Survivors or reinvaders? Using genetic assignment to identify invasive pests following eradication

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1747-1757

  Russell, James C ^a,b,d   Miller, Steven D ^a   Harper, Grant A ^c   MacInnes, Hamish E ^b   Wylie, Malcolm J ^c   Fewster, Rachel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Invasion; Island; Microsatellite; New Zealand; Rattus; Reinvasion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; INVASIVE SPECIES; PEST SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING;

NEW ZEALAND;

RATTUS;

EID: 77952291681     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9586-1     Document Type: Article

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