How does habitat structure affect activity and use of space among house mice?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 239-250

  Jensen, Susanne Plesner ^a   Gray, Samantha J ^b   Hurst, Jane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Askham Bryan College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NEST SITE; RODENT; SPACE USE;

MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS DOMESTICUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0043071603     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2184     Document Type: Article

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