MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT BAT AND RAT POPULATIONS IN THE MALDIVE ISLANDS, INDIAN OCEAN

• Main Authors: Dolbeer, Richard R., Fiedler, Lynwood R., Rasheed, Hussain
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1988
• Subjects: Environmental Health and Protection; Indian; Giganteus; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/vpcthirteen/24; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/vpcthirteen/article/1023/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf

The introduced black rat (Rattus rattus) and the endemic giant fruit bat (Pteropus giganteus ariel) are serious depredators of coconuts and fruits, respectively, in the Maldives. Differences in reproductive rate between rats (high) and bats (low) must be considered in implementing control programs....