Factors associated with rodent eradication failure

Biological Conservation

Volumn 185, Issue , 2015, Pages 8-16

  Holmes, Nick D ^a   Griffiths, Richard ^a   Pott, Madeleine ^a   Alifano, Aurora ^a   Will, David ^a   Wegmann, Alexander S ^b   Russell, James C ^c  

^a ISLAND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b Island Conservation Hawaii Program Office   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation; Invasive species; Island; Rodent eradication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924408452     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.12.018     Document Type: Article

References (69)

1. Abdelkrim J., Pascal M., Calmet C., Samadi S. Importance of assessing population genetic structure before eradication of invasive species: examples from insular Norway rat populations. Conserv. Biol. 2005, 19:1509-1518.
2. Atkinson, I.A.E., 1985. The spread of commensal species of Rattus to oceanic islands and their effects on island avifaunas. In: Moors, P.J. (Ed.), Conservation of Island Birds, ICBP Technical Publication No. 3, pp. 35-81.
3. Bellingham P.J., Towns D.R., Cameron E.K., Davis J.J., Wardle D.A., Wilmhurst J.M., Mulder C.P.H. New Zealand island restoration: seabirds, predators, and the importance of history. N. Z. J. Ecol. 2010, 34:115-136.
4. Breiman L. Statistical modeling: the two cultures. Statist. Sci. 2001, 16:199-215.
5. Broome, K., Cox, A., Golding, C., Cromarty, P., Bell, P., McClelland, P., 2014. Rat eradication using aerial baiting. Current agreed best practice used in New Zealand (Version 3.0), New Zealand Department of Conservation internal document, Wellington, New Zealand, p. 24.
6. Buckle, A.P., Prescott, C.V., Ward, K.J., 1994. Resistance to the first and second generation anticoagulant rodenticides - a new perspective. In: Proceedings of the Sixteenth Vertebrate Pest Conference.
7. Buggren W.W., McMahon B.R. Biology of the Land Crabs 1988, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
8. Campbell D.J., Atkinson I.A.E. Depression of tree recruitment by the Pacific rat (Rattus exulans Peale) on New Zealand's northern offshore islands. Biol. Conserv. 2002, 107:19-35.
9. Campbell, K.J., Beek, J., Eason, C.T., Glen, A.S., Godwin, J., Gould, F., Holmes, N.D., Howald, G.R., Madden, F.M., Ponder, J.B., Threadgill, D.W., Wegmann, A.S., Baxter, G.S., 2015. The next generation of rodent eradications: innovative technologies and tools to improve species specificity and increase their feasibility on islands. Biol. Conserv. 185, 47-58.
10. Cromarty P., Broome K., Cox A., Empson R.A., Hutchinson W.M., McFadden I. Eradication planning for invasive alien species on islands - the approach developed by the New Zealand Department of Conservation. Turning The Tide: The Eradication of Invasive Species 2002, 85-91. IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. C.R. Veitch, M.N. Clout (Eds.).
11. Cuthbert R.J., Brooke M.D., Torr N. Overcoming hermit-crab interference during rodent-baiting operations: a case study from Henderson Island, South Pacific. Wildlife Res. 2012, 39:70-77.
12. Cutler A., Stevens J.R. [23] Random forests for microarrays. Methods Enzymol. 2006, 411:422-432.
13. Cutler D.R., Edwards T.C., Beard K.H., Cutler A., Hess K.T. Random forests for classification in ecology. Ecology 2007, 88:2783-2792.
14. DIISE The Database of Island Invasive Species Eradications, developed by Island Conservation, Coastal Conservation Action Laboratory UCSC, IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group 2014, University of Auckland and Landcare Research New Zealand, . Accessed 14 September 2014.
15. Gregory S.D., Henderson W., Smee E., Cassey P. Eradications of vertebrate pests in Australia: a review and guidelines for future best practice 2014, PestSmart Toolkit publication, Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre, Canberra, Australia, pp. 90.
16. Griffiths R., Miller A., Climo G. Addressing the impact of land crabs on rodent eradications on islands. Pacific Conserv. Biol. 2011, 17:347.
17. Hapfelmeier A., Ulm K. A new variable selection approach using Random Forests. Comput. Statist. Data Anal. 2013, 60:50-69.
18. Hapfelmeier A., Hothorn T., Ulm K. Recursive partitioning on incomplete data using surrogate decisions and multiple imputation. Comput. Statist. Data Anal. 2012, 56:1552-1565.
19. Hapfelmeier A., Hothorn T., Ulm K., Strobl C. A new variable importance measure for random forests with missing data. Statist. Comput. 2014, 24:21-34.
20. Harper, G.A., Van Dinther, M., Russell, J.C., Bunbury, N., 2015. The response of black rats (Rattus rattus) to evergreen and seasonally arid habitats: informing eradication planning on a tropical island. Biol. Conserv. 185, 66-74.
