Bibliography and Print Resources

House mouse, Mus musculus

For Additional Information Berry, R. J. 1981. Town mouse, country mouse: adaptation and adaptability in Mus domesticus (M. musculus d).MammalRev. 11:91-136.

Berry, R. J., ed. 1981. Biology of the house mouse. Symp. Zool. Soc. London, No. 47. 715 pp.

Bohills, S. T., A. P. Meehan, and S. P. Leonard. 1982. Advantages of bait boxes in house mouse control. International Pest Control 24(2):34, 35, 37.

Bronson, F. H. 1979. The reproductive ecology of the house mouse. Quarterly Rev. Biol. 54(3):265-299.

Brooks, J. E. 1973. A review of commensal rodents and their control. CRC Critical Rev. Environ. Control 3:405-453.

Burt, W. H., and R. P. Grossenheider. 1976. A field guide to the mammals, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. 289 pp.

Chitty, D., and H. N. Southern. 1954. Control of rats and mice, vol. 1-3. Clarendon Press, Oxford.

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Crowcroft, P., and J. N. R. Jeffers. 1961. Variability in the behavior of wild house mice (Mus musculus L.) towards live traps. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 137:573-582.

Davis, D. E. 1981. Environmental control of rodents. Pages 493-498 in D. Pimentel, ed. CRC handbook of pest management in agriculture, vol. 1. CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida.

Fitzwater, W. D. 1982. Bird limes and rat glues — sticky situations. Proc. Vertebr. Pest Conf. 10:17-20.

Frantz, S. C., and D. E. Davis. 1991. Bionomics and integrated pest management of commensal rodents. Pages 243-313 in J. R. Gorham, ed. Ecology and management of food-industry pests. Food Drug Admin. Tech. Bull. 4, Assoc. Official Analytical Chem. Arlington, VA.

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Howard, W. E., and R. E. Marsh. 1981. The rat: its biology and control. Div. Agric. Sci. Univ. California, Leaflet 2896 (revised). 30 pp.

Humphries, R. E., A. P. Meehan, and R. M. Sibly. 1992. The characteristics and history of behavioral resistance in inner-city house mice (Mus domesticus) in the U.K. Proc. Vertebr. Pest Conf. 15:161-164.

Hygnstrom, S. E., and D. R. Virchow. 1992. Controlling house mice. Univ. Nebraska Coop. Ext. NebGuide G92-1105-A. 4 pp.

Jackson, W. B. 1990. Rats and mice. Pages 9-85 in A. Mallis, ed. Handbook of pest control. Franzak and Foster Co., Cleveland, OH.

Kaukeinen, D. E. 1982. A review of the secondary poisoning hazard potential to wildlife from the use of anticoagulant rodenticides. Proc. Vertebr. Pest Conf. 10:151-158.

Kaukeinen, D. E. 1984. Resistance: what we need to know. Pest Manage. 3(3):26-30.

Knote, C. E. 1988. Stopping house mice building infestations through exterior control. Proc. Vertebr. Pest Conf. 13:107-111.

Labov, J. B. 1981. Male social status, physiology, and ability to block pregnancies in female house mice (Mus musculus). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 8:287-291.

Marsh, R. E., and W. E. Howard. 1981. The house mouse: its biology and control. Div. Agric. Sci. Univ. California, Leaflet 2945 (revised). 30 pp.

Meehan, A. P. 1984. Rats and mice: their biology and control. Rentokil Ltd., E. Grinstead, U.K. 383 pp.

Morris, K. D., and D. E. Kaukeinen. 1988. Comparative evaluation of tamper-proof mouse bait stations. Proc. Vertebr. Pest Conf. 13:101-106.

Petras, M. L., and J. C. Topping. 1981. Studies of natural populations of Mus. VI. Sizes of populations inhabiting corn cribs in southwestern Ontario. J. Mammal. 62:146-153.

Pratt, H. D., B. F. Bjornson, and K. S. Littig. 1977. Control of domestic rats and mice. Public Health Serv., US Dep. Health, Educ. Welfare, Pub. No. (CDC) 77-841. 47 pp.

Robbins, R. J. 1980. Taste-aversion learning and its implications for rodent control. Proc. Vertebr. Pest Conf. 9:114-121.

Rowe, F. P. 1966. Economic importance of the house mouse (Mus musculus L.). World Health Organiz., Vector Control, Pub. 66.217, paper 1.4:21-26.

Schwartz, C. W., and E. R. Schwartz. 1981. House mouse. Pages 248-252 in The wild mammals of Missouri, rev. ed. Univ. Missouri Press, Columbia. 356 pp.

Shenker, A. M. 1973. The house mouse in London. MammalRev. 3:64-69.

Weber, W. J. 1982. Diseases transmitted by rats and mice. Thomson Pub. Fresno, California. 182 pp.

Images and Illustrations

Figure 1 is from Schwartz and Schwartz (1981).

Figures 2, 5, and 15 were adapted from Pratt et al. (1977) by Jill Sack Johnson.

Figures 3 and 14 were adapted from Howard and Marsh (1981) by Jill Sack Johnson.

Figure 4 from Hygnstrom and Virchow (1992).

Figures 6, 7, and 8 were developed by Jill Sack Johnson.

Figures 9, 12, and 13 are by Frances I. Gould, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Cooperative Extension.

Figures 10 and 11 were adapted from Pratt et al. (1977) by Frances I. Gould.

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Acknowledgments

I thank Rex E. Marsh for reviewing a previous version of this chapter and providing many helpful comments. Portions of the recommendations on toxicant use are taken directly from his chapter Roof Rats in this manual. Other material contained in this chapter is derived from Brooks (1973), Marsh and Howard (1981), and Pratt et al. (1977), among other sources.

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