Responses of house mice to the removal of mammalian predators and competitors

Austral Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 971-979

  Goldwater, Nick ^a   Perry, George L W ^b,c   Clout, Mick N ^b,c  

^a WILDLAND CONSULTANTS LTD   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Body weight; Density; House mouse; Mainland island; Predator and competitor release

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; HABITAT TYPE; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RODENT; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); VEGETATION COVER; WEIGHT;

AUCKLAND; MAINLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; TAWHARANUI PENINSULA; UNITED KINGDOM;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84869867089     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02356.x     Document Type: Article

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