Rodents and Other Vertebrate Invaders in the United States

• Main Authors: Fall, Michael W., Avery, Michael L., Campbell, Tyler A., Egan, Peter J., Engeman, Richard M., Pimentel, David, Pitt, William C., Shwiff, Stephanie A., Witmer, Gary W.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2011
• Subjects: Animal Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Life Sciences; Natural Resources and Conservation; Natural Resources Management and Policy; Other Environmental Sciences; Other Veterinary Medicine; Population Biology; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Veterinary Infectious Diseases; Veterinary Medicine; Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology; Veterinary Preventive Medicine; Epidemiology; and Public Health; Zoology; Indian; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdm_usdanwrc/1308; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/icwdm_usdanwrc/article/2306/viewcontent/Fall_BI2_2011_Rodents_and_other_vertebrate.pdf

Contents Introduction Assessing impacts of rodents and other vertebrate invaders Accounts of some important vertebrate invadersNorway rat (Rattus norvegicus)Roof rat (Rattus rattus)Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans)House mouse (Mus Musculus)Nutria (Myocastor coypus)Gambian giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus)Feral swine (Sus scofa)Small Indian Mongoose (Herpestes javanicus)Rock pigeon (Columba livia)House sparrow (Passer domesticus)European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)Monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)Brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis)Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus)Coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui)Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)European and Asian carp (Cyprinidae) Offshore Threats