For much of the country, as the temperatures drop, there is increased activity of mice to find a harborage area. For any food operation, or homeowner, for that matter, this means an increased ...

Population dynamics and microhabitat analysis were conducted on two species of rodents, Apodemus sylvaticus (L.) and Mus musculus (L.) living in sympatry in a Mediterranean coastal maquis of Central ...

Changes in diet quality may be as important as changes in energy availability in the reproductive success of small mammals. The effect of dietary protein on fitness of females is most likely mediated ...

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To most people, all small rodents are virtually indistinguishable from each other, and as such, they are lumped together and considered to be mice of one kind or another. In Webster’s Third New ...