Ship rat Rattus rattus eradication by trapping and poison-baiting on Goat Island, New Zealand

Ship rats Ratus rattus were eradicated from 9.3 ha Goat Island in 1994; however, rats were redetected in 1996. From April to June 2005 using between 35 and 51 traps were deployed. Subsequent to trapping, 49 poison bait stations were established across the island on 23 June 2005 to assess if this era...

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Main Authors: MacKay, JWB, Russell, JC
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: University of Cambridge 2005
Subjects:
Goat Island
New Zealand
Rattus rattus
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2292/11138
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spelling ftunivauckland:oai:researchspace.auckland.ac.nz:2292/11138 2023-05-15T18:05:06+02:00 Ship rat Rattus rattus eradication by trapping and poison-baiting on Goat Island, New Zealand MacKay, JWB Russell, JC 2005 http://hdl.handle.net/2292/11138 unknown University of Cambridge Conservation Evidence Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm Copyright: University of Cambridge http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess Journal Article 2005 ftunivauckland 2013-12-07T09:13:55Z Ship rats Ratus rattus were eradicated from 9.3 ha Goat Island in 1994; however, rats were redetected in 1996. From April to June 2005 using between 35 and 51 traps were deployed. Subsequent to trapping, 49 poison bait stations were established across the island on 23 June 2005 to assess if this eradication had been successful; only one was touched. Tracking tunnels and waxtags were left on the island, but with no signs of use. It seems that eradication was achieved. Gnaw marks were subsequently discovered in a waxtag at the site where reinvasion was most likely but there were no further signs over the next two months. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus University of Auckland Research Repository - ResearchSpace Goat Island ENVELOPE(-55.848,-55.848,52.733,52.733) New Zealand
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description Ship rats Ratus rattus were eradicated from 9.3 ha Goat Island in 1994; however, rats were redetected in 1996. From April to June 2005 using between 35 and 51 traps were deployed. Subsequent to trapping, 49 poison bait stations were established across the island on 23 June 2005 to assess if this eradication had been successful; only one was touched. Tracking tunnels and waxtags were left on the island, but with no signs of use. It seems that eradication was achieved. Gnaw marks were subsequently discovered in a waxtag at the site where reinvasion was most likely but there were no further signs over the next two months.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author MacKay, JWB
Russell, JC
spellingShingle MacKay, JWB
Russell, JC
Ship rat Rattus rattus eradication by trapping and poison-baiting on Goat Island, New Zealand
author_facet MacKay, JWB
Russell, JC
author_sort MacKay, JWB
title Ship rat Rattus rattus eradication by trapping and poison-baiting on Goat Island, New Zealand
title_short Ship rat Rattus rattus eradication by trapping and poison-baiting on Goat Island, New Zealand
title_full Ship rat Rattus rattus eradication by trapping and poison-baiting on Goat Island, New Zealand
title_fullStr Ship rat Rattus rattus eradication by trapping and poison-baiting on Goat Island, New Zealand
title_full_unstemmed Ship rat Rattus rattus eradication by trapping and poison-baiting on Goat Island, New Zealand
title_sort ship rat rattus rattus eradication by trapping and poison-baiting on goat island, new zealand
publisher University of Cambridge
publishDate 2005
url http://hdl.handle.net/2292/11138
long_lat ENVELOPE(-55.848,-55.848,52.733,52.733)
geographic Goat Island
New Zealand
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New Zealand
genre Rattus rattus
genre_facet Rattus rattus
op_relation Conservation Evidence
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