Invasive rat eradication strongly impacts plant recruitment on a tropical atoll

Rat eradication has become a common conservation intervention in island ecosystems and its effectiveness in protecting native vertebrates is increasingly well documented. Yet, the impacts of rat eradication on plant communities remain poorly understood. Here we compare native and non-native tree and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2018-07, Vol.13 (7), p.e0200743-e0200743
Hauptverfasser:	Wolf, Coral A, Young, Hillary S, Zilliacus, Kelly M, Wegmann, Alexander S, McKown, Matthew, Holmes, Nick D, Tershy, Bernie R, Dirzo, Rodolfo, Kropidlowski, Stefan, Croll, Donald A
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Atolls Biodiversity Biology and Life Sciences Calophyllum inophyllum Coconuts Cocos - physiology Cocos nucifera Community composition Composition effects Conservation Conservation of Natural Resources Coral reef conservation Crustaceans Earth Sciences Ecology Ecology and Environmental Sciences Ecosystem Ecosystem assessment Endangered & extinct species Environmental aspects Environmental protection Evolutionary biology Flora Flowers & plants Hawaii Indigenous species Introduced Species Invasive plants Invasive species Island ecology Islands Long-term effects Methods Monitoring Pacific Ocean Pisonia grandis Plant communities Plant populations Predation Rat control Rats Rattus Rattus rattus Recruitment Rodentia Seedlings Seeds Trees Trees - physiology Tropical Climate Vegetation Vertebrates
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