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 …

An eradication program conducted on Rangitoto and Motutapu islands in New Zealand
successfully removed stoats (Mustela erminea), cats (Felis catus), hedgehogs (Erinaceus …

Efforts to eradicate multiple mammal pests from offshore islands and fenced mainland
'habitat islands' often fail to remove mice, and such failures can result in a dramatic change …

Islands offer unique opportunities and challenges in biosecurity and conservation
management. We review current and past island biosecurity within Tāmaki Makaurau …

The ability of invasive species to recurrently establish populations from small numbers of
founders, while threatened species struggle at the same low population sizes, is a paradox …

The house mouse (Mus musculus) established in New Zealand (NZ) around 1830, about
550 years after the first rodent to arrive, the Pacific rat or 'kiore'(Rattus exulans), 60 years …

Invasive species are the major threat to island biodiversity world‐wide. Genetic analyses
assist in identifying invasion routes as well as revealing population connectivity, which both …

Invasive rodents pose a grave and persistent threat to New Zealand's native biodiversity.
Rodent eradication is a successful conservation tool on islands. However, eradications may …

Mammal pest eradications have been achieved on 432 islands around the world, 133 of
which are in New Zealand (Clout and Russell 2006; Global Island Invasive Vertebrate …

House mice (Mus musculus) were introduced to New Zealand accidentally in 1824 following
the stranding of an Australian ship. Phylogeographic analyses have revealed many …