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Bibliography and Print Resources

Polynesian rat, Rattus exulans
Polynesian rat, Rattus exulans

Doty, R. E. 1945. Rat control on Hawaiian sugarcane plantations. Hawaiian Planters’ Rec. 49:72-241.

Fellows, D. P. and R. T. Sugihara. 1977. Food habits of Norway and Polynesian rats in Hawaiian sugarcane fields. Hawaiian Planters’ Rec. 59:67-86.

Hirata, D. N. 1977. Species composition of rats on Mauna Kea sugar company from 1967 through 1976. Hawaiian Sugar Technol. 1977 Rep. pp. 91-94.

Hood, G. A., R. D. Nass, and G. D. Lindsey. 1970. The rat in Hawaiian sugarcane. Proc. Vertebr. Pest Conf. 4:34-37.

Hood, G. A., R. D. Nass, G. D. Lindsey, and D. N. Hirata. 1971. Distribution and accumulation of rat damage in Hawaiian sugarcane. J. Wildl. Manage. 35:613-618.

Kami, H. T. 1964. Foods of the mongoose in the Hamakua District, Hawaii. Zoonoses Res. 3:165-170.

Nass, R. D., G. A. Hod, and G. D. Lindsey. 1971. Fate of Polynesian rats in Hawaiian sugarcane fields during harvest. J. Wildl. Manage. 35:353-356.

Pemberton, C. E. 1925. The field rat in Hawaii and its control. Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Assoc. Exp. Stn. Bull. No. 17. 46 pp.

Sugihara, R. T., L. F. Pank, D. P. Fellows, D. N. Hirata, R. S. Stott, H. W. Hilton, and H. Kaya. 1977. Noncrop habitat manipulation as a means of controlling rats and reducing damage to sugarcane. Hawaiian Sugar Technol. Rep. pp. 83-90.

Tobin, M. E., and R. T. Sugihara. 1992. Abundance and habitat relationships of rats in Hawaiian sugarcane fields. J. Wildl. Manage. 56:815-821.

Tobin, M. E., and R. T. Sugihara, and A. K. Ota. 1990. Rodent damage to Hawaiian sugarcane. Proc. Vertebr. Pest Conf. 14:120-123.

Tomich, P. Q. 1970. Movement patterns of field rodents in Hawaii. Pacific Sci. 24:195-234.

Tomich, P. Q. 1986. Mammals in Hawaii, rev. ed. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 375 pp.

van Riper, S. G., and C. van Riper III. 1982. A field guide to the mammals in Hawaii. The Oriental Publ. Co. Honolulu. 68 pp.

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