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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Main Authors: Coral A Wolf, Hillary S Young, Kelly M Zilliacus, Alexander S Wegmann, Matthew McKown, Nick D Holmes, Bernie R Tershy, Rodolfo Dirzo, Stefan Kropidlowski, Donald A Croll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6049951?pdf=render