21. Harries H.C. The evolution, dissemination and classification of Cocos nucifera L. Bot. Rev. 1978, 44:265-319.
22. Harris D.B., Gregory S.D., Bull L.S., Courchamp F. Island prioritization for invasive rodent eradications with an emphasis on reinvasion risk. Biol. Invas. 2012, 14:1251-1263.
23. Hayes W.K., Carter R.L., Cyril S., Thornton B. Conservation of an endangered Bahamian rock iguana. Iguana Biology and Conservation 2004, 232-257. University of California Press, Los Angeles. A.C. Alberts, R.L. Carter, W.K. Hayes, E.P. Martins (Eds.).
24. Hijmans R.J., Cameron S.E., Parra J.L., Jones P.G., Jarvis A. Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas. Int. J. Climatol. 2005, 25(25):1965-1978.
25. Hochachka W.M., Caruana R., Fink D., Munson A., Riedewald M., Sorokina D., Kelling S. Data-mining discovery of pattern and process in ecological systems. J. Wildlife Manage. 2007, 71:2427-2437.
26. Holdridge L.R. Determination of world plant formations from simple climatic data. Science 1947, 105:367-368.
27. Howald G., Donlan C.J., Galvan J.P., Russell J.C., Parkes J., Samaniego A., Wang Y., Veitch D., Genovesi P., Pascal M., Saunders A., Tershy B. Invasive rodent eradication on islands. Conserv. Biol. 2007, 21:1258-1268.
28. Janitza S., Strobl C., Boulesteix A.L. An AUC-based permutation variable importance measure for random forests. BMC Bioinform. 2013, 14:119.
29. Jones H.P., Tershy B.R., Zavaleta E.S., Croll D.A., Keitt B.S., Finkelstein M.E., Howald G.R. Severity of the effects of invasive rats on seabirds: a global review. Conserv. Biol. 2008, 22:16-26.
30. Keitt, B., Campbell, K., Saunders, A., Clout, M.N., Wang, Y., Heinz, R., Newton, K., Tershy, B., 2011. The global islands invasive vertebrate eradication database: a tool to improve and facilitate restoration of island ecosystems, in island invasives: eradication and management. In: Veitch, C.R., Clout, M.N., Towns, D.R. (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Island Invasives, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, pp. 74-77.
31. Keitt, B., Griffiths, R., Boudjelas, S., Broome, K., Cranwell, S., Millett, J., Pitt, W., Samaniego-Herrera, A., 2015. Best practice guidelines for rat eradication on tropical islands. Biol. Conserv. 185, 17-26.
32. Kricher J. Tropical Ecology 2011, Princetone University Press, Princetone, New Jersey.
33. Kurle C.M., Croll D.A., Tershy B.R. Introduced rats indirectly change marine rocky intertidal communities from algae- to invertebrate-dominated. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2008, 105:3800-3804.
34. Lavers J.L., Wilcox C., Donlan C.J. Bird demographic responses to predator removal programs. Biol. Invasions 2010, 12:3839-3859.
35. Lorvelec O., Pascal M. French attempts to eradicate non-indigenous mammals and their consequences for native biota. Biol. Invas. 2005, 7:135-140.
36. MacKay, J.W.B., Russell, J.C., Murphy, E.C., 2007. Eradicating house mice from islands: successes, failures and the way forward. In: Witmer, G.W., Pitt, W.C., Fagerstone, K.A. (Eds.), Managing Vertebrate Invasive Species. Proceedings of an International Symposium, Fort Collins, Colorado, pp. 294-304.
37. MacNicoll A. Anticoagulant rodenticides-tolerance and resistance. Phytoparasitica 1993, 21:185-188.
38. Myers N., Mittermeier R.A., Mittermeier C.G., da Fonseca G.A.B., Kent J. Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities. Nature 2000, 403:853-858.
39. Oerke E.C. Crop losses to pests. J. Agric. Sci. 2006, 144:31-43.
40. Pain D.J., Brooke M.D., Finnie J.K., Jackson A. Effects of brodifacoum on the land crab of Ascension island. J. Wildlife Manage. 2000, 64:380-387.
41. Pascal M., Lorvelec O., Bretagnolle V., Culioli J.-M. Improving the breeding success of a colonial seabird: a cost-benefit comparison of the eradication and control of its rat predator. Endangered Species Res. 2008, 4:267-276.
42. Pott, M., Wegmann, A.S., Griffiths, R., Samaniego-Herrera, A., Cuthbert, R.J., Brooke, M.D.L., Pitt, W.C., Berentsen, A.R., Holmes, N.D., Howald, G.R., Ramos-Rendón, K., Russell, J.C., 2015. Improving the odds: assessing bait availability before rodent eradications to aid in selecting bait application rates. Biol. Conserv. 185, 27-35.
43. Prasad A.M., Iverson L.R., Liaw A. Newer classification and regression tree techniques: bagging and random forests for ecological prediction. Ecosystems 2006, 9:181-199.
44. Price, C.V., Nakagaki, N., Hitt, K.J., 2010. National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Area-Characterization Toolbox, Release 1.0: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1268.
