A population study of house mice (Mus musculus castaneus) inhabiting rice granaries in Taiwan

Zoological Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-212

  Chou, Chih Wen ^a   Lee, Pei Fen ^a   Lu, Kao Hong ^b   Yu, Hon Tsen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taiwan Agric Chem Toxic S   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age structure; Population size; Sex ratio; Tapeworm; Tooth wear

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041177563     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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