Eradicating introduced mammals from a forested tropical island

Biological Conservation

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-105

  Rodríguez, Cristina ^a   Torres, Roxana ^a   Drummond, Hugh ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brodifacoum; Exotic mammals; Sooty tern

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND; MAMMAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [MEXICO]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

AVES; MAMMALIA; STERNA FUSCATA;

EID: 33645028759     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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