Eradication and ecosystem impacts of rats in the Ogasawara Islands

Restoring the Oceanic Island Ecosystem: Impact and Management of Invasive Alien Species in the Bonin Islands

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 153-159

  Hashimoto, Takuma ^a  

^a JAPAN WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

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EID: 84860351736     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-53859-2_23     Document Type: Chapter

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