Overcoming hermit-crab interference during rodent-baiting operations: A case study from Henderson Island, South Pacific

Wildlife Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-77

  Cuthbert, R J ^a   Brooke, M De L ^b   Torr, N ^c  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coenobitidae; conservation; eradication; islands; rats; Rattus exulans

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAIT; BIOMARKER; CRAB; DYE; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NONTARGET ORGANISM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION REGULATION; RODENT; SAMPLING;

HENDERSON ISLAND; PITCAIRN;

COENOBITA; COENOBITIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GECARCINIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS EXULANS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84857871805     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR11033     Document Type: Article

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