Defining eradication units to control invasive pests

• Published in: Journal of Applied Ecology
• Main Authors: ROBERTSON, BRUCE C., GEMMELL, NEIL J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2004
• Subjects: Greene; Greene Peninsula; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00984.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.0021-8901.2004.00984.x; https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00984.x

Summary Pest eradication is an important facet of conservation and ecological restoration and has been applied successfully to invasive rat species on offshore and oceanic islands. Successful eradication requires the definition of a target population that is of manageable size, with low recolonizati...