Reinvasion by ship rats (Rattus rattus) of forest fragments after eradication

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2391-2408

  King, Carolyn M ^a   Innes, John G ^b   Gleeson, Dianne ^c   Fitzgerald, Neil ^b   Winstanley, Tom ^c   O'Brien, Barry ^a   Bridgman, Lucy ^a,b   Cox, Neil ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Black rat; Eradication units; Forest fragment; Genetic differentiation; Invasive predators; Reinvasion; Roof rat

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; DYE; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTECTED AREA; RODENT; SAMPLING; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO;

RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 80052795423     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0051-6     Document Type: Article

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