Competition, coexistence, and adaptation amongst rodent invaders to Pacific and New Zealand islands

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 947-958

  Yom Tov, Yoram ^a,b   Yom Tov, Shlomith ^a   Moller, Henrik ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Competition; Island size; Kiore; Latitude; New Zealand; Norway rat; Pacific islands; Rattus exulans; Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus; Ship rat

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RODENT;

NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN;

MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS EXULANS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 0033403115     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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