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Rat eradication comes within a whisker! A case study of a failed project from the South Pacific

To enhance their conservation value, several hundred islands worldwide have been cleared of invasive alien rats, Rattus spp. One of the largest projects yet undertaken was on 43 km(2) Henderson Island in the Pitcairn group, South Pacific, in August 2011. Following massive immediate mortality, a sing...

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Autores principales: Amos, W., Nichols, H. J., Churchyard, T., Brooke, M. de L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4852649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27152226
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160110