Rodents [[electronic resource] ] : habitat, pathology and environmental impact / / Alfeo Triunveri and Desi Scalise, editors

• Pubblicazione: Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Disciplina: 599.35
• Soggetto topico: Rodents; Rodents - Ecology
• Altri autori: TriunveriAlfeo ScaliseDesi
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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. ; CHAPTER 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Rodents
• ISBN: 1-61470-904-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816819703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Animal science, issues, and professions series.