Multi-species predator eradication within a predator-proof fence at Ka'ena Point, Hawai'i

Biological Invasions

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2627-2638

  Young, Lindsay C ^a   VanderWerf, Eric A ^a   Lohr, Michael T ^a   Miller, Christopher J ^b   Titmus, Andrew J ^a   Peters, Darren ^c   Wilson, Lindsay ^d  

^a Pacific Rim Conservation   (United States)

^b Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^d New Zealand Dept of Conservation   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hawai'i; Island species; Predator eradication; Predator fence

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COAGULATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FERAL ORGANISM; FLEDGING; NATURAL RESOURCE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR CONTROL; RODENT; SEABIRD;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAENA POINT NATURAL AREA RESERVE; OAHU; UNITED STATES;

DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS; ENA; HERPESTES JAVANICUS; HERPESTIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; PROCELLARIIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 84888035560     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0479-y     Document Type: Article

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