Small Mammals: Their Productivity and Population Dynamics

List of contributors Foreword Preface 1. Introduction: 1.1 Mammals, small and large: the ecological implications of size F. Bourliere 1.2. Productivity investigation in ecology K. Petrusewicz 2. Density estimations of small mammal populations M. H. Smith, R. H. Gardiner, J. B. Gentry, D. W. Kaufman and M. H. O'Farrell 3. Age criteria in small mammals Z. Pucek and V. P. W. Lowe 4. Patterns of demography in small mammal populations N. R. French, D. M. Stoddart and B. Bobek 5. The role of dispersal in the demography of small mammals W. Z. Lidicker, Jr. 6. Morpho-physiological characteristics as indices of population processes S. S. Shvarts 7. Biological production in small mammal populations K. Petrusewicz and L. Hansson 8. Ecological energetics of small mammals W. Grodzinski and B. A. Wunder 9. Elemental flow and standing crops for small mammal populations J. B. Gentry, L. A. Briese, D. W. Kaufman, M. H. Smith and J. G. Wiener 10. The role of small mammals in temperate forests, grasslands and cultivated fields F. B. Golley, L. Ryszkowski and J. T. Sokur 11. The role of small mammals in arctic ecosystems G. O. Batzli 12. The role of small mammals in tropical ecosystems T. H. Fleming 13. The role of rodents in ecosystems of the northern deserts of Eurasia N. P. Naumov 14. Applied research on small mammals: 14.1 Control of field rodents A. Myllymaki 14.2 Control of rodents in stored products and urban environments F. P. Rowe 14.3. The importance of small mammals in public health A. A. Arata List of mammal names cited in the text References Index.