Population cycles and outbreaks of small rodents: ten essential questions we still need to solve

HP Andreassen, J Sundell, F Ecke, S Halle… - Oecologia, 2021 - Springer
Most small rodent populations in the world have fascinating population dynamics. In the
northern hemisphere, voles and lemmings tend to show population cycles with regular …

Mice, rats, and people: the bio‐economics of agricultural rodent pests

NC Stenseth, H Leirs, A Skonhoft… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Mice, rats, and other rodents threaten food production and act as reservoirs for disease
throughout the world. In Asia alone, the rice loss every year caused by rodents could feed …

Adapting to climate change: is there scope for ecological management in the face of a global threat?

PE Hulme - Journal of Applied ecology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Climate change is recognized as a major threat to the survival of species and
integrity of ecosystems world‐wide. Although considerable research has focused on climate …

Geographical drivers and climate-linked dynamics of Lassa fever in Nigeria

DW Redding, R Gibb, CC Dan-Nwafor, EA Ilori… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Lassa fever is a longstanding public health concern in West Africa. Recent molecular studies
have confirmed the fundamental role of the rodent host (Mastomys natalensis) in driving …

Rating the rat: global patterns and research priorities in impacts and management of rodent pests

D Capizzi, S Bertolino, A Mortelliti - Mammal Review, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We report the results of the first systematic assessment of global patterns and research
priorities emerging in the field of rodent pest management. We carried out an extensive …

Climate change and the neglected tropical diseases

M Booth - Advances in parasitology, 2018 - Elsevier
Climate change is expected to impact across every domain of society, including health. The
majority of the world's population is susceptible to pathological, infectious disease whose life …

Stochastic seasonality and nonlinear density-dependent factors regulate population size in an African rodent

H Leirs, NC Stenseth, JD Nichols, JE Hines… - Nature, 1997 - nature.com
Ecology has long been troubled by the controversy over how populations are regulated,.
Some ecologists focus on the role of environmental effects, whereas others argue that …

Current maize production, postharvest losses and the risk of mycotoxins contamination in Tanzania

RA Suleiman, RA Kurt - 2015 ASABE Annual International …, 2015 - elibrary.asabe.org
Agriculture is the backbone of Tanzanian economy. It accounts for about one-third of the
gross domestic product (GDP), provides 85 percent of all exports and saves as a livelihood …

The status of fertility control for rodents—recent achievements and future directions

K Jacoblinnert, J Jacob, Z Zhang… - Integrative Zoology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Management of overabundant rodents at a landscape scale is complex but often required to
sustainably reduce rodent abundance below damage thresholds. Current conventional …

Plague and climate: scales matter

T Ben Ari, S Neerinckx, KL Gage, K Kreppel… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Plague is enzootic in wildlife populations of small mammals in central and eastern Asia,
Africa, South and North America, and has been recognized recently as a reemerging threat …