The Adaptability of the House Mouse

Components of lifetime reproductive success in communally and solitarily nursing house mice — a laboratory study

“…A high reproductive output in house mice can be interpreted as an adaptation to a colonizing life strategy which has to cope with variable environmental conditions and high mortality (Berry 1981a;Bronson 1984;K6nig et al 1988). Under such conditions the number of young raised is of paramount importance for a female's fitness, especially in a growing population after colonization of a new habitat.…”

Changes in rodent community during recovery from fire: relevance to conservation

“…In their opinion all Mus forms diverged from Mus musculus wagneri, a wild form that still exists in Iran and Soviet Turkestan. Bronson (1984) states that the reproductive adaptability of Mus is probably the most extreme among mammals. In his opinion Mus does not rely on any kind of predictor and thus is not an obligatory seasonal breeder.…”

Population Differentiation and Gene Flow Revealed by Microsatellite DNA Markers in the House Mouse (Mus musculus castaneus) in Taiwan

“…Nonetheless, the population structures in the house mouse are far from stable, usually subjected to high turnover rates, and influenced by repeated local extinction and re-colonizing events (Myers 1974;Stickel 1979;Baker and Petras 1986;Singleton 1989;Carlsen 1993;Ardlie and Silver 1998;Chou et al 1998). Overall, the genetic and ecological characteristics of house mouse populations are vicissitudinous and amenable to many circumstances, since it is an extremely adaptable species (Berry 1981;Bronson 1984).…”