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INTRODUCTION

Rodent biology and management – who is outsmarting whom?

Lyn A. Hinds A C and Grant R. Singleton B
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A CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

B International Rice Research Institute, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, DAPO Box 7777 Metro Manila, Philippines.

C Corresponding author. Email: lyn.hinds@csiro.au

Wildlife Research 38(7) 539-540 https://doi.org/10.1071/WR11132
Submitted: 25 July 2011  Accepted: 12 September 2011   Published: 30 November 2011


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