Abstract:From March to October in 2010, we have used EP-1 (levonorgestrel-quinestrol), a compound sterility mixture, and poisoned baits (bromadiolone), to conduct contraception and lethal controlling contrast experiments on Mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus, wild population with one-time enough EP-1 and poison baits in spring in Ordos Desert Grasslands, Inner Mongolia. The experiments were conducted in the following aspects: sterile experimental, lethal experimental and control areas, respectively. The gerbils were captured by trapping monthly. The results showed that not only gerbil population age structures were changed, but also population densities and juvenile recruitments have significantly reduced in the sterile experimental area in which EP-1 was used, and the gerbil adults ratio differences were significant in population compared with lethal area (F2, 14=5.89, P<0.05), the juvenile recruitments and population densities were on a declining curve (R32=0.8552, R42=0.5126). The EP-1 results an effective sustained control to gerbil population. However, the lethal controlling effects to gerbil population was continued only for three months, which functioned as a short-term controlling effects.