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Aquatic Invasive Species
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
A fact sheet on aquatic invasive species.
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Successes and failures of rat eradications on tropical islands: a comparative review of eight recent projects
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
Rat eradication is a highly effective tool for conserving biodiversity, but one that requires considerable planning eff ort, a high level of precision during implementation and...
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Dietary shift of an invasive predator: rats, seasbirds and sea turtles
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
The two most fundamental pieces of information necessary to begin developing ecological studies and conservation strategies for reptiles (or any organisms) are identifying the...
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The Distribution and Abundance of Myna Birds (Acridotheres tristis) and Rimatara Lorikeets (Vini kuhlii) on Atiu, Cook Islands.
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
The Common Myna Acridotheres tristis was originally introduced to the island of Atiu, Online only Call Number: [EL] Physical Description: 52p. : ill. (col.) ; 29cm.
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Invasive species and human health
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
Invasive alien plants and animals are known for their disruption of ecosystems and threat to biodiversity. This book highlights their major impact on human health. This includes...
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Archipelago-wide island restoration in the Galapagos Islands: Reducing costs of invaisve mammal eradication programs and reinvasion risk
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
Invasive alien mammals are the major driver of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation on islands. Over the past three decades, invasive mammal eradication from islands has...
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Invasive Alien Species: Toolkit of Best Prevention and Management
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
Invasive alien species are recognised as one of the leading threats to biodiversity and also impose enormous costs on agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and other human...
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Pacific R2R - Ridge to Reef
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
Website of Pacific R2R - Ridge to Reef Program stating goals, Programme components, partnerships, and national demonstration project sites Website Call Number: [EL]
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Scaling down (cliffs) to meet the challenge: the Shiants’ black rat eradication
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
A successful ground-based eradication of black rats (Rattus rattus) was undertaken on the remote, uninhabited Shiant Isles of north-west Scotland over winter (14 October–28...
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Terminal evaluation of UN Environment project: Prevention, control and management on invasive alien species in the Pacific island.
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
Invasive alien species represent an insidious and pervasive threat to the environmental, economic and human well-being of the Pacific islands. Pacific island ecosystems make up...
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Invasion by the red-vented bulbul: an overview of recent studies in New Caledonia
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
New Caledonia is a tropical archipelago of the South Pacific Ocean, and is one of the 36 world biodiversity hotspots. However, its unique biodiversity is increasingly threatened...
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Global threats from invasive alien species in the twenty-first century and national response capacities
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
Invasive alien species (IAS) threaten human livelihoods and biodiversity globally. Increasing globalization facilitates IAS arrival, and environmental changes, including climate...
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Assessment of snail exposure to the anticoagulant rodenticide brodifacoum in the Galapagos Islands
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
Eradication of invasive rodents has become a powerful tool to protect native island biota. Use of brodifacoum, an anticoagulant rodenticide, has contributed to hundreds of...
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Global evidence that deforestation amplifies flood risk and severity in the developing world
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
With the wide acceptance of forest?protection policies in the developing world comes a requirement for clear demonstrations of how deforestation may erode human well?being and...
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In situ evaluation of an automated aerial bait delivery system for landscape-scale control of invasive brown treesnakes on Guam
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
After decades of biodiversity loss and economic burden caused by the brown treesnake invasion on the Pacific island of Guam, relief hovers on the horizon. Previous work by USDA...
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Bait colour and moisture do not affect bait acceptance by introduced Pacific rats (Rattus exulans) at Henderson Island, Pitcairn Islands.
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
Rodent eradications are a useful tool for the restoration of native biodiversity on islands, but occasionally these operations incur non-target mortality. Changes in cereal bait...
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The history of the aerial application of rodenticide in New Zealand
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
Following the incursion of rats (Rattus rattus) on Taukihepa (Big South Cape Island; 93.9 km²) off southern New Zealand in 1963, and the subsequent extirpation of several...
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Rat and lagomorph eradication on two large islands of central Mediterranean: differences in island morphology and consequences on methods, problems and targets
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
Montecristo and Pianosa islands, although approximately equal in surface area (c. 1,000 ha), di?er greatly in substrate, human presence, vegetation and altitude (650 m vs. 30 m...
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Long term rodent control in Rdum tal-Madonna yelkouan shearwater colony
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
Rodent predation on eggs and chicks is one of the main threats to procellariiform species in the Mediterranean, where the black rat (Rattus rattus) and brown rat (R. norvegicus)...
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A potential new tool for the toolbox: assessing gene drives for eradicating invasive rodent populations
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
Invasive rodents have significant negative impacts on island biodiversity. All but the smallest of rodent eradications currently rely on island-wide rodenticide applications....
