Introduced house mice as a conservation concern on Gough Island

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2107-2119

  Jones, A G ^a,c   Chown, S L ^b   Gaston, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Insects; Mus musculus; Seabirds; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIET; INSECT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIBILITY; PREDATION; RODENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037523310     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024190331384     Document Type: Article

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