Estimated Impact of feral house mice on
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D. T. Rowe-Rowe; B. Green; J. E. Crafford
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Article
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1989
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Springer
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English
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The energy metabolism of feral house mice Mus musculus was established on sub-Antarctic Marion Island, using the doubly-labelled water turnover technique. Mean water influx was 565 ml kg -1 day -1 and mean CO2 production was 5.41 ml g-1 h-l, i.e. 3375 kJ kg-1 day-1. From the energy content of the ma