3rd International Conference on Rodent Biology and Management Hanoi, Vietnam September 2006 rd 3 International Conference on Rodent Biology and Management 28 August - 1 September, 2006 Hanoi, Vietnam 28 August 2006 Prof. Nguyen Van Tuat National Institute of Plant Protection Chem Tu Liem Hanoi VIETNAM Dear Conference Participants On behalf of the Conference Organising Committee, I have great pleasure in welcoming you to 3rd International Conference on Rodent Biology and Management (3rd ICRBM) here at the Thang Loi Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam. Following the success of both the 1st and 2nd Conferences held in Beijing in 1998 and Canberra in 2003, the objective of the 3rd Conference is to once again to bring together scientists and practitioners who are interested in all aspects of rodent biology and their management. Currently we are expecting up to 150 rodent biologists from around the globe to gather for 5 days to exchange research and ideas. The Committee trusts that you will make the most of this excellent opportunity to meet others working on many different aspects of rodent biology and management. We hope that many new friendships, learnings and collaborations will develop during the next few days. We look forward to meeting you during the Conference and welcome your contribution and participation. Please enjoy the hospitality and culture of Hanoi and Vietnam. Yours sincerely Prof. Nguyen Van Tuat On behalf of the 3rd ICRBM Conference Organising Committee List of Sponsors The Conference Organising Committee wishes to gratefully acknowledge the support of the following organisations National Institute for Plant Protection (NIPP), Hanoi, Vietnam Institute of Zoology (IOZ), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China CSIRO, Canberra, Australia Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), Canberra, Australia Australian Centre for International Agricutlural Research (ACIAR) The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), The Netherlands Local Organising Committee Dr. Nguyen Hong Son National Institute of Plant Protection (NIPP) Dr. Nguyen Phu Tuan Chem - Tuliem- Hanoi, VIETNAM National Institute of Plant Protection Chem Tu Liem Mrs. Pham Thi Hong Hanh Hanoi, VIETNAM National Institute of Plant Protection Chem Tu Liem Hanoi, VIETNAM - 4 - 3rd ICRBM Organising Committee Honorary Chairman Prof. Charles Krebs Dept of Zoology University of British Colombia Vancouver B.C. V6T 1Z4 CANADA Co-Chairmen Prof. Zhibin Zhang Institute of Zoology Prof. Nguyen Van Tuat Chinese Academy of Sciences National Institute of Plant Protection 25 Beisihuanxilu Rd. Chem Tu Liem Beijing 100080 Hanoi P.R. CHINA VIETNAM Members Dr. Grant Singleton International Rice Research Institute Dr. Rhodes Makundi DAPO Box 7777, Sokoine University of Agriculture Metro Manila, Pest Management Center PHILIPPINES P.O. Box 3110 Morogoro 255 Dr. Lyn Hinds TANZANIA CSIRO Entomology GPO 1700 Prof. Hannu Ylönen Canberra, ACT 2601 University of Jyväskylä AUSTRALIA Dept. of Biological and Environmental Science P.O. Box 35 Prof. Herwig Leirs Jyväskylä FIN 40351 University of Antwerp FINLAND Evolutionary Biology Group Groenenborgerlaan 171 Dr. Sudarmaji Antwerpen B-2020 Indonesian Institute for Rice Research BELGIUM Balai Penelitian Tanaman Padi J1 Raya No. 9 Dr. Steven R. Belmain Sukamandi-Subang, West Java 41256 Natural Resources Institute INDONESIA Central Avenue Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB Dr. Jens Jacob UK Inst. for Nematology and Vertebrate Research Federal Biol. Research Centre for Agric. & For. Dr. Peter Brown Toppheideweg 88 CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems M¨¹nster D-48161 GPO 284 GERMANY Canberra, ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA Dr. N.L. Avenant Head: Department of Mammalogy Dr. Jianxu Zhang, for Scientific Program National Museum, PO Box 266 Bloemfontein, Chinese Academy of Sciences 9300 Institute of Zoology SOUTH AFRICA 25 Beisihuanxilu Rd. Beijing 100080, P. R. CHINA - 5 - - 6 - Table of Contents Plenary speakers.........................................................20 Socio-economic tools for rodent management research: recent experience from Africa and Asia...................................................................................................... 21 Steven R. Belmain Fertility control of rodent pests – the future outlook. ............................................. 22 Lyn A. Hinds Animal behaviour in small mammal management................................................. 23 Jens Jacob Rodents and plague: new attention for an old foe. ................................................. 24 Herwig Leirs Ecological economics of rodent control................................................................. 