Methodological aspects of the interval trapping method with comments on nocturnal activity patterns in house mice living in outdoor enclosures

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-181

  Drickamer, Lee C ^a   Springer, Lisa M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; House mice; Mus domesticus; Trapping methods

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TECHNIQUE;

HOUSE MOUSE; INTERVAL TRAPPING METHOD; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; TRAPPING;

MUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0031597275     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(98)00012-6     Document Type: Article

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