How to prioritize rat management for the benefit of petrels: A case study of the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man

Ibis

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 699-708

  Ratcliffe, Norman ^a,d   Mitchell, Ian ^b   Varnham, Karen ^c   Verboven, Nanette ^a   Higson, Paul ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b JNCC   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eradication; Invasive species; Island restoration; Petrels; Prioritization; Quarantine; Rats; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MITIGATION; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIORITIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; SEABIRD; VULNERABILITY;

CHANNEL ISLANDS [UNITED KINGDOM]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISLE OF MAN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; PROCELLARIIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES; RATTUS;

EID: 70349421153     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00949.x     Document Type: Article

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