Rodent biology and management – who is outsmarting whom?

Differences in population parameters of Rattus norvegicus in urban and rural habitats of central Argentina

“…Our results may be relevant to management because the idea that a reproductive response may compensate the mortality due to control with rodenticides highlights the need for a more integrated control programme that addresses the need for reducing the access of rats to food, and that evaluates the use of alternative methods for reducing abundance, such as chemical inhibitors of reproduction (Dell ' Omo and Palmery 2002, Hinds et al 2003, Jacob et al 2008. However, we consider that the management of this pest species must be done according to the characteristics of the habitats and populations involved, meaning that there are no universal recipes for control that can be applied without the knowledge of the particular system where they are applied.…”

turns 50

“…To that end, over recent decades the journal has published issues on an impressive range of topics that is testament to the breadth of wildlife and broader environmental management problems addressed by science published in the journal. Areas covered in these issues have included: the ecology, impacts and management of invasive vertebrate species (Cooke and Saunders 2002;White et al 2008;Legge et al 2020c); tools, technologies and indices for use in monitoring and management of both pest and threatened species (Engeman 2005; Tyndale-Biscoe and Hinds 2007; Cowan and Hinds 2008;Fleming and Tracey 2008;Wirsing et al 2022); human-wildlife interactions (White and Ward 2010;Soulsbury and White 2015); rodent ecology and management (Hinds and Singleton 2011;Singleton et al 2015); biodiversity prioritisation and management (Cullen and White 2013); and fire ecology and wildlife management (Whitehead et al 2005). In addition, a particularly important volume entitled 'Wildlife Population Dynamics and Management' highlighted and celebrated the profound influence of the late Graeme Caughley on the field and his service to the journal itself (Hone 2009).…”

A meeting of mice and men: rodent impacts on food security, human diseases and wildlife conservation; ecosystem benefits; fascinating biological models

“…The 1st ICRBM was held in Beijing in 1998 and the conference has developed considerably in its breadth of topics in the intervening 16 years (see http://www.icrbm.org/previousicrbms). A selection of papers were published from the 1st ICRBM (Singleton et al 1999), all were peer reviewed and published from the 2nd ICRBM (Singleton et al 2003), and a selection of papers were published from the 3rd ICRBM ) and the 4th ICRBM (Hinds and Singleton 2011). The current issue provides a selection of papers associated with the 5th ICRBM and has an interesting spread, with four being focused on Africa, two on Europe, four on Asia, one on Australia, and one on Canada.…”