25 Nils Chr. Stenseth Managing rodent zoonoses in an African city: does the Boston model work?....... 26 Peter J.Taylor cologically based management of rodents in Vietnam .......................................... 27 Nguyen Phu Tuan The social biology of rodents. ............................................................................... 29 Jerry O. Wolff Symposium: Building bridges: life histories, behaviour and management ......................................30 Chairs: Hannu Ylönen and Jerry Wolff Oral Presentations To disperse or breed and die - the relative significance of various demographic components for the performance of populations. .................................................. 31 Harry P. Andreassen Survival in wild house mice (Mus musculus)......................................................... 32 Lee C. Drickamer Determinants of overwintering success in boreal voles: implications for population dynamics and management.................................................................................. 33 Hannu Ylönen The impact of black rats on the survival of Galápagos rice rats: manipulations, modelling and management.................................................................................. 34 Donna Harris Life history tactics of plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) in the alpine meadow ecosystem............................................................................................................. 36 Haiyan Nie Mating system of the multimammate mouse Mastomys natalensis. ..................... 38 Jan Kennis - 7 - Proximate factors affecting composition and attractiveness of house mouse pheromones. ......................................................................................................... 39 Jian-Xu Zhang Linking behaviour, life histories, and demography of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus): 33 years in the woods................................................... 40 Stephen H. Vessey Comparative population dynamics of Peromyscus leucopus in north america: a spatial gradient of climate, acorn production, and density dependence................ 41 Jerry O. Wolff Do you need to know any ecology to manage rodent pests?................................ 42 Charles J Krebs Symposium: Hanta-viruses, arenaviruses and emerging rodent-borne viruses.................................43 Chairs: Jean-Pierre Hugot and Heikki Henttonen Oral Presentations Roboviruses in Europe and Central Asia - what to look for in Eurasia in future? .. 44 Heikki Henttonen Prevalence of hantavirus antibodies in humans and rodents in Southeast Asia. .. 45 Kumiko Yoshimatsu Hantaviruses and their rodent hosts: co-evolution with or without co-phylogeny? 46 Jean-Pierre Hugot Distribution of Thailand virus and its potential for causing human disease. .......... 47 Thomas Jäkel Hantavirus infection in Belgium: population and transmission dynamics in local bank vole populations. .......................................................................................... 49 Katrien Tersago An arenavirus isolated from Mastomys natalensis in Tanzania: a model for Lassa ecology research? ................................................................................................. 50 Herwig Leirs Role of MHC class II genes in the susceptibility to hantavirus infection in Arvicolinae. ........................................................................................................... 51 Natalie Charbonnel Health status, infection and rodent population dynamics: the use and assessment of haematology. .................................................................................................... 52 Pablo M. Beldomenico Surveillance of plague in captured rodents in two historically plague endemic villages in Vietnam. ............................................................................................... 53 Kriangkrai Lerdthusnee - 8 - Symposium: Host-disease interactions....................54 Chairs: Grant Singleton and Jing-Hui Li Oral Presentations A commensal rodent plague surveillance and control model for China - prior studies and recent findings. .................................................................................. 55 Jing-hui Li Surveillance surveys on rodent-borne diseases in Thailand with focus on scrub typhus disease assessment using Geographical Information System (GIS) technology............................................................................................................. 57 Kriangkrai Lerdthusnee Prevention of sanitary risks linked to rodents at the rural/peri-urban interface in Southeastern Africa: overview and outcomes of the RatZooMan project.............. 58 Steven Belmain Rodent ecology across rural, peri-urban and urban habitats: results from the RatZooMan project in South-eastern Africa ........................................................... 60 Herwig Leirs