The diet and impact of house mice on a sub-Antarctic island

• Main Authors: Smith V.R., Avenant N.L., Chown S.L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: diet; invertebrate; polar region; rodent; stomach content; Indian Ocean; Animalia; Araneae; Gastropoda; Invertebrata; Lepidoptera; Mus; Mus musculus; Musculus; Pheretima sieboldi; Phocidae; Rodentia; Trixis; Vertebrata; Antarctic; Indian; Midwinter; Antarc*; Marion Island; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/11647

An analysis of the stomach contents of house mice (Mus musculus L.) at three sites on Marion Island (47°S, 38°E) over a 1-year period showed that the mice feed mostly on terrestrial macroinvertebrates but that plants (mainly seed) are an important component of the diet in mid- to late summer. Larvae...