Relationships among rat numbers, abundance of oil palm fruit and damage levels to fruit in an oil palm plantation.

• Main Authors: Puan, Chong Leong, Goldizen, Anne W., Hussin, Mohamed Zakaria, Mohd Noor, Hafidzi, Baxter, Greg S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23914/1/Relationships%20among%20rat%20numbers.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23914/; http://as.wiley.com/

The relationships between vertebrate pests and crop damage are often complex and difficult to study. In palm oil plantations rodents remain the major pests, causing substantial monetary losses. The present study examined the numerical and functional responses of rodents to changes in the availabilit...