﻿_id	Title	General Data Type	Species	Study Site	Study design	Vegetation type	Sampling method	Data analysis & parameters derived	Number sampling sessions	Sample dates	Number sample sites	Project leader	Publication	Where to find the data?	Supplementary data
1	Multiple Pest Dynamics Study	Population parameters	Mus musculus	Whirinaki Forest Park; Mokaihaha Ecological Area; Urewera National Park; Kaimai Ranges	BACI with control (=no treatment); possum removal; possum and rat removal; & stoat removal	Mixed podocarp/broadleaf forests	Mark-recapture (grids 120 m x 120 m @ 15 m spacing = 81 elliot traps per grid, 5 nights per session)	Royle MR method > mouse abundance (per grid)	10	May 2006, Aug 2006, Nov 2006, Feb 2007, May 2007, Oct 2007, Feb 2008, May 2008, Oct 2008, Feb 2009	10 MR grids (3 each at Kaimais and Ureweras, 2 each at Mokaihaha and Whirinaki) but not all grids sampled at all times	Wendy Ruscoe (ex MWLR)	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01673.x	Ruscoe et al. 2011 has time series plots of rat abundance (Fig. S4); raw capture data in and estimated densities in: https://datastore.landcareresearch.co.nz/dataset/multiple-pest-dynamics	Weight & sex & possibly breeding status for live-captured mice. Concurrent MR of rats and possums and TTIs for stoats. Pitfall traps and weta hotels  run concurrently for invertebrate abundance.
2	Orongorongo long term	Population parameters	Mus musculus	Orongorongo Valley	Long-term quarterly monitoring abundance	Podocarp/hard‐wood and hard beech (Nothofagus truncata) forest 	Snap trapping (116 traps spaced 50 m apart; run for 3 nights) 	Poisson-transformed trap catch; est. rate increase from density index; breeding status and littersize (num. embryos and/or uterine scars); sex & age (tooth wear) distributions.	90	Aug 1971 - Nov 1993	1 (long trap line running up valley)	B.M. Fitzgerald (Ecological Research Associates of New Zealand)	https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2004.9518370	Time series plots of density index, mean litter size (Table 2)  as a function of year type and season, modelled pregnancy rates of female mice as functions of age, season, and density for different year types in Fitzgerald et al. 2004. Some of rat and mice trap catch data and seedfall data in: https://datastore.landcareresearch.co.nz/dataset/orongorongo-valley-long-term-rodent-trap-catch	Hard beech seedfall. 
3	Pureora Population Study	Population parameters	Mus musculus	Oureora Forest Part	Long-term quarterly monitoring abundance	Logged and unlogged native podocarp-broadleaved forest, Exotic pine forest	Snap trapping (4 lines, 36 traps traps spaced 50 m apart; run for 3 nights) 	Captures per 100 trap nights; breeding status and littersize (num. embryos and/or uterine scars); sex & age (tooth wear) & size distributions.	20	Feb 1983 - Nov 1987	4 trap lines	Carolyn King (Univ. Waikato) 	https://newzealandecology.org/nzje/2004.pdf	TCIs in linked paper, raw data from Kim King?	""
4	Fiordland mice response to mast	Population parameters	Mus musculus	Eglinton Valley; Hollyford Valley	Mice relative density over beech mast	Southern Beech, mainly Nothofagus menziesii, plus N. fusca at low altitudes in the Eglinton	Quartlery snap trapping (1 line, 36 traps traps spaced 50 m apart; run for 3 nights)	Captures per corrected trap nights; breeding status and littersize (num. embryos); sex & age (tooth wear) & body weight and length.	17 (HV), 22 (EV)	Spring 1973 - Autumn 1980	1 trap line along each valley floor?	Carolyn King (Univ. Waikato) 	https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1982.10423879	TCIs in linked paper, raw data from Kim King?	Freq of mice in stoat guts (Tables 5 & 6). Seedfall traps cleared monthly but summarised as annual seedfall (Mar-Feb) in Table 1. of companion paper: https://doi.org/10.2307/4593
