Rapid commencement of ecosystem recovery following aerial baiting on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 241-244

  Shaw, Justine ^a   Terauds, Aleks ^a   Bergstrom, Dana ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eradication; Introduced rabbits; Island restoration; Poa foliosa; Tussock grassland

Indexed keywords

BAIT; GRASS; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT RESTORATION; LAGOMORPH; REGROWTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

MACQUARIE ISLAND;

EID: 82455186727     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2011.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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