Predation of artificial Xantus's murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus scrippsi) nests before and after black rat (Rattus rattus) eradication

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 320-325

  Jones, Holly P ^a,c   Williamhenry III, R ^a   Howald, Gregg R ^b   Tershy, Bernie R ^a   Croll, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Island Conservation Canada   (Canada)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial nest; Eradication; Invasive species; Rattus rattus; Seabird conservation; Synthliboramphus hypoleucus

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MONITORING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ARTIFICIAL NEST; ERADICATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; SEABIRD CONSERVATION; SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS HYPOLEUCUS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIRD; HATCHING; ISLAND; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREDATION; SMALL MAMMAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEST PREDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEABIRD; SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS HYPOLEUCUS SCRIPPSI;

ANACAPA ISLAND; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS ANACAPAE; RATTUS RATTUS; SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS HYPOLEUCUS;

EID: 33646885231     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892906002608     Document Type: Article

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