Bio-economics of large-scale eradication of feral goats from Santiago Island, Galpagos

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-200

  Cruz, Felipe ^a,b   Carrion, Victor ^a   Campbell, Karl J ^a,b,c,g   Lavoie, Christian ^a,b,d,h   Donlan, C Josh ^e,f  

^a Galpagos National Park Service   (Ecuador)

^b Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^e Advanced Conservation Strategies   (United States)

^f Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^g ISLAND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^h Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio economics; Capra hircus; Eradication; Galapagos; Invasive mammals; Island conservation; Judas goats; Nonnative mammals; Restoration

Indexed keywords

CANID; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FERAL ORGANISM; GIS; GOAT; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; SAN SALVADOR [GALAPAGOS ISLANDS];

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 65949092393     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-551     Document Type: Article

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