Sentences with phrase «rodent population»

A good ratting dog on the farm to control rodent populations in many cases was paramount to survival.

These cats are typically welcomed in for their ability to control rodent populations in or near the barn or grain stores.

They reportedly perform helpful services in keeping rodent populations down, and are considered by some to be a sign of good luck.

Buoyed by imaginative gadgets and disguises, and accompanied by his assistant and confidante, Dr. David Q. Dawson, Basil uncovers a villainous plot spearheaded by a slimy, contemptible sewer rat, Dr. Ratigan, to replace Moustoria, Queen of the Mice, with a look - alike robot that will leave him free to take control of the entire rodent population of London.

Cats are great for minimizing rodent populations around restaurants and communities.

While Mayor Bill de Blasio feebly tries to fight New York's booming rodent population by warning parkgoers not to feed the vermin, residents need no reminder at three apartment buildings...

«Supporting healthy rodent populations through habitat management may improve juvenile desert tortoise survival and recruitment.»

When climate fluctuations cause rodent populations to crash, fleas — which can act as a nice home for Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes the plague — seek out new hosts (including humans) to escape their over-crowded rodent homes.

While the disease remains a modest threat in rural, undeveloped areas, Green warns that our current stable relationship with plague in the developed world is only as good as our control of urban rodent populations.

With more rainfall, vegetation increases, which then fuels rodent populations.

Drive systems could be implemented for female infertility or alternatively to make mice more likely to produce infertile male offspring, and the resulting all - male rodent populations would eventually die out.

The American experience with plague has focused on outbreaks among wild rodent populations throughout the western United States.

Rather than a rare one - time event that decimated the European population by estimated 40 - 60 % within several years after 1347 AD, the team shows that wildlife rodent population dynamics in central Asia played an important role for the entire second plague pandemic in the Old World.

When the temperature suddenly falls again, as indicated by a change in the thickness of tree rings, rodent populations crash, and their fleas are forced to find new hosts — perhaps camels, perhaps humans.

While such development has encroached on and hindered nesting habitat for three types of sagebrush - obligate birds, predation of these birds has increased because rodent populations in the vicinity of oil and gas wells have increased, which has, in turn, increased nest predation.

Climate fluctuations in Asia are known to trigger plague outbreaks, as climate variation is closely tied to rodent population densities.

Evolutionary rates of skull dimensions in different rodent populations.

Many homeless cats that are fighting for their lives on busy city streets would love to call this shelter «home» - and maybe help you reduce any nearby rodent populations in return.

They even proven helpful to control any unwanted rodent populations — yeah, we're looking at you Minnie!

Humans domesticated cats almost 15,000 years ago for their keen ability to manage small rodent populations.

And even if FWS is successful at removing cats from some locations, the IPMP / EA fails to take into account the risk of mesopredator release — the inevitable spike in non-native rodent populations — and its impact on the native species the IPMP / EA aims to protect.

There is a slightly increased chance of road accidents when cats are out at night and as a result, it is best to keep cats indoors at night where there is a risk to the local rodent population.

Unfortunately there are very few humane ways of dealing with rodent populations once they take over an area.

Rather than taming feral cats, some cities are seeking them to help fight off rampant rodent populations.

Additionally, it should be worth pointing out that the extirpation of cats was an important factor in the spread of bubonic plague in Europe, due to the absence of cats as predators upon the plague - infected rodent populations of the continent.

The free - ranging native rodent population severely declined following rodenticide applications but reintroduction and translocation efforts were successful, and the population quickly recovered to pre-eradication levels.

The earliest mark and recapture models were tested on rodent populations, and the statisticians warned that barriers should be erected to prevent the rodents from moving.

«Because we have such a high rodent population in the northwest, we always have a large amount of rodent pressure,» says Dan Huie of United Pest Solutions Inc. in Seattle.

They will help keep rodents away from grain and food storage areas or keep rodent populations in warehouses in check.

These cats would love the opportunity to earn their keep controlling rodent populations and patrolling your barn, farm, or rural / industrial property!

And Tel Aviv University — through its mad (in a good way) professor Dr. Yossi Leshem, has long been a pioneer and trendsetter in this field; Prof. Leshem has developed owl and kestrel programs around Israel and the near Middle East for reducing rodent populations.

Biologist John Godwin's team at North Carolina State University in Raleigh will test ways to cut down rodent populations by targeting gene variants present only in invasive communities.

The raptor slaughter will cause rodent populations to soar.

The rattlesnake's prey of choice is chiefly rodents and other small mammals and this is an important factor in terms of keeping rodent populations in an ecosystem in check.

He proposed an independent study project in 1998, during his last year of his undergraduate work: studying hantaviruses within the rodent population in Montreal.

The bacterium normally thrives in rodent populations, passing from one animal to another via the bites of plague - infected fleas.

Lead author Dr Aaron Greenville said their model suggested that if removing introduced cats and foxes, the rodent population would increase by almost one in 10.

Some large mammals perform non-redundant seed dispersal services for very large - seeded plants [52,53] and their local extirpation may lead to an increase in rodent populations and seed predation [54].

The team is evaluating gene drives to spread infertility genes through rodent populations, as a potentially more humane method of vermin control.

He also controls our rodent population and brings us «presents.»

She's designated as the subservient voice of reason for the protagonist, Surly (voice of Will Arnett), a purple squirrel (apparently there really is one of these) who has led most of the park's rodent population to embrace the easy pickings in an abandoned nut shop across the street from their urban forest.

What does the rodent population in New Zealand have to do with climate change?

Local farmers were searching for a dog that could help control rodent population.

Ships traveling to various parts of the world would pick up rats, and ship's cats became invaluable as workers, keeping the rodent population in check.

So, how dramatically would the rodent population increase if cats suddenly vanished?

Having a barn cat or working cats will help control the rodent population.

And if the rodent population shot up, this would of course trigger a cascade of other ecological effects.