Conservation action in the Galàpagos: Feral pig (Sus scrofa) eradication from Santiago Island

Biological Conservation

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 473-478

  Cruz, Felipe ^a,b   Josh Donlan, C ^c,d   Campbell, Karl ^a,b,e   Carrion, Victor ^a  

^a Galapagos National Park Service   (Ecuador)

^b Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Control programs; Exotic species; Introduced mammals; Invasive; Island restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN SALVADOR [GALAPAGOS ISLANDS]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 4344586461     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.05.018     Document Type: Article

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