Shifting age structure of house mice during a population outbreak

Wildlife Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 613-618

  Sutherland, Duncan R ^a,b,c   Banks, Peter B ^d   Jacob, Jens ^e,f   Singleton, Grant R ^b,e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Pest Animal Control Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGE STRUCTURE; POPULATION OUTBREAK; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 13844254515     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR04010     Document Type: Article

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