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cje ›› 2011, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (11): 2637-2645.

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Significance and methodology of rodent’s food habit research: A review.

YONG Zhong-yu1,2, GUO Chong2, ZHANG Mei-wen1, WANG Yong1, LI Bo1   

  1. 1Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Observation and Research, Key Laboratory for Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, China;2College of Life Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
  • Online:2011-11-08 Published:2011-11-08

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Abstract: Rodent’s food habit is an important component in the study of population ecology, and also, a reference index commonly used in constituting rat pest control strategies. Many convenient and practical methods are adopted to study the rodent’s food habit, and significant achie-vements are gained. This paper introduced the related research methods, summarized the related research results in recent 40 years, and analyzed the prospects of this research area, aimed to provide some useful ideas for the future study.

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