Citation:

7 Robert A McCabe. 1966. Vertebrates as pests: a point of view. Pages 115-134. In: CE Palm (editor). 1966. Scientific Aspects of Pest Control. National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council. A symposium held February 1-3, 1966. Washington DC, Publication 1402, 470 pages.

Keywords: vertebrate pests, rats, mice, voles, introduction of a foreign species, elimination or reduction of native predatory animals, encroachments on wild habitats, irruptions, invasions and range extensions, behavioral changes in food and cover preferences, animals transmitting disease or otherwise dangerous to man, rabies, weather aberrancies and acts of God, control activity, chemical control, biological control, mechanical control, genetical control, genetic, legal control, the Leopold Report on wildlife management, 1080 poison bait, birds