New Zealand Mammals

11002-16115 House mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) female with a large litter during a major beech 'masting' year. In major masting years mouse populations may experience a ten-fold increase in density in beech forests, and it is this increased abundances of rodents which also drives up numbers of other introduced predators such as stoats and weasels. Tutoko High Bench, Fiordland *

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11002-16115 House mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) female with a large litter during a major beech 'masting' year. In major masting years mouse populations may experience a ten-fold increase in density in beech forests, and it is this increased abundances of rodents which also drives up numbers of other introduced predators such as stoats and weasels. Tutoko High Bench, Fiordland *

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