Mammals as Pests

The purpose of this text is to re-evaluate the true pest status of many common species traditionally regarded as pests. Based on the proceedings of a symposium, it presents data from a number of British and European studies on various mammalian pests.

Mammals as pests, R.J.Putman; the pest status of rodents in the UK, C.G.J.Richards; ecological aspects of damage to sugar beet seeds by apodemus sylvaticus, H.J.Pelz; Fossorial voles - problems and research, A.Meylan; prevalence of pneumocystis Carinni and Leptospiraicterohaemorrhagiae in Danish rodents, J.Loda and M.Lund; progress in rodent control and strategies for the future, A.B.Lazarus; moles as pests, R.D.Stone; repelling moles, M.L.Gorman and R.D.Stone; the control of red and silka deer populations in commercial forests, P.R.Ratcliffe; deer and habitat relations in managed forests, M.J.Hannan and J.Whelan; impact of red and roe deer on Scottish woodlands, B.W.Staines and D.Welch; demographic implications for the control of grey squirrels, J.Gurnell; bark-stripping by grey squirrels in Britain and North America - why does the damage differ, R.E.Kenward; demographic consequences of differences in ranging behaviour of male and female copyus, L.M.Gosling and S.J.Baker; rabbits as pests in winter wheat, M.J.Crawley; rabbit ranging behaviour and its implications for the management of rabbit populations, A.R.Hardy et al; population dynamics of parasites of the wild rabbit, B.Boag; badger damage - fact or fiction?, R.G.Symes; badgers as pests in English vineyards, T.J.Roper et al; the control of rabies in urban fox populations, G.C.Smith and S.Harris; the mink menace? a reappraisal, N.Dunstone and M.Ireland; economic damage by feral American mink in England and Wales, M.D.K.Harrision and R.G.Symes; British seals - vermin or scapegoats?, S.S.Anderson et al; feral cats - management of urban populations and pest problems in neutering, P.N.Neville.