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Present investigation is the first systematic study to assess the diversity of rodents across the altitude in different habitats in Leh district (Jammu & Kashmir). A total of 132 individuals belonging to three families and five species were collected during 2015-16 (June to September). The distribution and diversity of rodent fauna was significantl...
Arid Zone being perpetually scarcity biome has low productivity. Bajra, moth and cluster bean (guar) are the major crops grown under rainfed situation in of arid zone. These crops suffer severe infestation of rodents at all stages from sowing to harvest. Critical timing for application of rodenticides to control pest rodents, when the crop suffers...
Mus booduga (Gray 1837) is a mesic rodent, recorded for the first time from the cold arid region of Leh-Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The species was collected from crop fields and nearby areas from different altitudes ranging from 3187 to 3768 m above mean sea level. The paper describes the external measurements and diagnostic features of M. b...
The Himalayan Marmot Marmota himalayana is one of the largest rodents of cold desert habitats, found mainly between 3,500–5,200 m above the timberline. It is regarded as an ecosystem engineer and constitutes part of the diet of some globally endangered carnivores in the Trans-Himalayan region. Being one of the least studied rodents, a survey was ca...
In search for safe and eco-friendly management of rodent pests a number of phyto-chemicals have been evaluated as repellent, antifertility agent, antifeedant and toxicant etc. Protein rich residue of seed of Jojoba (Simmondisa chinensis) known as defatted jojoba meal is reported to possess marked suppressive effect on food intake in a variety of an...
This chapter contains data from small mammal surveys carried out in the entire state by Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), Jodhpur, and later by Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. Non-volant small mammals belong to orders Scandentia, Rodentia, Soricomorpha, and Erinaceomorpha whereas volant small mammals fall un...
It is about the rodent problem in agriculture and various means of rodent control
Three anticongulant rodenticides viz., difethialone (0.0025%), bromadiolone (0.005%) and brodifacoum (0.005%) have been evaluated in moth crop field. These rodenticides were administered by burrow and station baiting methods for one day at vegetative growth stage and maturity stage and their efficacy was evaluated by live burrow counting and census...
The house rat Rattus rattus is one of the most important vertebrate pests constituting about 7O-75 per cent of the rodents in houses and godowns. lt inflicts heavy losses to stored food grains, storage structures, guny bogs, cloths and utensils besides contaminating the food. Difethialone, a second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide was extensive...
