Keeping Australia's islands free of introduced rodents: The Barrow Island example

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 284-294

  Greenslade, Penelope ^a   Burbidge, Andrew A ^b   Lynch, A Jasmyn J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b University of Canberra ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eradication; Invasive species; Island biosecurity; Non indigenous species; Quarantine; Rattus rattus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; NATURE RESERVE; QUARANTINE; RODENT; BIOSAFETY; COST ANALYSIS; DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY;

AUSTRALIA; BARROW ISLAND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; REPTILIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84900391958     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc130284     Document Type: Article

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