Indirect effects of invasive rat removal result in recovery of island rocky intertidal community structure

Indirect effects of invasive rat removal result in recovery of island rocky intertidal community structure

Abstract Eleven years after invasive Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) were eradicated from Hawadax Island, in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the predicted three-level trophic cascade in the rocky intertidal, with native shorebirds as the apex predator, returned, leading to a community resembling those...

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Main Authors: Carolyn M. Kurle, Kelly M. Zilliacus, Jenna Sparks, Jen Curl, Mila Bock, Stacey Buckelew, Jeffrey C. Williams, Coral A. Wolf, Nick D. Holmes, Jonathan Plissner, Gregg R. Howald, Bernie R. Tershy, Donald A. Croll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84342-2

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84342-2

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