Mechanisms underlying the failure of an attempt to eradicate the invasive Asian musk shrew Suncus murinus from an island nature reserve

Biological Conservation

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-35

  Seymour, Adrian ^a   Varnham, Karen ^b   Roy, Sugoto ^a   Harris, Stephen ^a   Bhageerutty, Lucy ^b   Church, Stuart ^a   Harris, Alex ^a   Jennings, Nancy V ^a   Jones, Carl ^c   Khadun, Ashok ^b   Mauremootoo, John ^b   Newman, Tabetha ^a   Tatayah, Vikash ^b   Webbon, Charlotte ^a   Wilson, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAURITIAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Mauritius)

^c DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eradication; Invasive species; Island restoration; Suncus murinus; Trap shyness; Trapping

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; NATURE RESERVE; PREDATOR; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

MAURITIUS; SORICIDAE; SUNCUS; SUNCUS MURINUS;

EID: 21144445217     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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