The impacts of rats on the endangered native flora of french Polynesia (Pacific Islands): Drivers of plant extinction or coup de grâce species?

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1569-1585

  Meyer, Jean Yves ^a   Butaud, Jean François ^b  

^a Delegation a la Recherche   (French Polynesia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Island flora; Plant extinctions; Rats; Sandalwood; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; ISLAND; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RODENT; SEED PREDATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

ARALIACEAE; ARECACEAE; AVES; ELAEOCARPACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; NESOLUMA; OCHROSIA; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RUBIACEAE; SANTALACEAE; SANTALUM; SANTALUM INSULARE; SAPOTACEAE;

EID: 70350647224     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9407-y     Document Type: Article

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