Peruvian Desert Mice: Water Independence, Competition, and Breeding Cycle near the Equator
- 3 May 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 160 (3827) , 552-553
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.160.3827.552
Abstract
The native mouse of the Peruvian coastal desert, near latitude 6°S, can survive on dry seed without drinking water, it bears young in winter, and it burrows in sand. House mice (which abound in other adjoining deserts) also tolerate dehydration, and in some areas may displace the native mice.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Australian Desert Mice: Independence of Exogenous WaterScience, 1967
- Water Deprivation in Wild House MicePhysiological Zoology, 1967