The changing rodent pest fauna in Egypt

The most serious known rodent pests in agricultural irrigated land are: Rattus rattus, Arvicanthis niloticus and Acomys sp. Occasionally there are rodent outbreaks in agricultural plantations. The changing agro-ecosystem in the present and future agricultural plantations is expected to affect the st...

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Main Author: Ali, A. Maher
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: eScholarship, University of California 1978
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Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9zg1911p
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spelling ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org/ark:/13030/qt9zg1911p 2023-05-15T18:05:05+02:00 The changing rodent pest fauna in Egypt Ali, A. Maher 1978-01-01 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9zg1911p unknown eScholarship, University of California qt9zg1911p https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9zg1911p public Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference, vol 8, iss 8 EGYPT RODENTS POPULATION DYNAMICS GERBILLUS SPP MERIONES CRASSUS PSAMMOMYS OBESUS NANNOSPALAX EHRENBERGI NESOKIA INDICA JACULUS JACULUS ARVICANTHIS NILOTICUS ACOMYS SPP article 1978 ftcdlib 2020-04-03T22:54:06Z The most serious known rodent pests in agricultural irrigated land are: Rattus rattus, Arvicanthis niloticus and Acomys sp. Occasionally there are rodent outbreaks in agricultural plantations. The changing agro-ecosystem in the present and future agricultural plantations is expected to affect the status of the following potential rodent pest species: Spalax ehrenbergi aegyptiacus, Nesokia indica, Jaculus orientalis, and Gerbillus gerbillus gerbillus. Basic studies are needed to quantify damage including water loss, which is caused by rodents, forecast of rodent outbreaks, and integrated control of rodents in agricultural projects. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus University of California: eScholarship
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topic EGYPT
RODENTS
POPULATION DYNAMICS
GERBILLUS SPP
MERIONES CRASSUS
PSAMMOMYS OBESUS
NANNOSPALAX EHRENBERGI
NESOKIA INDICA
JACULUS JACULUS
ARVICANTHIS NILOTICUS
ACOMYS SPP
spellingShingle EGYPT
RODENTS
POPULATION DYNAMICS
GERBILLUS SPP
MERIONES CRASSUS
PSAMMOMYS OBESUS
NANNOSPALAX EHRENBERGI
NESOKIA INDICA
JACULUS JACULUS
ARVICANTHIS NILOTICUS
ACOMYS SPP
Ali, A. Maher
The changing rodent pest fauna in Egypt
topic_facet EGYPT
RODENTS
POPULATION DYNAMICS
GERBILLUS SPP
MERIONES CRASSUS
PSAMMOMYS OBESUS
NANNOSPALAX EHRENBERGI
NESOKIA INDICA
JACULUS JACULUS
ARVICANTHIS NILOTICUS
ACOMYS SPP
description The most serious known rodent pests in agricultural irrigated land are: Rattus rattus, Arvicanthis niloticus and Acomys sp. Occasionally there are rodent outbreaks in agricultural plantations. The changing agro-ecosystem in the present and future agricultural plantations is expected to affect the status of the following potential rodent pest species: Spalax ehrenbergi aegyptiacus, Nesokia indica, Jaculus orientalis, and Gerbillus gerbillus gerbillus. Basic studies are needed to quantify damage including water loss, which is caused by rodents, forecast of rodent outbreaks, and integrated control of rodents in agricultural projects.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Ali, A. Maher
author_facet Ali, A. Maher
author_sort Ali, A. Maher
title The changing rodent pest fauna in Egypt
title_short The changing rodent pest fauna in Egypt
title_full The changing rodent pest fauna in Egypt
title_fullStr The changing rodent pest fauna in Egypt
title_full_unstemmed The changing rodent pest fauna in Egypt
title_sort changing rodent pest fauna in egypt
publisher eScholarship, University of California
publishDate 1978
url https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9zg1911p
genre Rattus rattus
genre_facet Rattus rattus
op_source Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference, vol 8, iss 8
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