Dietary shift of an invasive predator: rats, seabirds and sea turtles

Location

SPREP LIBRARY

Author(s)

Caut, Stéphane

Angulo, Elena

Courchamp, Franck

Publisher

British Ecological Society

Publication Year:

2008

Publication Place

United Kingdom

Physical Description:

10 p.

Call Number

[EL]

Relevant Countries

New Caledonia

Material Type

Article

Language

English

Record ID:

547

Legacy PEIN ID:

82244

ISSN:

0021-8901

1365-2664

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01438.x

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Subject Heading(s)

Rats - Behaviour - New Caledonia

Seabirds - New Caledonia

Sea turtles - Research, Monitoring - New Caledonia

Invasive Species - New Caledonia

Abstract

This article is a study on the dietary shift of black rats on Surprise Island, New Caledonia and their impact on the ecosystem in the presence and absence of breeding seabirds.

Species:

Rattus spp. (Rats)

Rattus norvegicus (Brown rat)

* (Seabirds)

Theme(s):

Problem definition, Prioritisation, Decision-making

Research on priorities

Tag(s)

invasive species

seabirds

turtles

new caledonia

rats

Problem definition, Prioritization and Decision-making - Research on priorities

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