摘要
This special issue of Integrative Zoology is the third and final one in a series of issues containing papers presented at the Third International Conference on Rodent Biology and Management(ICRBM).The conference was held in Hanoi,Vietnam in August 2006 and focused on the areas of rodent biology,ecology and management(for details,please the summary report by C.J.Krebs see Integrative Zoology,1(4),194–195).The 1st ICRBM was held in Beijing,China,in 1998.The 2nd ICRBM was held in Canberra,Australia,in 2003.Papers of these two conferences were also published(Singleton et al.1999;Singleton et al.2003).This special issue contains a diverse range of papers examining rodents in urban environments,rodent behaviour and biology,and rodents in agricultural systems.