Large-scale poisoning of ship rats (Rattus rattus) in indigenous forests
Summary: This paper describes the impact of nine poison operations on ship rats in four areas (35 ha to 3200 ha) of North Island forest. Poisoning with 1080, brodifacoum, or pindone killed 87-100 % of rats, based on trapping and tracking-tunnel indices. Rat populations took 4-5 months to recover. Op...
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1995
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.375.9732 http://www.newzealandecology.org/nzje/free_issues/NZJEcol19_1_5.pdf |