Diet of the house mouse (Mus musculus) on Guillou Island, Kerguelen archipelago, Subantarctic

Polar Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-57

  Le Roux, V ^a   Chapuis, J L ^a   Frenot, Y ^b   Vernon, P ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; RODENT; STOMACH CONTENT;

GUILLOU ISLAND; INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

ACAENA; ACAENA MAGELLANICA; ANIMALIA; DENDRODRILUS RUBIDUS; ECTEMNORRHINUS; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROSCOLEX KERGUELENSIS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; MUSCULUS; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PRINGLEOPHAGA KERGUELENSIS; RODENTIA; TARAXACUM; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036922744     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000100310     Document Type: Article

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