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	Effects of levonorgestrel-quinestrol (EP-1) treatment on Mongolian gerbil wild populations: a case study
	Fu Heping; Zhang Jinwei; Shi Dazhao; Wu Xiaodong
来源期刊	Integrative Zoology
ISSN	1749-4869
出版年	2013
卷号	8 期号:3 页码:277-284
英文摘要	Rodent pest population outbreaks occur frequently in grassland ecosystems in northern China. The Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) is a dominant pest rodent which is distributed across the semi-desert grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China. In 2009, we studied the contraceptive effect of levonorgestrel-quinestrol (EP-1), concentration 50 ppm, on a wild Mongolian gerbil population. The one-off contraceptive treatment was compared with a control group using a semi-monthly live trapping method in the Ordos Semi-desert Grassland Region of Inner Mongolia. The results show that juveniles were not recruited in spring in the treatment group. Ratios of juveniles in the control and treatment groups showed significant semi-monthly differences from spring to summer (one-way ANOVA, F_(2, 14)= 7.53, P < 0.05). Between both groups, annual fluctuations of juvenile and total population densities were significantly different respectively (F_(2, 14)= 4.64, P < 0.05; F_(2, 18)= 7.72, P < 0.05). The contraceptive EP-1 delayed the normal reproductive pattern of Mongolian gerbil populations. This suppressed birth rates of gerbil populations, reduced their densities, and changed their age structures. The period of EP-1 baiting should be extended but it could be an ideal method for controlling Mongolian gerbil populations during each breeding season.
英文关键词	EP-1 fertility control Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) population structure population dynamic wild population
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	CSCD
WOS研究方向	Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
CSCD记录号	CSCD:4994917
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/335283
作者单位	Fu Heping, China Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Prataculture and Grassland Resources of Education Ministry, Beijing China.; Zhang Jinwei, China Agricultural University, Beijing China.; Shi Dazhao, China Agricultural University, Beijing China.; Wu Xiaodong, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Prataculture and Grassland Resources of Education Ministry, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia China.
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Fu Heping,Zhang Jinwei,Shi Dazhao,et al. Effects of levonorgestrel-quinestrol (EP-1) treatment on Mongolian gerbil wild populations: a case study[J],2013,8(3):277-284.
APA	Fu Heping,Zhang Jinwei,Shi Dazhao,&Wu Xiaodong.(2013).Effects of levonorgestrel-quinestrol (EP-1) treatment on Mongolian gerbil wild populations: a case study.Integrative Zoology,8(3),277-284.
MLA	Fu Heping,et al."Effects of levonorgestrel-quinestrol (EP-1) treatment on Mongolian gerbil wild populations: a case study".Integrative Zoology 8.3(2013):277-284.