About rodent management

Welcome to the All About Rodents Web site! This is a venue for rodent scientists, researchers, and students to learn about each other's projects and activities. The latest news and stories on rodent outbreaks and research are featured. Training courses, conferences, and meetings are also highlighted. So keep yourself posted on this site for all rodent-related news!

The contents of this web site are provided by the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium of the International Rice Research Institute.

Latest Events

  • The 9th European Vertebrate Pest Management Conference September 22nd–27th 2013, Turku, FinlandThe conference was attended by 130 delegates from 30 countries across the globe who discussed their work and recent advances in the fields of ...
    Posted Mar 4, 2015, 6:59 PM by Unknown user
  • 5th International Conference on Rodent Biology and Management The 5th International Conference on Rodent Biology and Management (ICRBM)Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China25–29 August 2014Visit the ICRBM website at http://icrbm.csp.escience.cn/dct/page ...
    Posted Feb 7, 2013, 10:58 PM by Unknown user
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Rodent updates around the globe

  • 10th European Vertebrate Pest Management Conference Sevilla, 21-25 Septemeber 2015The biennial meeting is a forum for basic and applied research in vertebrate biology and ecology, methodology and legislation and their application in wildlife management. Its focus is on Europe but participants and contributions from other regions of the world are welcome.Symposia will be organized in the following broad topics:Ecologically based pest managementAgricultural and silvicultural pest managementUrban pest managementControl methods and alternatives  Zoonoses and parasitesInvasive vertebratesHuman – animal social conflictsFor more information click here
    Posted Mar 3, 2015, 9:57 PM by Unknown user
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Highlights

  • Rats may be disgusting, but it’s people who have made the world they thrive in by Steven BelmainRats are once again in the news, thanks to recent research, showing that the black death in medieval Europe may have been carried by gerbils rather than ...
    Posted Mar 3, 2015, 11:06 PM by Unknown user
  • Thai partners undergo workshop on rodent management and damage assessment Rodent damage during postharvest storage was one of the problems mentioned by Thai farmers when scientists from the Closing Rice Yield Gaps in Asia with Reduced Environmental Footprint (CORIGAP) assessed ...
    Posted Sep 7, 2014, 7:01 PM by Unknown user
  • Report on a "ratada" occurring in 2011 in western Argentina In western Argentina, the bamboo, Chusquea culeou, flowered massively last spring (October-November, 2010), from San Carlos de Bariloche to Lago Puelo (41.3° to 42.2°S). It also ...
    Posted Sep 7, 2014, 7:30 PM by Unknown user
  • Pacific Rat The Pacific Rat (Rattus exulans) is also known as the Kiore, or Polynesian or Maori Rat. It is not indigenous to Australia but has established populations in the wild on ...
    Posted Sep 7, 2014, 6:44 PM by Unknown user
  • New videos on rodent management Two new videos on ecologically based rodent management (EBRM) were produced by the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium. Of rice and rats: an introduction to ecologically based rodent management, features the ...
    Posted Sep 7, 2014, 6:45 PM by Unknown user
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