Spatial distribution of feral house mice during a population eruption

Ecoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-22

  Jacob, Jens ^a   Ylönen, Hannu ^b   Singleton, Grant R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystem; Capture mark release trapping; Field study; Habitat use; Mus domesticus; Rodent; Spatial dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; FERAL ORGANISM; HABITAT USE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; REFUGE; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; REITHRODONTOMYS; RODENTIA;

EID: 1842628700     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2004.11682805     Document Type: Article

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