1976
DOI: 10.2307/1379439
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Free-Watering a Wild Population of House-Mice--A Test of an Australian Hypothesis in California

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“…We suggest therefore that there is a metabolic barrier for mice to turn the existing food resources into increased reproduction due to the lack of water. This conclusion is consistent with water turnover studies on mice in Australian grain fields (Mutze et al 1991) and in California (Newsome et al 1976) that summer aridity may suppress population size, breeding and survival of house mice. Bomford and Redhead (1987) increased food protein from 8% to 11% in a field experiment with Australian house mice.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 87%
“…We suggest therefore that there is a metabolic barrier for mice to turn the existing food resources into increased reproduction due to the lack of water. This conclusion is consistent with water turnover studies on mice in Australian grain fields (Mutze et al 1991) and in California (Newsome et al 1976) that summer aridity may suppress population size, breeding and survival of house mice. Bomford and Redhead (1987) increased food protein from 8% to 11% in a field experiment with Australian house mice.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 87%
“…Mice will also take advantage of burrows dug by other animals, such as rabbits and puffins (Triggs, 1991;Gray and Hurst, 1998). However, if burrowing is impossible, for example if the soil is too hard or poorly drained (Newsome et al, 1976), feral mice make their nests above ground (Baker, 1946;Berry and Bronson, 1992). The main goal for dispersing commensal mice is, similarly, a protected site within which they can build a nest, for example behind rafters, in wall cavities, in storage areas, or other secluded areas near to food (e.g.…”
Section: Choosing and Establishing A Territorymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The combined effects of food and water has not been tested in Africa but has been tested on natural populations of small mammals in an arid area of California. The results of a study on Mus musculus were ambiguous, although water availability was considered to be important in stimulating reproduction (Newsome et al 1976). A series of experiments on Microtus californicus provided more conclusive evidence that moisture availability was the most important factor in triggering both the start and end of the breeding season, but food was also important because inadequately fed mice did not breed (Lidicker 1976 The second hypothesis has largely been tested by examining the effects of 6-methoxybenzoxazolinone (6-MBOA), a naturally occuring plant chemical widely found in actively growing vegetation, because this compound has been shown to stimulate reproduction in some temperate-zone species Sanders et al 1981).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%