Challenges Associated with Eradicating Invasive Rodents from Islands: Lessons Learned

• Published in: Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference
• Main Authors: Gill, Chris, Wein, Laurie, Howald, Gregg, McClelland, Pete
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2014
• Subjects: aerial broadcast; brodifacoum; Canada; Haida Gwaii; invasive alien species; invasive species; island restoration; rat eradication; Rattus rattus; seabird conservation; Life Sciences; British Columbia; Faraday; Juan Perez Sound; Murchison; Perez; Ramsay
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0xr266wk

Removal of introduced rats from islands is a proven and powerful conservation tool that can help restore ecosystem functioning and/or processes. Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada, is an isolated marine archipelago with distinct flora and fauna that have evolved during 14,000 years of isolation f...