The next generation of rodent eradications: Innovative technologies and tools to improve species specificity and increase their feasibility on islands

Biological Conservation

Volumn 185, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-58

  Campbell, Karl J ^a,b   Beek, Joe ^a   Eason, Charles T ^c,d   Glen, Alistair S ^e   Godwin, John ^f   Gould, Fred ^f   Holmes, Nick D ^a   Howald, Gregg R ^a   Madden, Francine M ^g   Ponder, Julia B ^h   Threadgill, David W ^i,j   Wegmann, Alexander S ^a   Baxter, Greg S ^b  

^a ISLAND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^d LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^f NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Human Wildlife Conflict Collaboration (HWCC)   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Control methods; Island restoration; Mus musculus; Pest eradication; Rattus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925465528     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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