Self-regulation within outbreak populations of feral house mice: A test of alternative models

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 584-594

  Sutherland, Duncan R ^a,b,c,e   Singleton, Grant R ^c,d,f  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Pest Animal Control Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Demography; Intrinsic mechanisms; Population dynamics; Social interactions; Spacing behaviours

Indexed keywords

FERAL ORGANISM; POPULATION REGULATION; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERIODICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION;

MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 33645392757     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01081.x     Document Type: Article

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