Freeing Islands from Rodents

• Main Authors: Pitt, William C., Vice, Daniel, Lujen, Dana, Vice, Diane, Witmer, Gary W.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2012
• Subjects: Atkinson; Inaccessible Islands; New Zealand; Norway; South Cape; Alaska
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdm_usdanwrc/1182; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/icwdm_usdanwrc/article/2180/viewcontent/Pitt_WP_2012_Freeing_Islands_from_Rodents.pdf

Invasive rodent species occupy more than 80 percent of island groups worldwide, with devastating impacts to native flora and fauna. Rodents prey on birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates, and indirectly effect native wildlife by destroying plants, competing for food, and transmittin...