Assessing Two Different Aerial Toxin Treatments for the Management of Invasive Rats
Aotearoa–New Zealand has embarked on an ambitious goal: to completely eradicate key invasive mammals by 2050. This will require novel tools capable of eliminating pests on a large scale. In New Zealand, large-scale pest suppression is typically carried out using aerial application of the toxin sodiu...
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ftenkore:wikidata-Q111320592 2024-01-07T09:46:12+01:00 Assessing Two Different Aerial Toxin Treatments for the Management of Invasive Rats O'Malley, Tess D R Stanley, Margaret C. Russell, James C 2022-01-27 https://scholia.toolforge.org/work/Q111320592 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q111320592 https://doi.org/10.3390/ANI12030309 en eng MDPI AG https://scholia.toolforge.org/work/Q111320592 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q111320592 doi:10.3390/ANI12030309 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ theme:invasion management theme:wikidata.org/entity/Q113019190 invasion management invasive rodent sodium fluoroacetate New Zealand Rattus rattus aerial application environmental toxicology journal article 2022 ftenkore https://doi.org/10.3390/ANI12030309 2023-12-11T19:24:45Z Aotearoa–New Zealand has embarked on an ambitious goal: to completely eradicate key invasive mammals by 2050. This will require novel tools capable of eliminating pests on a large scale. In New Zealand, large-scale pest suppression is typically carried out using aerial application of the toxin sodium fluoroacetate (1080). However, as currently applied, this tool does not remove all individuals. A novel application method, dubbed ‘1080-to-zero’, aims to change this and reduce the abundances of target pests to zero or near-zero. One such target is black rats (Rattus rattus), an invasive species challenging to control using ground-based methods. This study monitored and compared the response of black rats to a 1080-to-zero operation and a standard suppression 1080 operation. No difference in the efficacy of rat removal was found between the two treatments. The 1080-to-zero operation did not achieve its goal of rat elimination or reduction to near-zero levels, with an estimated 1540 rats surviving across the 2200 ha treatment area. However, 1080 operations can produce variable responses, and the results observed here differ from the only other reported 1080-to-zero operation. We encourage further research into this tool, including how factors such as ecosystem type, mast fruiting and operational timing influence success. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus enKORE project New Zealand Animals 12 3 309 |
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Aotearoa–New Zealand has embarked on an ambitious goal: to completely eradicate key invasive mammals by 2050. This will require novel tools capable of eliminating pests on a large scale. In New Zealand, large-scale pest suppression is typically carried out using aerial application of the toxin sodium fluoroacetate (1080). However, as currently applied, this tool does not remove all individuals. A novel application method, dubbed ‘1080-to-zero’, aims to change this and reduce the abundances of target pests to zero or near-zero. One such target is black rats (Rattus rattus), an invasive species challenging to control using ground-based methods. This study monitored and compared the response of black rats to a 1080-to-zero operation and a standard suppression 1080 operation. No difference in the efficacy of rat removal was found between the two treatments. The 1080-to-zero operation did not achieve its goal of rat elimination or reduction to near-zero levels, with an estimated 1540 rats surviving across the 2200 ha treatment area. However, 1080 operations can produce variable responses, and the results observed here differ from the only other reported 1080-to-zero operation. We encourage further research into this tool, including how factors such as ecosystem type, mast fruiting and operational timing influence success. |
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O'Malley, Tess D R Stanley, Margaret C. Russell, James C |
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Assessing Two Different Aerial Toxin Treatments for the Management of Invasive Rats |
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Assessing Two Different Aerial Toxin Treatments for the Management of Invasive Rats |
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Assessing Two Different Aerial Toxin Treatments for the Management of Invasive Rats |
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Assessing Two Different Aerial Toxin Treatments for the Management of Invasive Rats |
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Assessing Two Different Aerial Toxin Treatments for the Management of Invasive Rats |
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assessing two different aerial toxin treatments for the management of invasive rats |
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