| can the nematode capillaria hepatica regulate abundance in wild house mice? results of enclosure experiments in southeastern australia. | the hypothesis that a liver-inhabiting nematode, capillaria hepatica, can regulate abundance of the house mouse (mus domesticus) was tested in enclosures, in southeastern australia. changes in mouse abundance, and the relationship between mortality and host abundance were compared in three treatment and three control populations. any effect of c. hepatica on mouse abundance was masked by an unknown regulating factor(s). this factor(s) caused density-dependent mortality in the control and treatme ... | 1991 | 1780181 |
| a manipulative field experiment to examine the effect of capillaria hepatica (nematoda) on wild mouse populations in southern australia. | a 12-month manipulative field study of the effect of a liver parasite, capillaria hepatica, on mouse populations (mus domesticus) was conducted in the mallee wheatlands of northwestern victoria. there were 2 untreated and 4 treated sites each consisting of a 16 km2 sampling zone. the parasite was released in september (spring) 1993 into an increasing mouse population which had a medium density (100-250 mice per ha). a third untreated site was monitored from january 1994. a simple but effective b ... | 1996 | 8773526 |