Population dynamics of an outbreak of house mice (Mus domesticus) in the mallee wheatlands of Australia—hypothesis of plague formation

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 495-515

  Singleton, Grant R ^a  

^a CSIRO SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEMS   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE MOUSE; MALLEE; MOUSE; PLAGUE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFALL; WHEATLAND;

AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA;

AYTHYA AMERICANA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; MUSCULUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0024895881     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1989.tb02596.x     Document Type: Article

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