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Costs and benefits for biodiversity following rat and cat eradication on Te Hauturu-o-Toi/Little Barrier Island
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Gri?ths, R.

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Bell, E.

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Campbell, J.

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Cassey, P.

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Ewen, J.G.

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Green, C.

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Joyce, L.

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Rayner, M.

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Toy, R.

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Towns, D.

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Wade, L.

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Walle, R.

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Veitch, C.R.

2019
Considerable bene?ts can be achieved for indigenous biodiversity when invasive vertebrates are removed from islands. In New Zealand, two logistically challenging eradications were undertaken, one to remove cats (Felis catus) and the other Paci?c rats
Rat eradication in the Pitcairn Islands, South Pacific: a 25-year perspective
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Brooke, M.de L.

2019
This essay offers a 25-year overview of efforts to remove Pacific rats (Rattus exulans) from the four islands of the Pitcairn group. Following the 1991–1992 discovery that rats were severely reducing breeding success of gadfly petrels (Pterodroma spp
Preventing extinctions: planning and undertaking invasive rodent eradication from Pinzon Island, Galapagos
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Rueda, D.

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Carrion, V.

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Castaño, P.A.

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Cunninghame, F.

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Fisher, P.

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Hagen, E.

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Ponder, J.B.

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Riekena, C.A.

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Sevilla, C.

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Shield, H.

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Will, D.

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Campbell, K.J.

2019
Invasive black rats (Rattus rattus) were successfully eradicated during 2012 from Pinzon Island in the Galapagos archipelago using the rodenticide brodifacoum. Potential exposure to brodifacoum in Pinzon tortoises (Chelonoidis ephippium), Pinzon lava
Eradicating black rats from the Chagos - working towards the whole archipelago
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Harper,G.A.

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Carr, P.

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Pitman, H.

2019
The Chagos Archipelago comprises some 58 islands covering 5,000 ha in the centre of the Indian Ocean. Black rats (Rattus rattus) were introduced about 230 years ago and have likely had a severe impact on the native terrestrial fauna, which is dominat
Black rat eradication on Italian islands: planning forward by looking backward
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Capizzi, D.

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Sposimo, P.

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Sozio, G.

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Petrassi, F.

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Gotti, C.

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Pelliccioni, E. Raganella

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Baccetti, N.

2019
Since 1999, the black rat (Rattus rattus) has been eradicated from 14 Italian islands, and eradication is ongoing on a further five islands. Most projects were funded by the European Union (EU) Life Programme. Over the years, eradication techniques h
Methods for monitoring invertebrate response to vertebrate eradication
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Houghton, M.

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Terauds, A.

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Shaw, J.

2019
Once an island vertebrate eradication is deemed successful, it is typically assumed that ecosystem recovery will follow. To date, most post-eradication monitoring focuses on the recovery of key threatened or charismatic species, such as seabirds. Lit
Effort required to confirm eradication of an Argentine ant invasion: Tiritiri Matangi Island, New Zealand
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Green, C.

2019
Tiritiri Matangi Island in the Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand is a 220 ha restoration island managed by the Department of Conservation as an open sanctuary. Following eradication of the only mammalian predator, the Paci?c rat (Rattus exulans) in
Eradicating Pacific rats (Rattus exulans) from Nu'utele and Nu'ulua Islands, Samoa - some of the challenges of operating in the tropcial Pacific
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Butler, D.J.

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Tye, A.

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Wylie, M.

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Tipamaa, F.T.

2011
The restoration of the small offshore islands of Nu’utele (108ha) and Nu’ulua (25ha) has long been identified as a priority for biodiversity conservation in Samoa. The first step towards restoration was the aerial spreading of brodifacoum to eradicat
Restoration of Nu'utele and Nu'ulua Islands (Aleipata group), Samoa, through the management of introduced rats and ants
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Tye, A. & Butler, D. J.

2013
This document is part of a technical report series on conservation projects funded by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) and the Conservation International Pacific Islands Program (CI-Pacific). The main purpose of this series is to dissem

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