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The control of rodent damage in Australian macadamia orchards by manipulation of adjacent non-crop habitats

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posted on 1998-06-01, 00:00 authored by John WhiteJohn White, K Horskins, J Wilson
Habitat manipulation was used as a management strategy for the control of rodent (Rattus rattus) damage in Australian macadamia orchard systems. Large, temporally stable non-crop habitats were converted to highly modified grasslands. These sites were manipulated by removing all non-crop vegetation over 10 cm in height to a distance of approximately 20 m from the orchard. Regrowth was controlled by the application of herbicide. The total cost of the habitat manipulation was $AUD 292 per site. Manipulation resulted in a reduction in damage of 65% within the associated orchards. This reduction in rodent damage resulted in a saving of $AUD 980 per site. Therefore habitat manipulation was cost-effective and is a viable startegy for the control of rodent damage in Australian macadamia orchard systems.

History

Journal

Crop protection

Volume

17

Pagination

353-357

Location

Amsterdam, Netherlands

ISSN

0261-2194

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

1998, Elsevier

Issue

4

Publisher

Elsevier BV

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