Have the harmful effects of introduced rats on islands been exaggerated?

Biological Invasions

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 863-891

  Towns, David R ^a,b   Atkinson, Ian A E ^c   Daugherty, Charles H ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c Ecological Research Associates of New Zealand Inc   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Extinction; Impacts; Invasion; Native biota; Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus); Pacific rat (Rattus exulans); Ship rat (Rattus rattus)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXTINCTION RISK; FAUNA; FLORA; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; ISLAND; NATIVE SPECIES; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; REPTILE; RODENT; SEABIRD; TREE;

AUSTRALASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NEW ZEALAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CERVIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; RATTUS EXULANS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; REPTILIA; SORICIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745650934     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-005-0421-z     Document Type: Article

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