Integrating fertility control techniques using steroid hormones after lethal control can help reduce post control rebuildup of rodent populations.The current study is thefirst to assess the antifertility effects of qu...
The research was supported by the specific re-search fund of The Innovation Platform for Academicians of Hainan Province(YSPTZX202112);The State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents(Grant No.IPM2103);the 2022 PhD Launch Fund to Jing Liu(RC2200002593).
Pest rodents pose a serious threat to island biodiversity.Fertility control could be an alternative approach to control the impact of rodents on these islands.In this study,we examined the antifertility effects of EP-...
funded by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture due to a parliamentary resolution within the federal program“Organic farming and other forms of sustainable agriculture”(grant#2815NA113);the External Cooperation Program,Chinese Academy of Sciences(grant#152111KYSB20150023,GJHZ1797).
Management of overabundant rodents at a landscape scale is complex but often required to sustainably reduce rodent abundance below damage thresholds.Current conventional techniques such as poisoning are not species sp...
funded by the African Union/European Development Fund(EcoRodMan:AURGII/1/006/2016);support from the International Partnership Programme of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.152111KYSB20160089)。
The black rat is considered one of the world’s top pests.With increased restrictions on rodenticides,new alternatives to manage rats are urgently needed.Research on the use of contraceptive hormones,levonorgestrel(LE...
supported by the Program for Longyuan Youth Innovation Talents of Gansu Province of China(LQ20180918-2);the Technology Support Program of Gansu Forestry and Grassland Administration(LCJ20210020);the International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(152111KYSB20160089).
The plateau zokor(Eospalax baileyi)is a key species in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau ecosystem,and fertility control could be an ideal approach to manage populations of this subterranean species.In this laboratory study...
All experiments followed the guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists(Sikes et al.2016);The protocol and procedures employed were ethically reviewed and approved by the Institute of Zoology(IOZ-IACUC-2021-093);The study was supported by the International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Grant No.152111KYSB20160089.
The ricefield rat,Rattus argentiventer,is a significant pest of rice in Southeast Asia.Fertility control methods have the potential to provide safe and effective alternatives to control methods that often include indisc...
supported by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission,UK with partial funding from the African Union(grant#AURG II-1-006-2016 EcoRodMan);the International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(grant#152111KYSB20160089).
The multimammate mouse,Mastomys natalensis,is the most common rodent pest species in sub-Saharan Africa.Currently,rodenticides are the preferred method used to reduce the population of rodent pests,but this method pos...
supported by the Science and Technology Program of Shaanxi Academy of Sciences(2017K-11,2018k-04,2020k-21);the international Partnership of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.152111KYSB20160089);the Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi(2018NY-135,2021NY-042);the Science and Technology Innovation Program of Shaanxi Academy of Forestry(SXLK2020-0209);the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(STEP,2019QZKK0501).
The effect of combined levonorgestrel(P)and quinestrol(E)on the fertility of stripedfield mouse(Apodemus agrarius)has not been evaluated.We performed a series of experiments in both the laboratory andfield to assess the...
supported by the International Partnership Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(152111KYSB20160089);the Science and Technology Service Network Initiative(KFJ-STS-ZDTP-2021-002);the Science and Technology Service Network Initiative(KFJ-STS-ZDTP-094);the Key Research and Development Project of Hunan Province(2020NK2040);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U20A20118).
Fertility control agents for the management of rodent populations are developing and maturing.Investigating the impacts on non-target species of consumption of these agents is essential.The present study assessed the ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31201715);the STS program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KFJ-EW-STS-068-3);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB11050000).
Fertility control is an alternative strategy to traditional culling for the management of rodent pests.Previous studies have demonstrated that quinestrol is a potential contraceptive for male rodents,but the recovery ...