The small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) on Adriatic Islands: impact, evolution, and control

• Main Author: Barun, Arijana
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange 2011
• Subjects: introduced predator; amphibians; reptiles; small mammals; character displacement; and genetic determination of introduction trajectory; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Evolution; Population Biology; Zoology; Indian; Many Islands; Tooth The; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/947; https://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2068&context=utk_graddiss

ABSTRACT One cause of declines and extinctions of island species is carnivore introduction. Four carnivores, including the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus), are on the IUCN’s list of 100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species. My thesis summarizes global patterns of carnivor...