Landscape ecology of house mouse outbreaks in south-eastern Australia

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 644-652

  Singleton, Grant R ^a,b   Tann, Colin R ^b   Krebs, Charles J ^b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; House mice; Mus domesticus; Outbreaks; Refuge habitats; Sink and source habitats

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION OUTBREAK; REFUGE; RODENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ATRIPLEX; CALLITRIS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS; WIDDRINGTONIA CEDARBERGENSIS;

EID: 34249080814     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01296.x     Document Type: Article

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