Addressing the impact of land crabs on rodent eradications on Islands

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 347-353

  Griffiths, Richard ^a   Miller, Arden ^b   Climo, Gideon ^c  

^a ISLAND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; French polynesia; Mesic tropical; Rat; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BAIT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRAB; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

FRENCH POLYNESIA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GECARCINIDAE; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84861423345     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC110347     Document Type: Article

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