45. Ringler D., Russell J., Jaeger A., Pinet P., Bastien M., Le Corre M. Invasive rat space use on tropical islands: implications for bait broadcast. Basic Appl. Ecol. 2014, 15:179-186.
46. Robertson B.C., Gemmell N.J. Defining eradication units to control invasive pests. J. Appl. Ecol. 2004, 41:1042-1048.
47. Russell, J.C., Holmes, N.D., 2015. Tropical island conservation: rat eradication for species recovery. Biol. Conserv. 185, 1-7.
48. Russell J.C., Ruffino L. The influence of spatio-temporal resource fluctuations on insular rat population dynamics. Proc. R. Soc. B-Biol. Sci. 2012, 279:767-774.
49. Russell J.C., Towns D.R., Anderson S.H., Clout M.N. Intercepting the first rat ashore. Nature 2005, 437:1107.
50. Russell J.C., Towns D.R., Clout M.N. Review of rat invasion biology: Implications for island biosecurity. Science for Conservation 286 2008, Department of Conservation, Wellington.
51. Russell J.C., Miller S.D., Harper G.A., MacInnes H.E., Wylie M.J., Fewster R.M. Survivors or reinvaders? Using genetic assignment to identify invasive pests following eradication. Biol. Invas. 2010, 12:1747-1757.
52. Russell J.C., Ringler D., Trombini A., Le Corre M. The island syndrome and population dynamics of introduced rats. Oecologia 2011, 167:667-676.
53. Russell, J.C., Caut, S., Anderson, S.H., Lee, M., 2015. Invasive rat interactions and over-invasion on a coral atoll. Biol. Conserv. 185, 59-65.
54. Saunders G., Cooke B., McColl K., Shine R., Peacock T. Modern approaches for the biological control of vertebrate pests: an Australian perspective. Biol. Control 2010, 52:288-295.
55. Strobl C., Boulesteix A.-L., Kneib T., Augustin T., Zeileis A. Conditional variable importance for random forests. BMC Bioinform. 2008, 9:307.
56. Towns D.R., Atkinson I.A.E., Daugherty C.H. Have the harmful effects of introduced rats on islands been exaggerated?. Biol. Invas. 2006, 8:863-891.
57. US CFR, 2014. United States Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40 Protection of the environment, Chapter 1 Environmental Protection Agency, Subchapter E Pesticide programs, Part 158 Data requirements for pesticides, Subpart D Product chemistry. US Government Printing Office. (accessed 01.10.14). http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=3bc4823364b95c4feae8264207e44a5a%26node=sp40.24.158.d%26rgn=div6.
58. US Fish and Wildlife Service Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Rat Eradication Project Final Environmental Impact Statement 2011, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.
59. Varnham K. Invasive Rats on Tropical Islands: Their History, Ecology, Impacts and Eradication 2010, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, Bedfordshire, UK.
60. Veitch, C.R., Clout, M.N., (Eds.), 2002. Turning the Tide: The Eradication of Invasive Species. Proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
61. Veitch, C.R., Clout, M.N., Towns, D.R., (Eds), 2011. Island Invasives: Eradication and Management. Proceedings of the International Conference on Island Invasives. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Auckland, New Zealand.
62. Weerakoon M.K., Banks P.B. Not just a matter of taste: palatability of bait markers is influenced by the need to search for alternative food. Wildlife Res. 2011, 38:596-602.
63. Wegmann A., Buckelew S., Howald G., Helm J., Swinnerton K. Rat eradication campaigns on tropical islands: novel challenges and possible solutions. Island invasives: Eradication and Management 2011, 239-243. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. C.R. Veitch, M.N. Clout, D. Towns (Eds.).
64. Wegmann A. Land Crab Interference with Eradication Projects: Phase I - Compendium of Available Information. Pacific Invasives Initiative 2008, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
65. Weigelt P., Jetz W., Kreft H. Bioclimatic and physical characterization of the world's islands. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2013, 110:15307-15312.
66. Whitehead A.L., Edge K.A., Smart A.F., Hill G.S., Willans M.J. Large scale predator control improves the productivity of a rare New Zealand riverine duck. Biol. Conserv. 2008, 141:2784-2794.
67. Witmer G.W., Boyd F., Hillis-Starr Z. The successful eradication of introduced roof rats (Rattus rattus) from Buck Island using diphacinone, followed by an irruption of house mice (Mus musculus). Wildlife Res. 2007, 34:108-115.
68. World Conservation Monitoring Center, 2013. Global Island Database.
69. Young L., VanderWerf E., Lohr M., Miller C., Titmus A., Peters D., Wilson L. Multi-species predator eradication within a predator-proof fence at Ka'ena Point, Hawai'i. Biol. Invas. 2013, 15:2627-2638.