Bait stations for detection and control of alien rats in Galapagos

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2736-2742

  Phillips, R Brand ^a,b   Harris, Donna B ^c   Snell, Howard L ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alien rodents; Bait station; Control; Detection; Endemic rodents; Galapagos Islands; Nesoryzomys; Oryzomys; Rattus

Indexed keywords

BAIT; DETECTION METHOD; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RODENT; SYMPATRY;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

NESORYZOMYS; NESORYZOMYS NARBOROUGHI; NESORYZOMYS SWARTHI; ORYZOMYS; ORYZOMYS BAURI; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 47249092353     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-106     Document Type: Review

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