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The Plant Pest Control Branch (formerly Entomology Branch) of the Hawaii Department of Agriculture has maintained a beneficial organism introduction program for many years. This paper provides notes on the status of some pests and their purposely int

Since their introduction in 1949, feral cats have caused extensive damage to seabird populations on sub-Antarctic Marion Island, Indian Ocean. This paper reports on the first four years of an eradication programme launced in 1986. Eight hundred and s

18 abstracts from the symposium, 30 May 1991, Honolulu Hawaii, XVII Pacific Science Congress - on introduced alien species and their impacts on Pacific island ecosystems and biodiversity.

Kiore were eradicated on Double Island using two different methods. The larger islet was treated with one manual application of STORM 4 g wax block rat baits containing 0.005% by weight Flocoumafen, in October 1989. The smaller islet received one

Questions on brodifacoum bait and impacts on the environment after decomposition, or leakage to water supply, etc.

The mohua or yellowhead (Mohoua ochrocephala) is an endangered, hole-nesting forest bird endemic to New Zealand. Mohua suffer periodic population crashes due to severe predation by the introduced stoat (Mustela erminea). In 1990, a stoat populat

1080 poisoned baits (Wanganui No. 7) were aerially spread throughout the three blocks of Mapara reserve in September 1990 and again in October 1991 to control possums. Changes in possum abundance were monitored by trapping, using a modified versio