Anacapa Rat Eradication 10 Years Later
Black rats have been on Anacapa Island for close to 100 years and pose a threat to the biodiversity of the island. Removing non-native rats from an island is a powerful conservation tool. There have been numerous attempts to eradicate rats from Anacapa: 2001/2002 marked the first successful eradicat...
Published in: | Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship, University of California
2014
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Online Access: | http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/9rj9j5jn |
Summary: | Black rats have been on Anacapa Island for close to 100 years and pose a threat to the biodiversity of the island. Removing non-native rats from an island is a powerful conservation tool. There have been numerous attempts to eradicate rats from Anacapa: 2001/2002 marked the first successful eradication of invasive rodents from an entire island where an endemic rodent was present, and the first aerial application of rodenticides in North America. |
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