Abstract: This review evaluates direct (live-trapping) and indirect (genetic) methods to study dispersal in wild house mice (Mus musculus) and summarizes field and experimental data to examine the causes and consequences of dispersal. Commensal house mice (associated with human habitations, farms, food stores and other anthropogenic habitats) typically show lower rates of dispersal than feral house mice (living in crops, natural and semi-natural habitats). However, early claims of long-term fine-scale genetic structure in commensal house mice (due to low...
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Topics: 
Ecology
Zoology