5	Fiordland mice density comparisons	Population parameters	Mus musculus	Eglinton Valley; Hollyford Valley	Comparing trap catch, tracking tunnel and density estimates for mice	Grids in the Eglinton Valley were sited in forest comprising predominantly red beech (Nothofagus fusca) and silver beech (N. menziesii). Grids in the Hollyford Valley were sited in forest comprising predominantly silver beech with a more complex understorey of native shrubs and ferns than that in the Eglinton Valley	Mark-recapture (grids 160 m x160 m @ 20 m spacing = 81 live-capture traps per grid, 5 nights per session)	CAPTURE Mh and Mbh models > pop estimates /est grid catchment > density ests	2 (HV), 3 (EV)	May 1999, Aug 199, Nov 1999	6 MR grids (EV), 3 MR grids (HV)	Wendy Ruscoe (ex MWLR)	https://doi.org/10.1071/WR00035	Table 1 in paper has pop. and density ests	""
6	Waitutu SORTIE project	Population parameters	Mus musculus	Waitutu Forest, Fiordland National Park	Part of forest ecosystem study including effects of rodent seed predation on tree recruitment, includes rimu mast	The alluvial terrace forest was dominated by two angiosperms, Nothofagus menziesii and Weinmannia racemosa, the marine terrace forest was dominated by the conifer Dacrydium cupressinum	Mark-recapture (grids 140 m x140 m @ 20 m spacing = 64 live-capture traps per grid, 5 nights per session); sex, weight, length and breeding status	Minimum number alive /grid catchment > Minimum density	21	May 2001 - May 2007	"9 MR grids (3 on young fertile alluvial terraces and 6 on older 
infertile marine terraces)"	Deb Wilson (MWLR)	https://newzealandecology.org/nzje/2233.pdf (first few years only)	https://datastore.landcareresearch.co.nz/dataset/Deb%20Wilson	"Rats also trapped on same grids/traps but too few to estimate density. +9 seedfall traps per grid which were cleared when trapping grids run, annual seed rain here:  http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/
ES13-00384.1  "
7	Rangitoto 1080	Population parameters	Mus musculus	Rangitoto Island	6-weekly monitoring of rodents pre and post 1080 drop on island	Mixed scrubby/coastal veg	Snap trapping sessions ~every 6 weeks, 4 lines of 15-25 traps spaced 15-25m apart, set for 3 nights each session	Captures per 100 trap nights ; breeding status and littersize (num. embryos and/or uterine scars); sex & age (tooth wear) & body weight and length.	11	Aug 1990 - Oct 1991	4 traplines	C.J. Miller (ex DOC??)	https://newzealandecology.org/nzje/1960.pdf	Time series plots in publication	Seasonal varn. in freq of diff food types in mouse guts. Note is rel. abundance in presence of 1080 control although didn't appear to kill many rodents
8	Maungatautari mouse population dynamics	Population parameters	Mus musculus	Maungatautari sanctuary	Mouse population responses in absence of predators (quarterly monitoring), mouse management treatment switched halfway thru 	Lowland forest on Maungatautari below 600 m a.s.l. is dominated by tawa (Beilschmiedia tawa) with frequent mangeao (Litsea calicaris) and kāmahi (Weinmannia racemosa), and above 600 m by tawa and kāmahi, with scattered rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum) and tāwari (Ixerba brexioides)	Mark-recapture (grids 105 m x 105 m @ 15 m spacing = 64 traps per grid, 5 nights per session)	SECR to est. density; weight, head and body length (HBL) and reproductive status	20	Apr 2011 - Feb 2016	2 MR grids	Deb Wilson (MWLR)	https://newzealandecology.org/system/files/articles/10_WILSON.pdf	https://datastore.landcareresearch.co.nz/dataset/maungatautari-house-mouse-trap-tracking-data	Concurrent tracking tunnels run for both grids
