We argue that population growth rate is the key unifying variable linking the various facets of
population ecology. The importance of population growth rate lies partly in its central role in …

Mice, rats, and other rodents threaten food production and act as reservoirs for disease
throughout the world. In Asia alone, the rice loss every year caused by rodents could feed …

Understanding a species' behaviour in natural conditions can give insights into its
development, responses and welfare in captivity. Here, we review research and pest control …

Climate is a major extrinsic factor affecting the population dynamics of many organisms. The
Broad‐Scale Climate Hypothesis (BSCH) was proposed by Elton to explain the large‐scale …

Well-known examples of high-amplitude, large-scale fluctuations of small-mammal
populations include vole cycles in the boreal zone of Eurasia, lemming cycles in the high …

Brandt's voles (Microtus brandti) are small native mammals that inhabit the grasslands of
Inner Mongolia, China. The species is considered a pest, particularly during population …

The house mouse has adapted well to the cereal crops of south-eastern Australia where
populations show aperiodic outbreaks over large areas. A 20-year population study has …

Background During the past three decades, sustained population decline or disappearance
of cycles in small rodents have been observed. Both anthropogenic disturbance and climate …

Over the years, plague has caused a large number of deaths worldwide and subsequently
changed history, not the least during the period of the Black Death. Of the three plague …

The Australian mammalian fauna is marked by high endemism and evolutionary
distinctiveness and comprises monotreme, marsupial, and eutherian ('placental') native …