Factors affecting the numbers of house mice (mus musculus) in hard beech (nothofagus truncata) forest

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-249

  Fitzgerald, B M ^a   Daniel, M J ^b   Fitzgerald, A E ^b   Karl, B J ^c   Meads, M J ^a   Notman, P R ^d  

^a Ecological Research Associates of New Zealand Inc   (New Zealand)

^b Manaaki Whenua — Landcare Research ^*  (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Lepidoptera; Litter; Mus musculus; Nothofagus truncata; Oecophoridae; Orongorongo Valley; Seed; Tingena epimylia

Indexed keywords

HARD BEECH; HOUSE MOUSE; INTERSPECIFIC ASSOCIATION; MOTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED PRODUCTION;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, ORONGORONGO VALLEY;

FAGACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MUS MUSCULUS; NOTHOFAGUS TRUNCATA; OECOPHORIDAE; TINGENA EPIMYLIA;

EID: 0030435676     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1996.9517512     Document Type: Article

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