No detection of brodifacoum residues in the marine and terrestrial food web three years after rat eradication at Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific

• Main Authors: Wegmann, A., Howald, G., Kropidlowski, S., Holmes, N., Shiels, A.B.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2019
• Subjects: aerial rodenticide broadcast; best practice; brodifacoum anticoagulant rodenticide; land crabs; Rattus rattus; risk assessment; tropical island; 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; Line Islands; Pacific
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdm_usdanwrc/2272; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/icwdm_usdanwrc/article/3269/viewcontent/Wegmann_II_2019_No_detection_of_brodifacoum.pdf

Invasive alien species represent one of the greatest threats to native plants and animals on islands. Rats (Rattus spp.) have invaded most of the world’s oceanic islands, causing lasting or irreversible damage to ecosystems and biodiversity. To counter this threat, techniques to eradicate invasive r...