Recovery of native species following rat eradication on Mokoli’i Island, O’ahu, Hawai’i
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Published source details
Smith D.G., Shiinoki E.K. & VanderWerf E.A. (2006) Recovery of native species following rat eradication on Mokoli’i Island, O’ahu, Hawai’i. Pacific Science, 60, 299-303.
Published source details Smith D.G., Shiinoki E.K. & VanderWerf E.A. (2006) Recovery of native species following rat eradication on Mokoli’i Island, O’ahu, Hawai’i. Pacific Science, 60, 299-303.
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This study is summarised as evidence for the following.
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Control mammalian predators on islands for seabirds Action Link |
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Control mammalian predators on islands for seabirds
A before-and-after study on Mokoli’i Island (1.6 ha), Hawaii, USA (Smith et al. 2006), found that the reproductive output of wedge-tailed shearwaters Puffinus pacificus increased from a single chick between 1999 and 2001 to 126 chicks in 2002 and 185 in 2003, following the eradication of black rats Rattus rattus between March and October 2002. Rats were eradicated using diphacinone bait and snap and cage traps.
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