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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
Testing auto-dispensing lure pumps for incursion control of rats with reduced effort on a small, re-invadable island in New Zealand
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Carter, A.

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Dam, R. van

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Barr, S.

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Peters, D.

2019
In locations with a high potential for re-invasion, such as inshore islands, sustained control of invasive species is as important as the initial knock-down for the long-term recovery of native populations. However, ongoing trap maintenance and lure
Bait colour and moisture do not affect bait acceptance by introduced Pacific rats (Rattus exulans) at Henderson Island, Pitcairn Islands.
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Bond, A.L.

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O’Keefe, S.

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Warren, P.

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McClelland, G.T.W.

2019
Rodent eradications are a useful tool for the restoration of native biodiversity on islands, but occasionally these operations incur non-target mortality. Changes in cereal bait colour could potentially mitigate these impacts but must not compromise
The legacy of Big South Cape: rat irruption to rat eradication
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Bell, Elizabeth A.

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Bell, Brian D.

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Merton, Don V.

2016
Big South Cape Island (Taukihepa) is a 1040 ha island, 1.5 km from the southwest coast of Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand. This island was rat-free until the incursion of ship rats (Rattus rattus) in, or shortly before, 1963, suspected to have be
Kerala: Flood-hit India state battles rat fever outbreak
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2018
BBC website news article - Flood hit South Indian state of Kerala 11 people died of leptospirosis; After floods expect to see water-borne diseases like cholera, typhoid, diarrhoea, hepatitis and rat fever
Seabird islands take mere decades to recover following rat eradication
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Jones, Holly P.

2010
Islands house a majority of the world’s biodiversity and are thus critical for biodiversity conservation. Seabird nesting colonies provide nutrients that are integral to maintain island biodiversity and ecosystem function. Invasive rats destroy seabi
Direct and indirect effects of rats: does rat eradication restore ecosystem functioning of New Zealand seabird islands?
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Christa P H Mulder ? M Nicole Grant-Hoffman ? David R Towns ? Peter J Bellingham ? David A Wardle ? Melody S Durrett ? Tadashi Fukami ? Karen I Bonner

2008
Introduced rats (Rattus spp.) can affect island vegetation structure and ecosystem functioning, both directly and indirectly (through the reduction of seabird populations). The extent to which structure and function of islands where rats have been er
Rat Eradication on the Island of Suwarrow
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Munro. E.

2015
The Island of Suwarrow and its surrounding waters was declared a National Park in 1978 under the Conservation Act 1975. The legal opinion sought in 2001 clarifies that Suwarrow is Crown Land. Today, Suwarrow is under the jurisdiction of the National
Special Issue on Tropical Island Conservation: Rat Eradication for Species Recovery. Biological Conservation. Volume 185, May 2015
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J.C. Russell ... [et al.]

2015
Invasive rats have found their way to most islands throughout the world, where they have had and continue to have severe negative impacts on insular biota. Techniques developed in temperate regions to eradicate invasive rats from islands have proven
Rat eradication comes within a whisker! A case study of a failed project from the South Pacific
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Amos. W

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Nichols. H.J

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Churchyard. T

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Brooke. M. de L

2016
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 km2 Henderson Island in the Pitcairn group, South Pacific, in August 201

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