Rats are not the only introduced rodents producing ecosystem impacts on islands

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1735-1742

  Simberloff, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaver; Castor canadensis; Ecosystem engineer; Myocastor coypus; Nutria; Rodent

Indexed keywords

BARK; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND; PEST CONTROL; RODENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

ATLANTOXERUS GETULUS; CASTOR CANADENSIS; MUS MUSCULUS; MYOCASTOR COYPUS; MYOCASTORINAE; ONDATRA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 70350633183     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9400-5     Document Type: Article

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