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Harvesting behaviour of three central European rodents: Identifying the rodent pest in cereals

SYSNO ASEP	0351363
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Harvesting behaviour of three central European rodents: Identifying the rodent pest in cereals
Author(s)	Heroldová, Marta (UBO-W)_{RID, ORCID} Tkadlec, Emil (UBO-W)_{RID, ORCID, SAI}
Number of authors	2
Source Title	Crop Protection. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0261-2194 Roč. 30, č. 1 (2011), s. 82-84
Number of pages	3 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	NL - Netherlands
Keywords	Apodemus sylvaticus ; Apodemus uralensis ; feeding behaviour ; lab experiments ; Microtus arvalis ; rodent pest control
Subject RIV	GF - Plant Pathology, Vermin, Weed, Plant Protection
R&D Projects	QH72075 GA MZe - Ministry of Agriculture (MZe)
CEZ	AV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000285119800013
EID SCOPUS	78149412302
DOI	10.1016/j.cropro.2010.09.002
Annotation	In central Europe, rodent damage in cereal crops is usually attributed to the common vole but these are caused by other rodents such as Apodemus mice as well. This raises a practical problem of identifying the rodent pests causing the damage to cereals at the time of harvest. To facilitate field differentiation between the damage caused by voles or mice, we conducted laboratory experiments in which the common vole, wood mouse and pygmy field mouse were presented with standing culms of wheat. Harvesting behaviour in these rodents differed strikingly. Wood mice first climbed and then cut down the culm at a height of about 20 cm. Pygmy field mice climbed to the top of the culm, harvesting only the ear. Voles cut the culm close to the ground leaving the stubble of about 8 cm in height. Our observations provide a quick and simple clue for identifying a causal rodent species in cereals and help in adopting a proper strategy for population management of a pest rodent.
Workplace	Institute of Vertebrate Biology
Contact	Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524
Year of Publishing	2012

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