A meeting of mice and men: rodent impacts on food security, human diseases and wildlife conservation; ecosystem benefits; fascinating biological models
Grant R. Singleton A B F , Jens Jacob C , Charles J. Krebs D and Ara Monadjem E
+ Author Affiliations
- Author Affiliations
A International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, 1301, Philippines.
B Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK.
C Julius Kuehn Institute, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Forests, Toppheideweg 88, 48161 Muenster, Germany.
D Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4, Canada.
E Department of Biological Sciences, University of Swaziland, Private Bag 4, Kwaluseni, Swaziland.
F Corresponding author. Email: g.singleton@irri.org
Wildlife Research 42(2) 83-85 https://doi.org/10.1071/WR15094
Submitted: 7 May 2015 Accepted: 22 May 2015 Published: 12 June 2015
Additional keywords: behaviour, ecology, rats, wildlife management.
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