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Description: |
x, 422 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: The Natural History of Rodents : Preadaptations to Pestilence / D.W. Macdonald, M.G.P. Fenn and M. Gelling -- Commensal Rodents / M. Lund -- Rodents in Agriculture and Forestry / B.J. Wood and G.R. Singleton -- Rodents as Carriers of Disease / S.A. Battersby -- Rodent Control Methods : Non-chemical and Non-lethal Chemical, with Special Reference to Food Stores / R.H. Smith and A.N. Meyer -- Control Methods : Chemical / A.P. Buckle and C.T. Eason -- The Laboratory Evaluation of Rodenticides / C.V. Prescott and R.A. Johnson -- Field Evaluation of Rodenticides / D.P. Cowan and M.G. Townsend -- Resistance to Anticoagulant Rodenticides / H.-J. Pelz and C.V. Prescott -- Damage Assessment and Damage Surveys / A.P. Buckle -- Rodent Control in Practice : Protection of Humans and Animal Health / A.N. Meyer and D.E. Kaukeinen -- Rodent Control in Practice : Temperate Field Crops and Forestry / A.P. Buckle and H.-J. Pelz -- Rodent Control in Practice : Tropical Field Crops / M.W. Fall and L.A. Fiedler -- Sociology and Communication of Rodent Management in Developing Countries / G.R. Singleton and R.J.B. Flor -- Ethics in Rodent Control / F.J.L. Smit -- Environmental Impacts of Rodenticides / R.H. Smith and R.F. Shore -- Monitoring Rodenticide Residues in Wildlife / R.F. Shore, M.G. Pereira, E.D. Potter and L.A. Walker -- Rodent Control and Island Conservation / G. Howald, J. Ross and A.P. Buckle -- Rodent Control : Back to the Future (the Sequel) / A.P. Buckle and R.H. Smith. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Abstract: This updated 2nd edition, two decades after the publication of the first edition, combines information from the latest scientific research on rodent pests and their control. It includes 19 chapters discussing: the natural history of rodents and preadaptations to pestilence; commensal rodents; rodents in agriculture and forestry; rodents as carriers of disease; non-chemical and non-lethal chemical control methods, with special reference to food stores; chemical control methods; laboratory evaluation of rodenticides; field evaluation of rodenticides; resistance to anticoagulant rodenticides; damage assessment and damage surveys; rodent control in protection of humans and animal health; rodent control in temperate field crops and forestry; rodent control in tropical field crops; sociology and communication of rodent management in Developing Countries; ethics in rodent control; environmental impacts of rodenticides; monitoring rodenticide residues in wildlife; rodent control and island conservation; and rodent control 20 years since the publication of the first edition. This book is essential reading for all those involved in rodent pest control, including researchers, conservationists, practitioners and public health specialists. |
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Name Added Entry: |
Buckle, A. P. (Alan P.), editor. |