Response of mice (Mus musculus) to the removal of black rats (Rattus rattus) in arid forest on Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1449-1452

  Harper, G A ^a,b   Cabrera, L F ^a  

^a Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Competition; Dominance; Gal pagos; Introduced; Mus; Rattus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ACTIVITY PATTERN; BAIT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; TRAPPING;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ [GALAPAGOS ISLANDS];

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77952291411     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9560-y     Document Type: Article

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