The impact of introduced ship rats ( Rattus rattus ) on seedling recruitment and distribution of a subantarctic megaherb ( Pleurophyllum hookeri )

The impact of introduced ship rats (Rattus rattus) on recruitment of the megaherb Pleurophyllum hookeri Buchan. (Asteraceae) was examined on subantarctic Macquarie Island, an island with no extant native terrestrial vertebrates. Pleurophyllum hookeri (Asteraceae) forms a dominant component of the Ma...

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Published in:Austral Ecology
Main Authors: Shaw, JD, Hovenden, MJ, Bergstram, DM
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing Asia 2005
Subjects:
Biological Sciences
Ecology
Terrestrial Ecology
Buchan
Macquarie Island
Rattus rattus
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01430.x
http://ecite.utas.edu.au/38110

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