The legacy of Big South Cape: rat irruption to rat eradication
Bell, Elizabeth A.
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Bell, Brian D.
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Merton, Don V.
2016
Big South Cape Island (Taukihepa) is a 1040 ha island, 1.5 km from the southwest coast of Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand. This island was rat-free until the incursion of ship rats (Rattus rattus) in, or shortly before, 1963, suspected to have be