTS FROM THE ISLAND OF NEW GUINEA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MURIDAE -- HELMINTHS -- ACANTHOCEPHALA -- PLATYHELMINTHES -- NEMATODA -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES. 327 $aCHAPTER 7. RODENT MANAGEMENT IN ANIMAL FARMS BY ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 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 -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8. SUSTAINED AGRICULTURE: THE NEED TO MANAGE RODENT DAMAGE -- INTRODUCTION -- 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 -- REFERENCES -- INDEX. 330 $aThis book gathers topical research from across the globe in the study of the habitat, pathology and environmental impact of the rodent population. Topics discussed include rodents in urban ecosystems of Russia and the USA; the European water vole of Western Siberia; a study of rodents in field investigations; the potential use of Proechimys (spiny rat) in the field of neuroscience; niche overlap and resource partitioning among three urban rodent species; helminth parasites of hydromyine rodents from the island of New Guinea and rodent management in animal farms by anticoagulant rodenticides. 410 0$aAnimal science, issues, and professions series. 606 $aRodents 606 $aRodents$xEcology 615 0$aRodents. 615 0$aRodents$xEcology. 676 $a599.35 701 $aTriunveri$b Alfeo$01872216 701 $aScalise$b Desi$01872217 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910955151203321 996 $aRodents$94481302 997 $aUNINA