Wildlife Damage Management, Internet Center for
Date of this Version
February 1978
Abstract
Fruit growers, nurserymen, and Christmas tree growers in Ohio suffer economic loss each year if tree-girdling mice are present and not con¬trolled. Unfortunately, in Ohio as elsewhere we have no practical method for arriving at the total value of loss from mouse damage. The grower's reports of losses are merely estimates.
Populations of meadow, prairie, and pine voles are present in Ohio, with pine voles most common in the Southern part. It is essential that the grower identify the species present, because control methods differ, and the same materials are not equally effective for all species.
Comments
Published in Proceedings of the Second Eastern Pine and Meadow Vole Symposium, Beltsville, Maryland, February 23-24, 1978, Ross E. Byers, editor. Copyright © 1978 McGriff.