Antipodes antipasto: mice make a meal of Subantarctic insects

Marris, John W. M.

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Antipodes antipasto: mice make a meal of Subantarctic insects

Type: Oral Presentation

Permalink: https://hdl.handle.net/10182/5721

Originally published: 2004 by Lincoln University. Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences. and available at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2000.9517616

Keywords: Antipodes Island; subantarctic; invertebrates; mouse predation; beetles

Fields of Research: 060808 Invertebrate Biology; 0602 Ecology

Abstract:

Invertibrate surveys on Antipodes Island and adjacent Bollons Island provided a unique opportunity to examine the impact of mouse predation on the invertibrate fauna. The diversity and abundance of larger beetle species (length >4mm) on mouse-infested Antipodes Island were compared with those of mouse-free Bollons Island.