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Rats and Seabirds: Effects of Egg Size on Predation Risk and the Potential of Conditioned Taste Aversion as a Mitigation Method

Seabirds nesting on islands are threatened by invasive rodents, such as mice and rats, which may attack eggs, chicks and even adults. The low feasibility of rat eradications on many islands makes the development of alternate control plans necessary. We used a combination of field experiments on a Me...

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Autores principales: Latorre, Lucía, Larrinaga, Asier R., Santamaría, Luis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3776756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24058712
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076138