Movements of feral house mice in agricultural landscapes

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 293-302

  Krebs, Charles J ^a   Kenney, Alice J ^a   Singleton, Grant R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CSIRO SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEMS   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUS DOMESTICUS;

AGRICULTURAL FIELD; BREEDING; HOME RANGE; HOUSE MOUSE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0028978122     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: 14465698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO9950293     Document Type: Article

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