The endemic fauna of New Zealand evolved in the absence of mammalian predators and
the introduction of the latter has been devastating. There have been numerous avian …

Invasive rats are one of the world's most successful animal groups that cause native species
extinctions and ecosystem change, particularly on islands. On large islands, rat eradication …

Eradications of invasive species from over 1000 small islands around the world have
created conservation arks, but to truly address the threat of invasive species to islands …

Context Many Australian mammal species are highly susceptible to predation by introduced
domestic cats (Felis catus) and European red foxes (Vulpes vulpes). These predators have …

Free‐ranging domestic cats Felis catus, from owned pets to feral cats, impact biodiversity
through predation, fear effects, competition, disease and hybridization. Scientific knowledge …

Aims The present study is the first attempt to grasp the scale and richness of marine
biological invasions in Macaronesia. We pioneered a comprehensive non‐native species …

In 2014, baits laced with the poison sodium fluoroacetate (1080) were sown over 694 000
ha of mostly native beech forests in New Zealand to control rats, stoats and possums–a …

New Zealand has just passed half a century of rodent eradications on islands. Confirmation
of the first rat eradication in New Zealand on Maria Island/Ruapuke coincided with the …

Invasive rats have found their way to most islands throughout the world, where they have
had and continue to have severe negative impacts on insular biota. Techniques developed …

Invasive vertebrates are a leading cause of extinction on islands and rats (Rattus spp.) are
one of the most damaging to island ecosystems. Methods to eradicate rats from islands are …