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Widespread shortfalls in protected area resourcing undermine efforts to conserve biodiversity.
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2019
Protected areas (PAs) are a key tool in efforts to safeguard biodiversity against increasing anthropogenic threats. As signatories to the 2011–2020 Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, 196 nations pledged support for expansion in the extent of the global
Globally important islands where eradicating invasive mammals will benefit highly threatened vertebrates
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Holmes, Nick D [et al.]

2019
Invasive alien species are a major threat to native insular species. Eradicating invasive mammals from islands is a feasible and proven approach to prevent biodiversity loss. We developed a conceptual framework to identify globally important island
Preventing extinctions: planning and undertaking invasive rodent eradication from Pinzon Island, Galapagos
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Rueda, D.

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Carrion, V.

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Castaño, P.A.

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Cunninghame, F.

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Fisher, P.

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Hagen, E.

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Ponder, J.B.

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Riekena, C.A.

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Sevilla, C.

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Shield, H.

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Will, D.

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Campbell, K.J.

2019
Invasive black rats (Rattus rattus) were successfully eradicated during 2012 from Pinzon Island in the Galapagos archipelago using the rodenticide brodifacoum. Potential exposure to brodifacoum in Pinzon tortoises (Chelonoidis ephippium), Pinzon lava
Improving the efficiency of aerial rodent eradications by means of the numerical estimation of rodenticide density
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Rojas-Mayoral, E.

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Méndez-Sánchez, F.A.

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Rojas-Mayoral, B.

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Aguirre-Muñoz, A.

2019
Invasive rodents are present on approximately 80% of the world’s islands and constitute one of the most serious threats to island biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. The eradication of rodents is central to island conservation eff orts and the ae
South Africa works towards eradicating introduced house mice from sub-Antarctic Marion Island: the largest island yet attempted for mice
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Preston, G.R.

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Dilley, B.J.

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Cooper, J.

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Beaumont, J.

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Chauke, L.F.

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Chown, S. L.

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Devanunthan, N.

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Dopolo, M.

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Fikizolo, L.

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Heine, J.

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Henderson, S.

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Jacobs, C.A.

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Johnson, F.

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Kelly, J.

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Makhado, A.B.

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Marais, C.

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Maroga, J.

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Mayekiso, M.

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McClelland, G.

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Mphepya, J.

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Muir, D.N. Ngcaba, N. Ngcobo, J.P. Parkes, F. Paulsen, S. Schoombie, K. Springer, C. Stringer,H. Valentine, R.M. Wanless and P.G. Ryan

2019
House mice (Mus musculus) were introduced to South Africa’s sub-Antarctic Marion Island, the larger of the two Prince Edward Islands, by sealers in the early 19th century. Over the last two centuries they have greatly reduced the abundance of native
Timing aerial baiting for rodent eradications on cool temperate islands: mice on Marion Island
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Parkes, J.P.

2019
Aerial baiting from helicopters with a bait-sowing bucket and GPS to ensure coverage with anticoagulant toxins in cereal-based baits can reliably eradicate rodents on islands. Current best practice for temperate islands is to bait in winter when the
Bridging the research-management gap: using knowledge exchange and stakeholder engagement to aid decision-making in invasive rat management
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Maggs, G.

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Nicoll, M.A.C.

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Zuël, N.

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Murrell, D.J.

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Ewen, J.G.

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Ferrière, C.

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Tatayah, V.

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Jones, C.G.

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Norris, K.

2019
The world is facing a biodiversity crisis. Nowhere is that more apparent than on oceanic islands where invasive species are a major threat for island biodiversity. Rats are one of the most detrimental of these and have been the target of numerous era
Eradicating black rats from the Chagos - working towards the whole archipelago
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Harper,G.A.

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Carr, P.

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Pitman, H.

2019
The Chagos Archipelago comprises some 58 islands covering 5,000 ha in the centre of the Indian Ocean. Black rats (Rattus rattus) were introduced about 230 years ago and have likely had a severe impact on the native terrestrial fauna, which is dominat
A potential new tool for the toolbox: assessing gene drives for eradicating invasive rodent populations
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Campbell, K.J.

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Saah, J.R.

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Brown, P.R.

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Godwin, J.

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Gould, F.

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Howald, G.R.

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Piaggio, A.

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Thomas, P.

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Tompkins, D.M.

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Threadgill, D.

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Delborne, J.

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Kanavy, D.M.

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Kuiken, T.

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Packard, H.

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Serr, M.

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Shiels, A.

2019
Invasive rodents have significant negative impacts on island biodiversity. All but the smallest of rodent eradications currently rely on island-wide rodenticide applications. Although significant advances have been made in mitigating unintended impac
Control of house mice preying on adult albatrosses at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
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Duhr,M.

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Flint, E.N.

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Hunter, S.A.

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Taylor, R.V.

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Flanders, B.

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Howald, G.

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Norwood, D.

2019
Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (MANWR), is home to 21% of all nesting black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) and 47% of all nesting Laysan albatross (P. immutabilis) worldwide. During the 2015–2016 nesting season predation

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