Abstract
Mathematical models attempting to illuminate problems in rodent ecology have not been very successful; fairly few new insights have emerged. It is suggested that models should not be developed for planning or directing new research, or to formulate primary hypotheses, but to check consistency and logic of predictions of important hypotheses generated by empiricists. Important factors in the population ecology of small rodents are thought to be detected by people actively engaged in field research while problems with factor interactions, quantification or range of applicability will be disclosed by modelling, at least in more complicated hypotheses. The latter treatment may also be useful in hypotheses for larger organisms to be tested under crucial field conditions rather than with field experiments. In such cases close cooperation between empricists and modellers is necessary.
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