9	Mouse population reponse to snow tussock masting	Population parameters	Mus musculus	Borland Valley, Fiordland	To see if mast seeding by chionochloa drives mouse eruptions in alpine zone & contrast with nearby beech forest	Above the treeline, the alpine grassland is dominated by mosaics of the tall snow-tussock species Chionochloa crassiuscula, C. rigida, C. pallens and C. teretifolia, with scattered shrubs. Below the treeline (~1000 m asl), the forest comprises mountain beech (Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides) on the lower slopes and silver beech (N. menziesii) on the upper slopes.	Mark-recapture (2 concentric squares/hollow grids inner: 16 traps, outer: 48 traps @15 m spacing = 64 traps per grid, 5 nights per session)	SECR (ML) to est. density; weight (used to classify as juv or adult), head and body length (HBL) and reproductive status	11 (5 only for forest grids)	Feb 2003 - Nov 2007	3 alpine MR grids, 3 forest MR grids	Deb Wilson (MWLR)	https://doi.org/10.1071/WR09118	https://datastore.landcareresearch.co.nz/dataset/borland-alpine-house-mouse-study	Concurrent measure of chionochloa flowering tillers (mast in 2005/06) and beech seedfall; snap trapping for diet analysis
10	Mice on Mana	Population parameters	Mus musculus	Mana Island	Population relative abund. and structure over a year	Reverting pasture/scrub, coastal veg	Snap trapping sessions ~every quarter, lines of traps spaced 50 paces apart, set for 2-3 nights each session	Captures per 100 trap nights ; breeding status and littersize (num. embryos and/or uterine scars); sex & age (tooth wear) & body weight and length.	5	Sep 1977 - Oct 1978	3 traplines in 1st session, 5 thereafter	Murray Efford (ex MWLR)	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb02450.x	Time series plots in publication	Note no predators on Mana Is
11	Reinvasion on Saddle Island	Population parameters	Mus musculus	Saddle Island	Tracked population increase from 2 founding mice relased on Saddle Island	Coastal forest/scrub	Mark-recapture irregular grid across island @25 m spacing, 4 nights per session	Royle ML method > N (island popn size)	6 (+ known init pop size in Dec 2009)	Feb 2010 - Jul 2010	1 MR grid over entire island (6 ha)	Helen Nathan (ex Univ. Auckland)	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-015-0477-2	Estimated population size (Fig. 2) and birth and death rates (Fig. 3) in publication	""
12	Tawharaui mice ecology	Population parameters	Mus musculus	Tawharanui Open Santuary, Northland	Ecology of House Mice within the Tawharanui Open Sanctuary	Mixed podocarp-broadleaved forest	Mark-recapture grid	SECR ML > density	4	Apr 2007 - Sept 2007	2 MR grids	Nick Goldwater ex Univ. Auckl.	Goldwater, N. Ecology of House Mice within the Tawharanui Open Sanctuary. PhD thesis, University of Auckland, (2007)	?couldn't locate thesis	concurrent snap-trapping
13	Lepto epidemiology study	Population parameters	Mus musculus	Manawatū-Whanganui	""	Exotic grass pasture (grid 1), cutover pine trees (grid 2)	Mark-recapture irregular grid @~10 m spacing, 5 nights per session, note traps run for 10-12 nights and any mice caught after night 5 were killed	SECR > density; weight, sex, age and an estimation of the reproductive status (immature/active)	4	Spr 2016, Aut 2017, Spr 2017, Aut 2018	2 MR grids	Marie Moinet ex Massey Univ.	https://mro.massey.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10179/16296/MoinetPhDThesis.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y	Density estimates in Table S6.5 of thesis	Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Ballum shedding and serological status of captured mice
14	Auckland Island population study	Population parameters	Mus musculus	Smith Harbour, Auckland Island	To track population fluctuations of mice on Auckland Island for the 2 years following a mast event	Coastal forest (rata), scrub (dracophyllum, myrsine) and snow tussock	""	SECR >density ests; body weight distributions	4	Feb 2010, Aug 2019, Nov 2019, Mar 2020	4 MR grids	Rachael Sagar (DOC)	https://doi.org/10.20417/nzjecol.46.3497	Density estimates in Fig. 4 of publication	Kill trap transects adjacent to grids: mice were necropsied and measurements recorded for sex, reproductive status and weight. Kill trapping only at other site (Deas Head.  Snow tussock Chionchloa antarctica flowering tillers measured in 2 summers
