Trophic roles of black rats and seabird impacts on tropical islands: Mesopredator release or hyperpredation?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 185, Issue , 2015, Pages 75-84

  Ringler, David ^a   Russell, James C ^b   Le Corre, Matthieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Apex predators; Hyperpredation process; Mesopredator release effect; Rattus rattus; Seabird conservation; Trophic relationships; Tropical islands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924556500     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.12.014     Document Type: Article

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