Systematic prey preference by introduced mice exhausts the ecosystem on Antipodes Island

For assistance collecting samples in the field the authors thank David Thompson, Erica Sommer, David Boyle and Mark Fraser in summer 2011, Helen Nathan, Terry Greene and Graeme Elliott in winter 2013, Fin Cox in autumn 2016 and Jose Luis Herrera in winter 2016. Thanks to the Department of Conservati...

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Published in:Biological Invasions
Main Authors: Russell, James C., Peace, Joanne E., Houghton, Melissa J., Bury, Sarah J., Bodey, Thomas W.
Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Biological Sciences
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2020
Subjects:
SDG 13 - Climate Action
SDG 15 - Life on Land
Diet
House mouse
Invertebrates
Mus musculus
Southern Ocean
Stable isotopes
Stomach content
CLIMATE-CHANGE
SUB-ANTARCTIC MARION
BREEDING SUCCESS
IMPACT
MUS-MUSCULUS
STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS
HABITAT USE
NITROGEN
FERAL HOUSE MICE
QH301 Biology
Ecology
Evolution
Behavior and Systematics
QH301
Antarc*
Antarctic
Antipodes Island
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2164/14577
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02194-4
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85078036044&partnerID=8YFLogxK
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Summary:For assistance collecting samples in the field the authors thank David Thompson, Erica Sommer, David Boyle and Mark Fraser in summer 2011, Helen Nathan, Terry Greene and Graeme Elliott in winter 2013, Fin Cox in autumn 2016 and Jose Luis Herrera in winter 2016. Thanks to the Department of Conservation, Murihiku, for logistical support, and Hank Haazen and crew of the Tiama for transport. Funding was provided for the summer 2011 expedition by NIWA and winter 2013 expedition by the National Geographic Society (Grant No. 9322-13). Thanks to Stephen Thorpe, Robert Hoare, and John Marris for taxonomic identification of invertebrate samples. Thanks to Surrya Khanam for laboratory sorting, Julie Brown and Anna Kilimnik for stable isotope laboratory analyses and Wendy Nelson for macroalgae identification. JCR is currently funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand Rutherford Discovery Fellowship (Grant No. RDF-UOA1404). TWB is currently funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship (Grant No. 747120). Thanks to Katherine Russell and two anonymous reviewers for feedback on the manuscript. This research was conducted under DOC entry (SO-29716-LND 1011/35) and research (SO-29140-FAU 1011/20) permits, and University of Auckland Animal Ethics Committee approval (R845). Peer reviewed

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