Population ecology of the Southeast Asian house mouse (Muridae: Mus musculus castaneus) inhabiting rice granaries in Taiwan

Zoological Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 467-474

  Wu, Shu Yu ^a   Lin, Yu Teh K ^a   Yu, Hon Tsen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Commensal habitats; Mus musculus castaneus; Poisoning; Population structure; Rice granary

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MURIDAE; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS CASTANEUS;

EID: 33846475683     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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