Food preferences of house mice (Mus domesticus) and their implications for control strategies

Wildlife Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 595-601

  Robards, G E ^a,b   Saunders, Glen ^a  

^a Vertebrate Pest Research Unit   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PREFERENCE; PEST CONTROL; RODENT;

MUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0032453086     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR97109     Document Type: Article

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