Unexpected involvement of a second rodent species makes impacts of introduced rats more difficult to detect

Abstract Rodent predators are implicated in declines of seabird populations, and removing introduced rats, often, but not always, results in the expected conservation gains. Here we investigated the relationship between small mammal (Norway rat, wood mouse and pygmy shrew) abundance and Manx shearwa...

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Main Authors: M. Lambert, S. Carlisle, I. Cain, A. Douse, L. Watt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98956-z