Rate of increase as a function of rainfall for house mouse Mus domesticus populations in a cereal-growing region in southern Australia

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 484-493

  Brown, Peter R ^a   Singleton, Grant R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exponential rate of increase; House mice; Numerical response; Plague; Rodent management

Indexed keywords

PEST OUTBREAK; POPULATION GROWTH; RAINFALL; RODENT;

AUSTRALIA;

MUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0032882057     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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