Invasive rat interactions and over-invasion on a coral atoll

Biological Conservation

Volumn 185, Issue , 2015, Pages 59-65

  Russell, James C ^a,b   Caut, Stephane ^c   Anderson, Sandra H ^a   Lee, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Competition; Eradication; Over invasion; Rattus; Stable isotopes; Trapping

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; CORAL; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRAPPING;

ANTHOZOA; RATTUS; RATTUS EXULANS; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 84924390880     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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