Invasive rodents on islands: integrating historical and contemporary ecology

Can invasive rats really play a significant role in island deforestation and species extinction? The answer seems to lie somewhere between historical and contemporary disciplines, calling upon researchers to integrate models from ecology with the diachronic trajectories of environmental change. To b...

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Published in:	Biological invasions Vol. 11; no. 7; pp. 1483 - 1487
Main Authors:	Drake, Donald R., Hunt, Terry L.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01-08-2009 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Biomedical and Life Sciences Deforestation Developmental Biology Ecology Endangered & extinct species Environmental changes Freshwater & Marine Ecology Introduction Islands Life Sciences Nonnative species Plant Sciences Rodents Species extinction Studies Hawaii United States > US
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Summary:	Can invasive rats really play a significant role in island deforestation and species extinction? The answer seems to lie somewhere between historical and contemporary disciplines, calling upon researchers to integrate models from ecology with the diachronic trajectories of environmental change. To begin to meet this challenge, we convened an interdisciplinary conference in 2007 at the University of Hawaii. The author's goal was to examine the role of invasive rodents (especially Rattus spp.) on islands, from prehistoric to contemporary times.
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ISSN:	1387-3547 1573-1464
DOI:	10.1007/s10530-008-9392-1