Trappability of Low Density Invasive Rats

• Main Authors: Gronwald, Markus, Russell, James C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2020
• Subjects: black rat; camera; interspecific competition; invasive species; Pacific rat; Rattus exulans; Rattus rattus; rodents; ship rat; Barrier Island; New Zealand; Pacific
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/402476qd

On Aotea/Great Barrier Island, New Zealand, two invasive rat species (Pacific rats and ship rats) pose risks to the ecosystems and challenge the management in two sanctuaries. At Glenfern Sanctuary (83 ha) an eradication has successfully removed ship rats and a predator-proof fence prevents reinvasi...