Black rat (rattus rattus) predation on nonindigenous snails in Hawai'i: Complex management implications

Pacific Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-347

  Meyer, Wallace M ^a   Shiels, Aaron B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FEEDING; PREDATION; REFUGE; RODENT; SNAIL;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACHATINA; ACHATINA FULICA; EUGLANDINA ROSEA; GASTROPODA; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 67651102981     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/049.063.0304     Document Type: Article

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