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Applied ecology deals with damage to crop plants and their products, prevention of outbreaks of zoonotic diseases, exploitation of game species, protection of endangered species, etc. Most of these aspects are important with regard to small mammals although few such species are regarded as game animals. Dispersal has usually not been considered as an important factor in the management of small mammals, but I will here try to show that it is. Specific problems across the spectrum of population eradication to population conservation are addressed. Knowledge is lacking for important aspects of dispersals and I therefore endeavour to establish what aspect of dispersal need further study, both for specific types of problems and generally in applied ecology.
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Hansson, L. (1992). Small mammal dispersal in pest management and conservation. In: Stenseth, N.C., Lidicker, W.Z. (eds) Animal Dispersal. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2338-9_8
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