Strategies for detection of house mice on a recently invaded island

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nathan, Helen W ^a   Clout, Mick N ^a   Murphy, Elaine C ^b   MacKay, Jamie W B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Invasion; Mus musculus; Population density; Rodent; Surveillance; Tracking tunnel; WaxTag

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DETECTION METHOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; POPULATION DENSITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; TRACKING;

NEW ZEALAND;

MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84873054671     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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