Responses of Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) to removal of introduced Pacific rats from islands

Invasive mammalian predators such as rats are now widespread on islands, but hypotheses about their effects have rarely been tested. Circumstantial evidence from New Zealand indicates that, when introduced to islands, Pacific rats (Rattus exulans) have negative effects on endemic plants, invertebrat...

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Veröffentlicht in:Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology. - 1999. - 21(2007), 4 vom: 15. Aug., Seite 1021-31
1. Verfasser: Towns, David R (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Parrish, G Richard, Tyrrell, Claudine L, Ussher, Graham T, Cree, Alison, Newman, Donald G, Whitaker, A Tony H, Westbrooke, Ian
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2007
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Schlagworte:Journal Article