A review of the current knowledge of rodent behaviour in relation to control devices.

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Rating the rat: Global patterns and research priorities in impacts and management of rodent pests (2014, background): “Moreover, rodents exhibit both genetic and behavioural responses to control activities, which may result respectively in resistance (Pelz et al. 2005) and neophobia (Brigham & Sibly 1999, Clapperton 2006), two issues concurrently present, amongst vertebrates, only in rodents.”
Biology and Impacts of Pacific Island Invasive Species. 11. Rattus rattus, the Black Rat (Rodentia: Muridae) (2014, background): “It is unlikely that use of odors would be an effective long-term rat deterrent because individuals become accustomed to foreign scents and objects over time (Clapperton 2006).”
Fifty years of rodent eradications in New Zealand: another decade of advances (2016, background): “Attention over the past decade has also turned to mice, recognising that they are not just small rats when it comes to eradication (Clapperton 2006; Angel et al. 2009).”
Review of rat invasion biology: implications for island biosecurity. (2008, background): “This is generally evoked in rodents by the unfamiliar objects within which food is presented, rather than by novel food itself (Mitchell 1976; Cowan 1983; Inglis et al. 1996), and has long been a problem for rodent control (Clapperton 2006).”