The diet and impact of house mice on a sub-Antarctic island

Polar Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 703-715

  Smith, V R ^a   Avenant, N L ^b   Chown, S L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; INVERTEBRATE; POLAR REGION; RODENT; STOMACH CONTENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PHOCIDAE; RODENTIA; TRIXIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036944332     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-002-0405-8     Document Type: Article

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