Domestic cats and dogs create a landscape of fear for pest rodents around rural homesteads.

Using domestic predators such as cats to control rodent pest problems around farms and homesteads is common across the world. However, practical scientific evidence on the impact of such biological control in agricultural settings is often lacking. We tested whether the presence of domestic cats and...

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Main Authors: Themb'alilahlwa A M Mahlaba, Ara Monadjem, Robert McCleery, Steven R Belmain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5291527?pdf=render